一起回家:一个多层次的社区健康促进计划,支持无家可归的家庭
Journal of health care for the poor and underserved
|August 12, 2024
概括
"一起回家"计划改善了精神健康,医疗保健和无家可归的母亲和幼儿的住房. 为了长期的家庭稳定,政策变化仍然是必要的.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会工作 社会工作 社会工作
- 心理健康服务研究 心理健康服务研究
背景情况:
- 患有精神疾病的无家可归妇女和幼儿在获得社会服务和医疗保健方面面临重大障碍.
- 现有的服务提供商能力可能不足以有效地参与这个脆弱的人群.
研究的目的:
- 评估Home Together (HT) 计划在改善获得和接受社会服务和医疗保健方面的有效性.
- 评估该计划对参与家庭的心理健康,医疗保健准入和住房稳定性的影响.
- 增强服务提供者的能力,以支持精神健康状况的无家可归妇女.
主要方法:
- 一个多层次的,多组件的健康促进计划,利用社会生态视角.
- 招募345名经历无家可归的妇女,诊断出患有心理健康状况的妇女和6岁以下的儿童.
- 在每六个月的重新评估和释放中进行前后测试,以衡量计划结果.
主要成果:
- 观察到HT家庭的心理健康,医疗保健准入和住房稳定性方面的积极变化.
- 该计划覆盖了不同的人群,大多数参与者都认为自己是种族少数群体,年龄在35岁以下,经历过暴力,异性恋.
- 从214次六个月的重新评估和111次 absolutorium评估中收集的数据.
结论:
- "一起回家"计划对无家可归的母亲及其子女的关键指标产生了积极影响.
- 综合的,协调的计划是有价值的,但强调需要系统性的,政策层面的变化,以实现持久的家庭稳定.
- 调查结果强调了针对弱势群体的综合护理和支持系统的重要性.
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