免费的社区查活动改善了纽约萨福克县皮肤病治疗的机会
Katherine Mangialardi1, Emma Huston2, Adam Korzenko3
1From the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY.
Annals of plastic surgery
|April 1, 2025
概括
免费的皮肤癌查显著改善了皮肤病护理的获取,特别是对于那些面临诸如缺乏保险或定期皮肤科医生等障碍的少数群体. 这些事件对于早期发现黑色素瘤至关重要.
科学领域:
- 皮肤病学 皮肤病学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 癌症查 癌症查
背景情况:
- 黑色素瘤的发病率在30年内上升了63%,但缺乏常规查的国家指导方针.
- 许多风险人群无法获得必要的皮肤癌检测服务.
- 纽约萨福克县的黑色素瘤发病率很高,需要改善对护理的准入.
研究的目的:
- 量化免费社区皮肤癌查活动对获得皮肤病护理的影响.
- 评估这些活动在纽约州萨福克县的有效性.
- 为了确定皮肤癌检测服务的障碍.
主要方法:
- 分析了来自919名参加免费皮肤癌查的人的SPOTMe记录 (2011-2023年).
- 收集与会者人口统计,社会经济地位和先前获得皮肤病护理的数据.
- 对影响获得护理的因素进行统计分析.
主要成果:
- 对于54%的参观者来说,免费放映克服了进入障碍.
- 出勤的主要原因:"担心斑点" (36%),"没有皮肤科医生" (33%),"家族病史" (16%),"没有保险" (14%).
- 非白人个人 (OR 4.80) 和西班牙裔个人 (OR 8.38) 报告没有在其他地方寻求护理的可能性明显更高.
结论:
- 免费的社区皮肤癌活动有效地改善了获得皮肤病治疗的机会.
- 这些查对于面临访问挑战的少数群体来说尤为重要.
- 这些发现支持扩大此类计划,以加强早期检测和护理.
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