实践中的生活经验:社区卫生工作者与客户在印度的围产期健康行为之间的关系
Faiz A Hashmi1, Oskar Burger2, Sudipta Mondal3
1Center for Applied Cognitive Science, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.
认可的社会健康活动家" (ASHAs) 的个人孕产妇健康实践显著影响其客户在印度的围产期健康行为. 培训ASHA以证据为基础的实践可以改善母婴健康结果.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 全球健康 全球健康
背景情况:
- 社区卫生工作者,像认可的社会卫生活动家 (ASHAs),是医疗保健系统和社区之间的重要联系.
- 有限的研究存在于社区卫生工作者个人健康决策如何影响他们的客户的行为.
- 了解这种影响对于有效的公共卫生干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在印度比哈尔州,调查阿莎的母亲经历与其客户的产前健康实践之间的联系.
- 探索ASHA的个人健康决策和实践如何影响怀孕和分娩期间的客户行为.
- 确定利用ASHA的经验来改善母婴健康的潜在策略.
主要方法:
- 进行了一项大规模的横截面调查,对400名ASHA及其1166名客户进行了调查.
- 使用混合效应物流回归分析来检查ASHA实践与客户行为之间的关系.
- 数据收集集中在怀孕和分娩期间的母亲健康实践上.
主要成果:
- 在ASHA的个人健康实践和客户的围产期健康行为之间发现了强烈的联系.
- 坚持正式医疗保健建议 (例如,早期注册,产前检查) 的ASHA预测了类似的客户实践.
- 参与传统实践的ASHA (例如,隐怀孕,使用传统的助产员) 也预测了类似的客户行为.
结论:
- 社区卫生工作者的个人经历与他们的职业角色有很大的交叉关系,影响客户的健康实践.
- 公共卫生系统可以通过利用ASHA的共同社会文化和个人经验来增强母亲和儿童的健康.
- 针对ASHA的有针对性的培训可以使他们能够促进围产期健康结果的可持续改善.
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