流行病学情报社区网络干预:社区应对COVID-19社区传播的社区反应
Melissa Marzan-Rodríguez1,2, Kamalich Muniz-Rodriguez3, Luisa M Morales1,2
1Public Health Program, Ponce Health Sciences University, Ponce, PR, Puerto Rico.
BMC public health
|June 1, 2023
概括
波多黎各的社区领导人通过研讨会提高了他们的COVID-19知识和技能,改善了弱势群体的测试机会. 这项能力建设计划显示了高的保留率和满意度,这对公共卫生干预至关重要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社区健康 社区健康
- 健康差异 在健康上的差异
背景情况:
- 扩大SARS-CoV-2的早期检测对于减少社会脆弱社区 (SVC) 的健康差异至关重要.
- 流行病学情报社区网络 (EpI-Net) 的干预旨在促进波多黎各SVC的COVID-19测试和预防.
- 这项研究评估了EPI-Net的能力建设组成部分,重点是社区领导人的培训.
研究的目的:
- 评估社区工作坊在提高波多黎各社区领导人COVID-19知识和实践方面的有效性.
- 评估能力建设对社区参与和SVC内部公共卫生紧急情况管理战略的影响.
- 为了测量参与者对EPI-Net干预的满意度和保留率.
主要方法:
- 为波多黎各的SVC的24位领导人进行了四次社区研讨会.
- 进行前后评估,以评估知识和技能的变化.
- 测量了参与者的满意度和干预保留率.
主要成果:
- 实现了高的干预保留率 (85.7%的接受率).
- 在社区参与 (p=0.012),COVID-19预防 (p=0.014) 和公共卫生紧急管理 (p<0.001) 的测试后得分显著改善.
- 报告的整体车间满意度为99.6%.
结论:
- 社区能力建设对于公共卫生干预措施的可行性和影响至关重要.
- 培训社区领导人有效地提高了他们在弱势群体中促进COVID-19测试和预防的能力.
- 通过EPI-Net的干预,成功地为社区领导人提供了关键的公共卫生技能.
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