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米国における黒人のC型肝炎: レビュー
Oluwaseun Falade-Nwulia1, Sharon M Kelly1, Sasraku Amanor-Boadu2
1Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
JAMA
|November 9, 2023
まとめ
C型肝炎ウイルス (HCV) は,黒人個人に不釣り合いな影響を及ぼし,また,診断の最も高い割合で増加しています. 診療所での検査や 患者のナビゲーションのような戦略は HCVの診断と治療率を向上させることができます
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生
- 感染症
- 健康 の 格差
背景:
- C型肝炎ウイルス (HCV) の罹患率と死亡率は,他の人種集団と比較して,米国における黒人の間で高い.
- 2015年から2021年の間に,黒人個人が発生率で最も顕著な割合で増加しました.
研究 の 目的:
- 米国における異なる人種間のHCVの流行,発生,治療開始の格差を調べる.
- HCVのスクリーニング,診断,治療を増加させるための効果的な戦略を特定し,特に黒人人口のために.
主な方法:
- HCVの流行,死亡率,発生率のデータを人種別に分類した分析.
- メディケイド保険の黒人と白人の治療開始率のレビュー
- EHRプロンプト,診療所での検査,患者のナビゲーション,治療制限の撤廃を含む介入の評価.
主要な成果:
- 黒人の個人は,非黒人の集団と比較して高いHCV感染率 (1.8%) と死亡率 (5.01/100,000) を示しています.
- 2015年から2021年にかけて,黒人のHCV感染率が367%増加しました.
- 診療所での検査により,検査結果の認識が向上し (69%対19%),患者のナビゲーションが改善され,治療へのアクセスと治療開始が改善されました.
- 治療の制限を撤廃すると,人種差異はなく,HCV治療率が著しく増加しました.
結論:
- HCVは黒人コミュニティに不釣り合いな影響を及ぼし 標的を絞った介入が必要になります
- 診療所での検査,患者のナビゲーション,そして治療への無制限のアクセスは,HCVのアウトカムを改善するために不可欠です.
- 治療制限などの全身的な障壁に対処することは,公正なHCVケアを提供するために不可欠です.
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