Interprofessional collaboration is recognized as a fundamental form of service delivery. Systemic, organization- al and interpersonal factors act as its facilitators or barriers. Using mixed methods approach (interviews and an online survey), organizational and systemic factors were investigated, which, according to social workers in public health organizations, limit the development of social work in interprofessional collaboration in healtcare. Systemic factors were assessed as a more pronounced barrier than organizational factors, especially undefined norms and standards, legislatively undefined roles of social workers, and lack of training. Lower assessments and the dispersion of organizational factors reveal the significant influence of organizational contexts and cul- tures, especially the role of leadership, hierarchical relationships, workloads and work organization. Qualitative results additionally emphasize the importance of interpersonal relationships, professional identity, unrecognition and power of the professional group. The research shows that effective interprofessional collaboration requires simultaneous changes at the systemic, organizational, and interpersonal levels, as well as further development of interprofessional education and research into collaborative and team practices in healthcare.
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