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Models of interprofessional practice to address the health and social care of patients are needed to improve outcomes.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Methods.\u2002<\/jats:bold> A process evaluation involving a prospective cohort study of 100 patients and interviews with eight agencies involved in their care was conducted in London between January 2003 and April 2005. Outcome measures included a profile of patient need to guide service development; referrals to care providers; goal attainment; social improvement and treatment outcomes; and agencies\u2019 views on the benefits of link working.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Findings.\u2002<\/jats:bold> The median age of the sample was 32\u00b74\u2003years and 62% were males. Reasons for referral to the link worker included housing need (56%); welfare benefits (42%); immigration (29%) and clinical management issues (28%). One\u2010third of the patients were referred to other agencies. Goals, as agreed in the care plan, were attained totally or partially for 88% (59\/67) of patients and 78% of patients successfully completed treatment. Barriers to attaining goals included service criteria which excluded some groups of patients and, in some cases, a patient\u2019s inability to follow a course of action.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion.\u2002<\/jats:bold> Link workers can mitigate some of the social risk factors that complicate the treatment of tuberculosis by enabling integrated health and social care.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2648.2007.04498.x","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2010,8,12]],"date-time":"2010-08-12T15:12:50Z","timestamp":1281625970000},"page":"413-424","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":20,"title":["Establishing a new service role in tuberculosis care: the tuberculosis link worker"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"61","author":[{"given":"Gillian M.","family":"Craig","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Helen","family":"Booth","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jo","family":"Hall","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alistair","family":"Story","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Andrew","family":"Hayward","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ann","family":"Goodburn","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Alimuddin","family":"Zumla","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2008,1,24]]},"reference":[{"issue":"44","key":"e_1_2_11_2_1","article-title":"The Directly Observed Therapy Short\u2010Course (DOTS) strategy in Samara Oblast, Russian Federation","volume":"7","author":"Balabanova Y.","year":"2006","journal-title":"Respiratory Research"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1108\/14769018200300013"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_4_1","volume-title":"Communicable Disease in London 2001","author":"CDSC","year":"2002"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(96)11311-8"},{"issue":"5880","key":"e_1_2_11_6_1","first-page":"34","article-title":"The missing link","volume":"113","author":"Craig G.","year":"2003","journal-title":"Health Service Journal"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_7_1","volume-title":"The TB Link Project: Developing a Social Outreach Model for Disadvantaged Groups (Project Report)","author":"Craig G.","year":"2006"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_8_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2648.2007.04257.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_9_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1365-2524.2006.00607.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_10_1","volume-title":"The NHS in England: The Operating Framework for 2007\/2008","author":"Department of Health","year":"2006"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_11_1","volume-title":"Tuberculosis Prevention and Treatment: A Toolkit for Planning, Commissioning and Delivering High\u2010Quality Services in England","author":"Department of Health","year":"2007"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_12_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/oxfordjournals.pubmed.a024601"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_13_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bmj.320.7232.419"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_14_1","volume-title":"Assessing Strategic Partnership: The Partnership Assessment Tool","author":"Hardy B.","year":"2003"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_15_1","unstructured":"Health Protection Agency(2007)Cases of Tuberculosis Continue to Rise During 2006(Press statement. 22 March 2007). 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