吸引青少年提高高血压意识和知识在一个主要是西班牙裔社区
Sara W Heinert1, Ariel Lonoff1, Aamina Massimi1
1Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
Health promotion practice
|May 31, 2025
概括
高中生对西班牙裔成年人进行了高血压教育,显著增加了他们的知识. 这个社区健康项目成功地吸引了年轻人参与,并解决了服务不足人群的健康差异.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 健康差异 在健康上的差异
- 社区健康教育 社区健康教育
背景情况:
- 与其他群体相比,美国西班牙裔人口对高血压的认识较低.
- 针对健康差异需要创新的社区干预措施.
- 让年轻人参与公共卫生倡议可以弥合世代和文化差距.
研究的目的:
- 评估一项以学校为基础的公共卫生项目,涉及学生创建的高血压教育视频.
- 评估青年领导的血压查和教育对社区成年人的影响.
- 分析参与的青年和成人高血压知识和信心的变化.
主要方法:
- 一个学校公共卫生课程让11年级的学生参与创建双语高血压教育材料.
- 学生们进行了血压检查,并为社区的65名成年人提供了教育.
- 数据分析包括参与者特征的描述性统计数据和知识变化的配对t测试.
主要成果:
- 该项目覆盖了65名成年人,主要是西班牙裔 (88%),其中52%没有保险,40%的人说西班牙语.
- 在接受查的成年人中,有31%的成年人被新发现患有高血压.
- 在学生主导的教育和查后,成人高血压知识显著增加 (p < .001).
结论:
- 学生主导的健康促进项目可以有效地接触到服务不足的人群,包括那些英语水平有限的人群.
- 涉及年轻人的社区干预措施对于解决高血压意识等健康差异有价值.
- 学校和社区应该复制这些计划,以促进健康素养和改善健康结果.
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