金伯利牙科团队:一个以志愿者为基础的护理模式,服务于偏远的土著社区
Jilen Patel1, Robyn Long2, Angela Durey3
1School of Population and Global Health, Dental School, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia jilen.patel@uwa.edu.au.
Rural and remote health
|July 6, 2023
概括
金伯利牙科团队 (KDT) 通过志愿者模式改善了远程原住民的牙科护理机会. 这一举措加强了口腔健康促进和服务在服务不足的地区的服务提供.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 牙科公共卫生 牙科公共卫生
- 土著健康土著健康
背景情况:
- 改善土著和托雷斯海峡岛民的口腔健康是国家优先事项.
- 偏远的土著社区,特别是西澳大利亚金伯利地区的土著社区,在获得及时的牙科护理方面面临重大挑战.
- 由于其广,偏远的自然和特定的人口人口统计学,金伯利地区存在牙科疾病的高患病率.
研究的目的:
- 描述金伯利牙科团队 (KDT) 的发展,结构和运营因素,这是一个由志愿者领导的组织.
- 分析KDT的护理模式,将牙科服务扩展到有未满足需求的偏远土著社区.
- 为了解决关于在偏远地区提供志愿者牙科服务的文献缺乏.
主要方法:
- 描述金伯利牙科团队 (KDT) 的组织特点,资源和运营因素.
- 实施以社区为基础的口腔健康促进,包括监督的学校刷牙计划.
- 利用一个与移动牙科单位的枢纽和光标模型来提供服务.
- 与大学课程相结合,培养学生,吸引新毕业生.
- 专注于志愿者支持和社区咨询治理.
主要成果:
- KDT模型成功地将牙科护理扩展到金伯利偏远的土著社区.
- 基于社区的倡议和学校查改善了初级预防和紧急护理需求的识别.
- 与当地卫生服务部门的合作确保了整体的患者管理和护理的连续性.
- 带有移动单元的枢纽和分线模型有效地增加了服务覆盖范围.
- 志愿者招募和留守得到了通过实际援助和培养社区意识的支持.
结论:
- 金伯利牙科团队 (KDT) 模型展示了一种可行的策略,用于改善偏远土著社区的牙科护理.
- 结合预防,早期干预和灵活提供服务的多方面的方法至关重要.
- 强大的社区伙伴关系,志愿者支持和战略领导力对于可持续的远程牙科服务提供至关重要.
- 肯德基口腔治疗模式为解决土著人口口腔健康差异的类似举措提供了宝贵的教训.
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