英国初级保健中移民患者的多种感染查:挑战和机遇
Jessica Carter1, Felicity Knights1, Anna Deal1,2
1The Migrant Health Research Group, St George's, University of London, London, United Kingdom.
Journal of migration and health
|December 7, 2023
概括
英国的移民人口往往患有未经诊断的感染. 一个新的数字工具,Health Catch UP!,显示了改善初级保健中的传染病查的希望,但需要进一步的开发和资源.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 主要护理医学 医疗保健
背景情况:
- 欧洲的移民面临着更高的未被诊断的感染负担,如结核病和病毒性肝炎.
- 欧洲疾病控制中心 (ECDC) 建议在初级保健中对移民进行综合多种疾病查.
- 在英国的初级保健机构中,这种查的实施显著缺乏.
研究的目的:
- 调查当前的做法,障碍和解决方案,用于传染病查在英国初级保健移民患者.
- 收集关于一个数字工具的反,健康赶上!,旨在支持综合多种感染查.
主要方法:
- 这是一项两阶段的定性研究,涉及英国初级医疗保健专业人员的深入,半结构化的电话采访.
- 阶段A包括临床医生 (全科医生,护士,医疗保健专家,药剂师);阶段B包括行政人员 (实践经理,接待员).
- 使用代主题分析来分析收集的数据.
主要成果:
- 48名临床医生和16名行政人员参加了会议.
- 专业人士认为,初级保健能够提供查,但指出缺乏标准化的方法和系统.
- 障碍包括患者,员工和系统层面的问题;提出的解决方案是冠军,培训,简化途径和财务激励.
- 健康正在赶上! 该工具在整合数据,援助决策和规范选方面的潜力方面收到了积极的反.
结论:
- 移民人口的传染病查在英国的初级保健中没有得到一致的实施.
- 初级保健专业人员对诸如健康赶上!之类的数字工具很容易接受. 提高疾病检测和指导方针的遵守.
- 为了成功实施这些工具,需要进行强有力的测试,提供足够的资源,并解决已识别的障碍.
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