退伍军人在紧急住房环境中找到社区和"家"
Kimberly A Lynch1,2, Matthew McCoy2, Sonya Gabrielian2,3
1VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and UCLA National Clinician Scholars Program, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Journal of primary care & community health
|June 10, 2023
概括
一个营地医疗团队为洛杉矶的无家可归退伍军人提供了现场医疗保健和护理协调. 这种方法建立了信任,赋予了退伍军人权力,展示了成功的以社区为中心的医疗保健模式.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 医疗保健管理的管理
- 社会医学 社会医学
背景情况:
- 在洛杉矶,COVID-19大流行加剧了退伍军人无家可归的情况.
- 作为回应,西洛杉矶退伍军人事务 (VA) 医疗中心建立了一个小型庇护营.
- 提供校园内医疗保健的最初尝试在吸引营地居民方面遇到了挑战.
研究的目的:
- 描述"营地医学"团队的实施和影响.
- 为无家可归的退伍军人展示一个共同的,全面的护理模式.
- 突出以社区为中心的方法来为弱势群体提供医疗保健.
主要方法:
- 使用案例研究方法,重点关注营地医学团队与无家可归退伍军人的接触.
- 该团队直接在小型庇护营地提供了现场护理协调和医疗保健服务.
- 定性数据可能有助于理解建立信任和社区动态.
主要成果:
- 营地医学团队成功地在现场提供了护理协调和医疗保健.
- 与一名经历了阿片类药物使用障碍的退伍军人建立了信任护理关系.
- 同处的模式促进了退伍军人之间的赋权和营地内的社区意识.
结论:
- 在现场,共同定位的医疗保健模式可以有效地参与和赋权无家可归的退伍军人.
- 这种方法通过满足退伍军人的条件来建立信任和团结.
- 提供了适应无家可归者服务以利用社区优势的建议.
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