一个由社区驱动的心理健康解决方案:世俗心理健康大使
Mary Molewyk Doornbos1, Gail Landheer Zandee2
1Mary Molewyk Doornbos, PhD, RN, Professor of Nursing Emerita, Senior Research Fellow, Calvin University, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
概括
精神健康大使 (MHA) 在城市社区有效提供心理健康预防. 这种由社区驱动的方法提高了心理健康素养,并减少了居民之间的耻辱感.
科学领域:
- 社区健康 社区健康
- 心理健康服务研究 心理健康服务研究
- 公共卫生干预 公共卫生干预
背景情况:
- 城市,种族多样化和贫困人口面临着对心理健康护理的重大障碍,经常经历未解决的抑郁和焦虑.
- 精神健康大使 (MHA) 提供了一个有希望的策略,将心理健康支持扩展到服务不足的社区.
研究的目的:
- 描述非专业精神卫生人员在本社区内提供预防性精神卫生服务方面的作用和影响.
- 评估基于社区的参与性研究在培训和部署MHA方面的有效性.
主要方法:
- 使用基于社区的参与式研究方法,将一个护理部门与三个城市社区建立伙伴关系.
- 来自不同背景的22名居民接受了培训,成为世俗的MHA.
- 收集的数据包括MHA人口统计数据,社区"接触" (对话) 的数量和性质,居民外卖,以及MHA角色满意度.
主要成果:
- MHAs在28个月内与1614个人进行了3,782次"接触",主要是到达中年,黑人女性.
- 最常见的MHA策略是倾听和教导自我照顾;居民主要获得教育和资源.
- MHA培训导致了心理健康素养的提高,并减少了居民对心理健康的耻辱感.
结论:
- 培训非专业的MHA是一个可行的,以社区为中心的策略,以解决心理健康不平等问题,并改善获得护理的机会.
- 这种模式使社区和医疗保健专业人员能够在研究,政策和量身定制的心理健康解决方案上进行合作.
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