通过医疗口译员了解聋人社区的医疗保健需求
Chandra A Char1, Michael McKee2
1Georgetown University, Washington, DC.
American family physician
|October 17, 2024
概括
对于使用美国手语 (ASL) 的聋人美国人来说,获得医疗保健是困难的. 障碍物包括文化能力不足,口译员短缺和健康素养低,影响健康结果.
科学领域:
- 健康差异 在健康上的差异
- 医学沟通 医学沟通
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 美国大约有50万个聋人主要使用美国手语 (ASL).
- 与听觉人口相比,聋人患上住院和慢性疾病的比例更高.
- 优质医疗保健的障碍包括缺乏文化能力,不足的ASL口译员和低水平的医疗素养.
研究的目的:
- 突出美国聋人使用ASL人口面临的重大医疗保健获取挑战.
- 确定导致这些差异的关键因素,在医疗保健的获取和结果.
主要方法:
- 这项研究综合了现有的研究和关于聋人ASL用户获得医疗保健的数据.
- 对导致该人口健康差异的因素进行分析.
主要成果:
- 聋的ASL用户在获得优质医疗保健方面面临重大障碍.
- 确定的促成因素包括医疗保健系统中的系统性问题和沟通障碍.
结论:
- 解决聋人ASL使用社区的医疗保健需求需要进行系统性变化.
- 提高文化能力,增加受过培训的口译人员的可用性,提高健康素养对于公平获得医疗保健至关重要.
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