乡村原住民退伍军人使用退伍军人卫生管理服务的患者导航的部落观点
Keith Kleszynski1, Lori Jervis2, Gloria TallBull2
1University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA. keith-kleszynski@ouhsc.edu.
Journal of community health
|December 16, 2023
概括
一个新的患者导航计划旨在改善美国印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民退伍军人的医疗保健服务. 来自原住民退伍军人的见解凸显了对文化敏感导航者的需求,以弥合护理方面的差距.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 农村健康差异 农村健康差异
- 土著健康土著健康
背景情况:
- 美国印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民 (原住民) 退伍军人面临重大障碍,无法获得美国退伍军人事务部 (VA) 的医疗保健.
- 挑战包括距离,复杂性,文化不敏感性以及与印度卫生服务 (IHS) 和部落医疗保健的不良整合.
- 退伍军人卫生管理局 (VHA) 农村卫生办公室 (ORH) 在2020年启动了一项患者导航计划,以解决农村原住民退伍军人的这些差异.
研究的目的:
- 收集来自农村原住民退伍军人,他们的家人和社区倡导者的观点,以制定患者导航计划.
- 为此群体量身定制的退伍军人患者导航员确定基本的角色,功能和个人特征.
主要方法:
- 定性研究涉及34名参与者:农村原住民退伍军人,他们的家人和社区倡导者.
- 通过视频和电话采访收集数据.
- 探讨退伍军人患者导航员所需的角色和特征.
主要成果:
- 参与者强烈支持导航员计划的概念,以加强对VHA服务的访问.
- 导航员所需的关键属性包括同情,支持,文化知识,了解部落社区的退伍军人经历,VHA系统导航技能和一致的人员.
- 这些见解对于设计有效的导航程序至关重要.
结论:
- 根据文化定制的患者导航计划对于改善农村原住民退伍军人获得VHA医疗保健的机会至关重要.
- 导航员的特点必须与原住民退伍军人社区的特定需求和文化背景保持一致.
- 该计划有可能显著增加农村原住民退伍军人与VHA服务的接触.
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