What systemic factors contribute to collaboration between primary care and public health sectors? An interpretive descriptive study

BackgroundPurposefully building stronger collaborations between primary care (PC) and public health (PH) is one approach to strengthening primary health care. The purpose of this paper is to report: 1) what systemic factors influence collaborations between PC and PH; and 2) how systemic factors interact and could influence collaboration.MethodsThis interpretive descriptive study used purposive and snowball sampling to recruit and conduct …