Valued Yet Still Not Fully Integrated: Social Workers’ Experiences Practicing in Interprofessional Primary Healthcare Teams

# Abstract

Relatively little is known about social workers in interprofessional primary healthcare (PHC) teams, despite social work being one of the largest health and social service professions. Understanding the experiences of social workers in PHC teams will help strengthen the integration of social workers in these settings.

Thirst-Quenching Conversation: Evaluating and Reporting in Health Promotion

This handout that was shared during the webinar, Thirst-quenching conversation: Evaluation and reporting in health promotion. It draws from the research paper titled Round Peg in a Square Hole (Journal of Public and Non-profit Affairs, Vol 10, No.2, 2024), which explores what can happen when reporting and evaluation overemphasize a funder’s functional requirements - to the detriment of community priorities, organizational values, and professional standards.

Equity in Interprofessional Primary Care: Analysis of the 2025/26 QIP Submissions

This is one of three QIP Summaries published by Ontario Health in 2025, based on the 2025-26 QIP submissions.

Equityin Interprofessional Primary Care shares insights from the Equity section of the 302 Quality Improvement Plans (QIPs) submitted by interprofessional primary care teams for 2025/26., which includes the following indicators: 

Safety in Interprofessional Primary Care: Analysis of the 2025/26 QIP Submissions

This is one of three QIP Summaries published by Ontario Health in 2025, based on the 2025-26 QIP submissions.

Safety in Interprofessional Primary Care shares insights from the Safety sections of the 302 Quality Improvement Plans (QIPs) submitted by interprofessional primary care teams for 2025/26, which include the following indicators: 

Access and Flow in Interprofessional Primary Care: Analysis of the 2025/26 QIP Submissions

This is one of three QIP Summaries published by Ontario Health in 2025, based on the 2025-26 QIP submissions.

Access and Flow in Interprofessional Primary Care shares insights from the Equity section of the 302 Quality Improvement Plans (QIPs) submitted by interprofessional primary care teams for 2025/26, which includes the following indicators: 

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