我们一起走得更远:通过多学科,一站式的方法改善癌症查的准入
Sara P Ginzberg1, Christine E Edmonds2, Farouk Dako3
1Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (S.P.G., L.C.E., D.J.L.); Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (S.P.G., C.E.E., A.L.W., L.C.E., D.J.L., A.V., V.R., V.N., C.E.G.).
Academic radiology
|September 15, 2023
概括
放射科医生可以领导社区卫生活动,以改善贫困人口的癌症查机会. 一个"一站式"健康博览会成功增加了西费城的癌症查和随访.
科学领域:
- 医学成像和瘤学
- 公共卫生和社区外展活动
- 卫生公平和减少差异的减少.
背景情况:
- 尽管科学进步,但黑人美国人的癌症查,诊断和治疗仍然存在显著差异.
- 创新的社区参与战略对于解决这些不平等问题至关重要.
- 放射科医生在癌症查和诊断方面拥有专业知识,使他们能够领导基于社区的倡议.
研究的目的:
- 试行一种新的放射学主导的多学科方法,以提高西费城贫困黑人居民的癌症查机会.
- 实施一个"一站式"框架,在社区内提供全面的查和辅助服务.
- 为了减少癌症查的障碍,医疗服务不足的人群.
主要方法:
- 一个成熟的学术社区合作伙伴关系促进了西费城的一个健康博览会.
- 一个"一站式"模式提供了一套查和辅助服务.
- 使用健康博览会"护照"系统来激励参与者的参与.
主要成果:
- 大约350人参加了健康博览会,完成了232项查测试或评估.
- 包容性,以社区为中心的方法在改善对查的准入方面取得了成功.
- 该战略还促进了在服务不足的社区内改善后续护理.
结论:
- 以放射学为主导的"一站式"社区健康博览会模式是一个可复制的策略.
- 这种方法提供了一个高价值,可扩展的机会,以减少癌症查获取差异.
- 实施这些倡议可以有效地解决当地的癌症差异.
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