在卫生紧急情况下为农村南非残疾人重新配置康复服务:一种定性描述性研究
Litakazi Tekula1, Madri Engelbrecht1, Lieketseng Ned1
1Division for Disability and Rehabilitation Studies, Department of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Tygerberg Campus, Stellenbosch University, Room 4006, 4th Floor, Education Building, Cape Town 7505, South Africa.
概括
由于COVID-19大流行,南非,特别是农村地区的基本整形和假肢服务受到干扰. 医疗整形医生和假肢医生调整了服务,强调了对残疾人服务的包容性紧急规划的需要.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 康复科学 康复科学 康复科学
- 关于残疾人的研究.
背景情况:
- COVID-19大流行和相关的封锁严重影响了全球的医疗保健服务.
- 包括骨架和假肢 (O&P) 在内的残疾和康复服务面临重大干扰.
- 对O&P服务的获取有限,特别影响了南非农村地区的个人.
研究的目的:
- 探索医疗正视科医生和假肢医生如何在COVID-19大流行期间和之后重新配置O&P服务.
- 为制定包括残疾在内的应急响应策略提供信息.
- 了解南非东开普省O&P服务提供中的挑战和适应情况.
主要方法:
- 采用了一种描述性的定性研究设计.
- 数据是通过半结构化采访收集的,采访了东开普州公共部门的12名医疗矯正医生和假肢医生.
- 专题分析用于分析关于服务中断和适应的采访数据.
主要成果:
- 出现了四个主要主题:对O&P服务的访问中断,服务滞后,安全措施的实施和持续的挑战.
- 服务交付受到暂停的外展计划,物资短缺,预算转移以及对康复的优先级较低的阻碍.
- 医疗整形医生和假肢医生在维护O&P服务功能方面面临重大障碍.
结论:
- 该研究强调了O&P专业人员在卫生紧急情况下维持服务时面临的重大挑战.
- 调查结果突出了强有力的必要性,包括残疾人的政策,以确保康复服务的连续性.
- 有效的应急准备需要具体的策略来解决残疾人的独特需求.
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