"我们的生命很重要":对加利福尼亚和纽约的黑人和拉丁裔性少数群体对资源安全和心理和身体健康的影响进行了定性检查
在PubMed上查看摘要
概括
此摘要是机器生成的。由于孤立和恐惧,COVID-19疫情使黑人和拉丁裔性少数群体的心理健康和资源安全恶化. 需要根据文化定制的公共卫生战略和政策变化来解决这些差异.
科学领域
- 公共卫生
- 健康上的差异
- 质量研究
背景情况
- COVID-19和艾滋病毒大流行不成比例地影响黑人和拉丁裔性少数群体男性 (BLSMM).
- 在BLSMM中,关于COVID-19缓解,医疗保健准入和社会决定因素的研究有限.
- 了解这些交叉因素对于解决健康不平等至关重要.
研究的目的
- 探索COVID-19大流行对心理和身体健康的影响.
- 检查BLSMM在医疗保健和资源安全方面的变化.
- 在疫情期间识别BLSMM的经验.
主要方法
- 解释现象学的方法.
- 与41名BLSMM参与者 (年龄在19-65岁之间) 的个人采访.
- 记录和转录的采访的主题内容分析 (2021年8月至2022年12月).
主要成果
- 参与者报告增加了绝望,绝望,焦虑和抑郁,因社会隔离而变得更加严重.
- 对COVID-19感染的恐惧扰乱了医疗保健的参与.
- 失业导致粮食和住房不安全, 增加对政府援助的依赖.
结论
- 疫情对BLSMM的心理和身体健康,医疗保健和资源安全产生了重大影响.
- 需要一个细微而文化化的公共卫生应对措施.
- 建议包括扩大远程医疗和实施可负担住房和食物获取政策变化.
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