Edelweiss Aldasoro
International Foundation for Integrated Care
Edelweiss Aldasoro
Edelweiss is a qualified medical doctor devoted to continuously improving care quality and experience. She joined the International Foundation for Integrated Care in 2018 to contribute to the creation of evidence, knowledge sharing, and adoption of integrated care. She is involved in a number of research and evaluation projects looking at innovative solutions to deliver person-centred integrated care. As the Head of the Integrated Care Academy, she supports the education and training activities at the Foundation to enhance people’s understanding and capacity for integrated care, enabling them to adapt global knowledge to local contexts. She is also one of the editors-in-chief of the International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC). She is passionate about designing and developing approaches to integrated care and access to care for and with all people, with a special focus on neglected communities and complex conditions. Before joining IFIC, she worked as a clinician and researcher in complex conditions, including global health and neglected tropical diseases, rare diseases, multi-morbidity and ageing.
FURTHER INFORMATION
| Countries | International; Spain; Spain (Basque Country); |
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| Topics | Access to care; Care innovations; Care integration/ coordination; Care needs poverty and deprivation; Care trajectories; Care work and migration; Community-based LTC; COVID-19 and other infectious diseases and LTC; End-of-life care and LTC; Evaluation of LTC systems and services; Gender and care; Home/domiciliary care; Implementation; Infection prevention; Local care ecosystems; LTC Workforce; New models of care; Outcomes for unpaid/informal carers; Pain management in care homes; Person-centered care; Research gaps and priorities in LTC; Rights and people’s voices in LTC systems; Unpaid / informal care; |
| Methods | Case studies; Co-production methods; Expert consultations; Guidelines development; Knowledge-exchange; Literature reviews and synthesis; Mixed methods; Quantitative data analysis; Scoping reviews; Surveys; Thematic analysis; Theory and frameworks; Theory of Change; Training materials; Trials and other evaluations; |
| Role | Research; |
| Interest Groups | Ageing and Place; Climate Change and LTC; Community-based approaches to dementia care; Employment Education and Family carers; Long-Term Care in Spain; Migration Mobility and Care Workers; |
| Website | https://integratedcarefoundation.org/staff/dr-edelweiss-aldasoro |
| Key publications | Lennox-Chhugani N, Aldasoro E, Barkhouse P. Position paper on person and people centred care in the context of integrated care. IFIC Annual Survey 2024. https://integratedcarefoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IFIC3716-Annual-Survey-Launch-2024-A4-v4.pdf Alvarez-Rosete A, Aldasoro E, Gil-Salmeron A, Gangas P, Lennox-Chhugani N. Are we there yet? IFIC Annual Survey 2023. 2023. https://integratedcarefoundation.org/annual-survey Stein KV, Goodwin N, Aldasoro E, Miller R. The Integrated Care Workforce: What does it Need? Who does it Take? Int J Integr Care. 2023 Jul 7;23(3):1. doi: 10.5334/ijic.7686. PMID: 37426311; PMCID: PMC10327854. Lennox-Chhugani N, Alvarez-Rosete A, Aldasoro E. Ensuring broad participation in designing the evaluation plan of a national integrated care programme. 2023 Feb 18. https://integratedcarefoundation.org/publications/ensuring-broad-participation-in-designing-the-evaluation-plan-of-a-national-integrated-care-programme Lennox-Chhugani N, Alvarez-Rosete A, Aldasoro E. A rapid evaluation of a mental health 24/7 crisis response service. 2022 Dec 18. https://integratedcarefoundation.org/publications/a-rapid-evaluation-of-a-mental-health-24-7-crisis-response-service Lennox-Chhugani N, Alvarez-Rosete A, Aldasoro E, Gil-Salmeron A. 2022 Oct 11. IFIC Annual Survey 2022 – Promoting Integrated Care Across the World. https://integratedcarefoundation.org/annual-surveys/ific-annual-survey-2022 O’Sullivan L, Aldasoro E, O’Brien Á, Nolan M, McGovern C, Carroll Á. Ethical values and principles to guide the fair allocation of resources in response to a pandemic: a rapid systematic review. BMC Med Ethics. 2022 Jul 7;23(1):70. doi: 10.1186/s12910-022-00806-8. PMID: 35799187; PMCID: PMC9261249. Stein KV, Miller R, Aldasoro E, Goodwin N. Always Look on the Bright Side – Lessons Learned from Another Decade of Integrating Care. Int J Integr Care. 2022 Nov 30;22(4):15. doi: 10.5334/ijic.7513. PMID: 36483482; PMCID: PMC9716999. Aldasoro E, Lisiecka D, Lennox-Chhugani D, Meyer I, Poppe A, Carroll A. The Kerry Specialist Palliative Care Service – A case study research evaluation. Health Service Executive. 2023 Oct 5. https://integratedcarefoundation.org/publications/the-kerry-specialist-palliative-care-service-a-case-study-research-evaluation Requena-Méndez A, Bussion S, Aldasoro E, Jackson Y, Angheben A, Moore D, Pinazo MJ, Gascón J, Muñoz J, Sicuri E. Cost-effectiveness of Chagas disease screening in Latin American migrants at primary health-care centres in Europe: a Markov model analysis. Lancet Glob Health. 2017 Apr;5(4):e439-e447. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30073-6. Epub 2017 Feb 28. PMID: 28256340. Requena-Méndez A, Aldasoro E, de Lazzari E, Sicuri E, Brown M, Moore DA, Gascon J, Muñoz J. Prevalence of Chagas disease in Latin-American migrants living in Europe: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Feb 13;9(2):e0003540. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003540. PMID: 25680190; PMCID: PMC4332678.
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