你和我:测试和治疗研究协议,以促进COVID-19测试和治疗的机会,以服务不足的人口
Emily M D'Agostino1,2,3, Lauren M Rosenberg4, Alan Richmond5
1Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA. emily.m.dagostino@duke.edu.
BMC public health
|October 29, 2023
概括
你和我:测试和治疗 (YMTT) 研究为服务不足的社区提供了快速的COVID-19在家测试和资源. 这种社区参与的方法促进了对测试和治疗的平等准入,解决了流行病差异.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 健康 公平 卫生 公平
- 社区参与的研究
背景情况:
- COVID-19大流行不成比例地影响了服务不足的人口.
- 社区参与的方法对于公平获得测试和治疗至关重要.
- 你和我:测试和治疗 (YMTT) 协议旨在解决这些差异.
研究的目的:
- 评估一个系统和可扩展的社区参与的COVID-19测试和治疗准入的协议.
- 评估工具包在形成社区-学术伙伴关系中对健康干预措施的有效性.
- 通过改善贫困人口获得医疗服务的机会,促进健康公平.
主要方法:
- 直接对参与者进行观察性研究,分发40,000个COVID-19在家检测.
- 利用公共卫生3.0框架和社区参与工具包.
- 与加利福尼亚州默塞德县和北卡罗来纳州皮特县的社区组织合作,超过15个月.
主要成果:
- 该研究成功分发了COVID-19测试,并提供了减轻和资源的指导.
- 评估了工具包在建立社区与学术伙伴关系方面的有效性.
- 评估了YMTT协议在将参与者连接到测试,指导和治疗方面的有效性.
结论:
- 社区参与的研究工具包有效地促进了贫困人口获得COVID-19测试和治疗的机会.
- 工具包的传播可以促进未来健康干预的有效社区-学术伙伴关系.
- 这种方法提高了文化相关性,研究质量和健康公平性.
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