非洲移民对心血管健康的看法和态度
Yvonne Commodore-Mensah1,2, Oluwabunmi Ogungbe1, Eric Broni3
1Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
非洲移民认为心血管健康是整体的,面临着秘密,歧视和成本等障碍. 解决这些问题是改善这个社区心脏健康结果的关键.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 心血管健康 心血管健康
背景情况:
- 心血管疾病 (CVD) 构成了全球重大健康挑战.
- 了解不同人口子组的看法对于有效的公共卫生干预至关重要.
- 非洲移民代表了美国日益增长的人口结构,具有独特的健康考虑.
研究的目的:
- 探索巴尔的摩-华盛顿特区大都市区非洲移民对心血管健康的看法和态度.
- 确定影响该人口心血管健康行为的文化,社会和经济因素.
- 为改善非洲移民社区心血管健康结果提供有针对性的干预信息.
主要方法:
- 使用焦点小组讨论进行的定性研究.
- 针对66名来自加纳,尼日利亚,利比里亚和塞拉利昂的非洲移民进行了有目的的抽样.
- 分析使用定性描述来识别新出现的主题.
主要成果:
- 参与者从整体的角度看待健康.
- 心血管疾病引起恐惧,焦虑和家庭秘密.
- 移民导致了各种生活方式的变化,障碍包括感知到的歧视,沟通问题和经济限制.
- 高血压影响了44%,糖尿病影响了12%的参与者.
结论:
- 社会文化信仰,感知歧视,健康素养和经济因素是最佳心血管健康的重要障碍.
- 解决这些障碍对于为非洲移民开发有效的心血管健康干预措施至关重要.
- 这项研究强调了这一群体的知识差距和干预机会.
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