在医生的尿布:在儿科诊所解决尿布需求
Journal of health care for the poor and underserved
|February 17, 2025
概括
超过40%的患者需要尿布,主要是因为成本. 建立了一个新的基于诊所的尿布分发计划,以解决家庭在资源上的这一重大差距.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 儿科健康 儿科健康
背景情况:
- 尿布需求,定义为缺乏足够的尿布来维持婴儿的卫生,影响着很大一部分低收入家庭.
- 联邦合格卫生中心 (FQHC) 是弱势群体的关键接入点,但往往缺乏资源来解决尿布不安全等健康的社会决定因素.
- 现有的社区资源,如尿布库,在某些地理区域可能不足或无法获得.
研究的目的:
- 描述一家FQHC的临床尿布分发计划的实施和初始结果.
- 为了解决面临财务障碍的患者在尿布获取中发现的差距.
- 为其他寻求减轻尿布需求的医疗保健机构提供榜样.
主要方法:
- 在湾区的一个FQHC进行了需求评估,以量化尿布需求和识别障碍.
- 根据需求评估结果,设计并实施了一项基于诊所的尿布分发计划.
- 收集了关于患者接触范围和尿布分配的程序数据.
主要成果:
- 需求评估显示,超过40%的患者需要尿布.
- 成本被确定为获得足够的尿布的主要障碍.
- 基于诊所的计划成功开始分发尿布,以解决这个未满足的需求.
结论:
- 尿布需求是FQHC患者中普遍存在的问题,受到成本的重大影响.
- 基于诊所的尿布分发计划可以有效地弥合面临经济困难的家庭获得尿布的差距.
- 医疗保健提供者和FQHC可以在解决健康的社会决定因素,包括尿布不安全方面发挥重要作用.
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