Latin America Network for Primary Palliative Care

Enrolling by invitation

Conditions studied: Palliative Care, Primary Care, Primary Care Physician

In brief

Palliative care is the holistic care provided to individuals and their families who experience health related suffering related to life-limiting conditions. Palliative care is practiced by speciality level clinicians and also non-specialists. The term Primary Palliative Care (PPC) refers to the palliative care provided in primary care by primary care staff. In Latin America (LA), palliative care services have shown strong growth over the past two decades, but remain established and integrated in only a few localised areas across the region. Building on the success of the UoE's Global Access to Palliative Care Latin America (GAP - LA) Project led by the Usher Institute and funded by the UK Medical Research Council (grant number MR/V021400/1), primary care has been identified as a natural area for capacity building and strengthening to reduce health related suffering from serious illness and improve end of life care in Latin America. The researchers will collaborate with Pallium Latin America (PLA), a LA association involved in advocacy, education and clinical care in the region. The objectives of this study are: 1. To explore the facilitators and barriers to the implementation of a Latin American contextualised primary palliative care from the perspective of family medicine doctors 2. To list and describe the models in which palliative care is delivered within primary care 3. To define the process and outcome measures which would be meaningful for measurement of primary palliative care A Participatory Action Research (PAR) framework will be employed, combining both qualitative and quantitative components over 24 months. 30 to 50 primary care health professionals across LA will be recruited from the network already established by PLA to become co-researchers in line with the PAR methodology. 1. Online case-based discussion meetings (around 12 every 6 to 8 weeks) and post-meeting survey 2. Online individual semi-structured interviews (20-30) 3. Online co-researcher focus group discussions (3-5) 4. Co-researcher surveys 5. Documentary analysis Online meetings, interviews and focus group discussions will be recorded, translated and transcribed. Transcripts and surveys will be the data for analysis using NVivo, RedCap and MS Excell software.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07436026

Run by

University of Edinburgh

People needed

50

Starts

2026-03-27

Expected to finish

2028-03-13

Last updated by the study team

2026-04-28

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Health care co-researchers
• Eligibility criteria of health care co-researchers:
• Spanish or English speaking
• Based and practicing in a Latin America country
• Health care professional (doctor, nurse, or allied health care professional)
• Working in primary or palliative care
• Willing to give their written informed consent to participate in the research
• It is expected that the majority of co-researchers will be primary care doctors. 30-50 co-researchers will be recruited.
• Patient representative co-researchers In addition, one to three patient representatives will be recruited from the established informal network. This will be individuals who
• Spanish or English speaking both
• Is based in a LA country
• Has personal experience of caring for a relative with health-related suffering from a serious condition.
• Is willing to give their written informed consent to participate in the research.

You may not qualify if…

• Does not speak Spanish or English
• Is not involved in primary care or palliative care
• Is not based in a LA country
• Is unwilling to give their written informed consent to participate in the research.

Where it is running

• Latin American Network for Palliative Care — Buenos Aires, Argentina

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