Main Theme | Sub themes | Examples |
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Motivation | Personal Factors | ➢ Altruism ➢ Source of livelihood ➢ Professional |
Societal Factors | ➢ Gender congruency ➢ Cultural competency | |
Formal health services | ➢ Affordability ➢ Filling in a gap | |
Facilitators | Networks enabling IHCWs to initiate work | ➢ Professional ➢ Family & friends |
Building reputation among Syrian refugees | Â | |
Establishing a community of practice | ➢ Social media ➢ Internal referrals among IHCWs | |
Challenges | Personal Level | ➢ Constant threat ➢ Psychological wellbeing ➢ Mistrust ➢ Economic ➢ Continuous education |
Societal Level | ➢ Resentment from the Lebanese community ➢ Competing with Lebanese providers | |
Implications | Status in Lebanon | ➢ Detention/ deportation ➢ Losing residency status |
Impact of care provided | ➢ Compromising patient services/closing centers | |
Relationship with the formal system and reimbursement mechanisms | Government’s position | ➢ Legal threat, yet keeping a blind eye |
Community-based NGO funded | ➢ Collegiate atmosphere ➢ Equity in wages ➢ Lebanese and Syrian patients | |
Hospital & pharmacies funded by Lebanese healthcare providers | ➢ Assistance to Lebanese HPs ➢ Less wages for Syrians ➢ Mainly Syrian patients | |
Linkage with formal practice | ➢ Referring patients to formal providers when necessary |