黑人男性与健康有关的生活质量:一种定性研究,以了解社区认同的感知和需求
Guillermo M Wippold1, Demetrius A Abshire2, Derek M Griffith3
1Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina.
概括
黑人男性将健康视为整体,包括精神健康. 改善他们的健康相关生活质量 (HRQoL) 需要解决心理健康和多层次决定因素.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 健康差距 研究 研究 研究 研究
- 质量健康研究 质量健康研究
背景情况:
- 与健康相关的生活质量 (HRQoL) 是整体健康和死亡风险的关键指标.
- 黑人男性在HRQoL指标上得分较低,需要更深入地了解他们的观点.
- 现有的研究缺乏洞察黑人男性对HRQoL和有针对性的干预措施的概念化.
研究的目的:
- 探索黑人男性对与健康相关的生活质量 (HRQoL) 的概念化.
- 确定提高黑人男性HRQoL的策略.
- 为制定文化相关的健康促进倡议提供信息.
主要方法:
- 使用了基于社区的参与式研究 (CBPR) 框架.
- 一个社区咨询委员会 (CAB) 和理发师提供了焦点小组协议开发的信息.
- 七个重点小组,包括56名美国东南部的黑人男性,采用了主题分析.
主要成果:
- 一个整体的健康概念出现了,整合了精神功能.
- 在定义HRQoL时,精神健康问题与身体和社会健康一起占据了突出地位.
- 多层次的决定因素 (社区,人际关系,人际关系) 显著影响HRQoL.
结论:
- 结果为开发有效的HRQoL改进策略提供了关键的见解.
- 干预措施应考虑影响黑人男性健康的整体和多层次因素.
- 这项研究可以指导人们努力减少这一群体的健康差异.
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