在基于人口的研究中,使用七个关键指标来描述委内瑞拉在2014-2020年间的情况
Ramfis Nieto-Martínez1,2,3, Masih A Babagoli4, Juan Pablo Gonzalez-Rivas5,6
1Precision Care Clinic Corp, Saint Cloud, FL, USA. nietoramfis@hsph.harvard.edu.
BMC public health
|June 7, 2025
概括
委内瑞拉危机不成比例地影响着妇女,老年人和社会经济地位和教育程度较低的人. 这些弱势群体面临越来越多的粮食不安全,公用事业中断和家庭分离,需要有针对性的支持计划.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
背景情况:
- 委内瑞拉经历了长达十年的严重危机.
- 这项研究描述了危机的影响,并确定了弱势群体.
研究的目的:
- 分析危机指标在委内瑞拉不同人口分组中的分布.
- 确定受持续危机影响最大的特定人口.
主要方法:
- 分析了来自委内瑞拉心脏代谢健康研究 (EVESCAM) 1,257名参与者的随访数据 (2018-2020年).
- 评估了七个危机指标 (粮食不安全,压力生活事件,家庭分离,公用事业中断,缺乏药物,交通问题,教育中断).
- 使用后勤回归来检查指标和子组 (年龄,性别,种族,SES,教育) 之间的关联.
主要成果:
- 77.3%的受访者报告说,至少有一家公用事业中断,女性和受教育程度较低的人中断率更高.
- 由于缺乏交通工具,女性和混合种族的人群受到影响更大.
- 在低SES群体中,粮食不安全性更普遍 (OR 2.17).
- 教育中断影响了有小孩的家庭,美洲印第安族裔,低SES和受教育程度较低的参与者.
- 在老年人和女性参与者中,家庭分离率更高.
结论:
- 委内瑞拉的人道主义危机加剧了妇女,老年人,低SES和受教育程度较低的人群的脆弱性.
- 这些发现凸显了对受影响最严重的子组进行有针对性的,具有成本效益的干预措施的必要性.
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