我们是在谈论同样的事情吗? 黑人/非洲裔美国人对BRFSS认知衰退和护理人员模块的反应
Andre Pruitt1, Raina Croff2, Linda Boise3
1School of Social Work, Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA.
Journal of cross-cultural gerontology
|June 11, 2024
概括
黑人/非洲裔美国人对照顾者和认知衰退调查的理解与行为风险因素监测系统 (BRFSS) 提出的不同. 为了准确的健康沟通,需要文化化信息传递.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 行为风险因素监测系统 (BRFSS) 是美国的一项关键健康调查.
- 了解不同人群如何解释调查术语对于准确的健康信息至关重要.
- 之前的研究还没有完全探索黑人/非洲裔美国人对认知衰退和照顾者BRFSS调查的解释.
研究的目的:
- 调查黑人/非洲裔美国人对BRFSS护理人员和认知衰退调查和术语的理解.
- 为黑人/非洲裔美国人社区提供文化响应性健康信息的发展提供信息.
- 评估BRFSS调查数据与有关认知健康的生活经验之间的一致性.
主要方法:
- 在俄勒冈州,与30名45岁以上的黑人/非洲裔美国人聚焦小组.
- 管理BRFSS调查问题关于护理和认知衰退.
- 以非洲世界观为指导的定性分析来解释参与者的反应.
主要成果:
- 在BRFSS调查答复和焦点小组讨论 (例如,照顾者患病率) 之间发现了显著的差异.
- 参与者对BRFSS术语的解释,如"记忆丧失"和"混乱",在参与者之间有很大的差异.
- 认知衰退往往是通过身份和社区关系变化的镜头来理解的,而不仅仅是个人的影响.
结论:
- 认知健康的标准BRFSS术语可能不会被黑人/非洲裔美国人普遍理解.
- 卫生信息需要适应以黑人/非洲裔美国人的经验为中心,强调关系和社区.
- 非洲人的世界观为更有效和文化敏感的关于认知衰退和护理的沟通提供了一个框架.
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