授权社区卫生工作者在德克萨斯州南部的痴呆症护理
Stephanie Santiago-Mejias1, Shanae L Rhodes2, Fayron R Epps1,2
1Department of Neurology, Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD
|September 24, 2025
概括
社区卫生工作者 (CHW) 接受了痴呆症护理培训,大大提高了他们的信心和准备. 这使得医疗保健工作者能够更好地服务于受阿尔茨海默病和相关痴呆症影响不成比例的少数群体.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 健康差异 在健康上的差异
背景情况:
- 阿尔茨海默病和相关痴呆症 (ADRD) 不成比例地影响少数种族和民族群体.
- 社区卫生工作者 (CHWs) 在解决这些服务不足的人群中的健康差异方面至关重要.
- 现有的知识和准备差距阻碍了社区环境中有效的痴呆症护理.
研究的目的:
- 评估一个旨在增强CHW知识和在痴呆症护理中的准备能力的教育研讨会的影响.
- 评估培训干预措施在改善CHW信心和应用痴呆症护理策略方面的有效性.
- 确定医疗保健工作者在少数群体社区解决痴呆症方面所扮演的关键角色.
主要方法:
- 一组61名CHW参加了德克萨斯州的人身痴呆症护理教育研讨会.
- 进行培训前后调查,以衡量信心的变化和知识的预期应用.
- 用定性分析来确定CHW在痴呆症护理中的主要角色.
主要成果:
- 训练后观察到,CHW对提供痴呆症护理的信心在统计学上显著增加 (p < 0.001).
- 定性数据揭示了CHW在支持痴呆症患者及其家属方面所扮演的五个核心角色.
- 培训干预措施对知识获取和信心水平产生了积极影响.
结论:
- 教育研讨会有效地提高了CHW关于痴呆症护理的知识和信心.
- 通过有针对性的培训赋予CHW权力,可以帮助减轻少数群体痴呆症护理的健康差异.
- 医疗保健中心在弥合差距和为服务不足社区的痴呆症护理提供必要支持方面至关重要.
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