从头开始:建立和实施一个成功的CHW/推广者 (a) 癌症查,培训,教育和预防的计划
Arica Brandford1, Marivel Sanchez2, Patricia Pitones2
1Houston Methodist Academic Institute, Houston, TX, USA.
Health promotion practice
|January 6, 2025
概括
德克萨斯州的癌症查,培训,教育和预防 (C-STEP) 计划通过培训社区卫生工作者 (CHWs) 以提高癌症查和早期检测在服务不足的地区,有效地减少了癌症差异.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 健康差异 在健康上的差异
- 社区健康 社区健康
背景情况:
- 癌症差异仍然存在于医疗服务不足和农村地区.
- 对查和早期检测服务的限制加剧了这些差异.
- 基于社区的干预对于解决这些健康不平等至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 检查德克萨斯州癌症查,培训,教育和预防 (C-STEP) 计划的实施和影响.
- 评估社区卫生工作者 (CHWs) 在减少癌症差距方面的作用.
- 评估C-STEP在增加癌症查吸收方面的有效性.
主要方法:
- 在C-STEP计划培训和使用社区卫生工作者 (CHWs) 癌症宣传,教育和早期检测.
- 与社区和临床实体建立了合作伙伴关系,以促进查.
- 通过多学科的方法,CHW获得了癌症预防和检测方面的认证.
主要成果:
- 培训了33多名医疗保健工作者,并建立了1500多个合作伙伴关系.
- 超过3万人接受了癌症教育,进行了超过8300次查和600次诊断程序.
- 诊断出69种癌症,证明了该计划对早期检测的影响.
结论:
- 将医疗保健工作者纳入癌症查计划可以显著提高认识和查率,特别是在低收入人群中.
- 该C-STEP计划强调了社区干预措施在解决癌症差异方面的潜力.
- 战略规划,系统培训和创造性伙伴关系对于承认医疗保健工作者是医疗保健团队的重要成员至关重要.
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