在美国各大都市地区的精选学术眼科医疗中心提供语言可访问性
Sebastian Borges1,2, Nicholas J DeLuca1,2, Victoria A Pereira1,2
1University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.
JAMA ophthalmology
|January 15, 2026
概括
学术眼科医疗中心显示了显著的语言差距,特别是对于西班牙语说者,影响了对有限英语水平 (LEP) 人群的护理. 解决这些差异需要有针对性的招聘和培训,以改善语言一致性.
科学领域:
- 眼科医生 眼科 眼科
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 语言健康 公平 语言健康 公平
背景情况:
- 患者和医生之间的语言一致性对于改善健康结果至关重要.
- 学术眼科医疗中心为有限的英语水平 (LEP) 人群提供服务的能力尚未得到充分理解.
研究的目的:
- 评估美国学术中心眼科医生的语言技能与周围LEP人群的语言需求之间的一致性.
- 为了确定不同LEP群体的语言覆盖和眼科医生可用性的差异.
主要方法:
- 一项横截面研究分析了来自32个学术眼科课程的眼科医生.
- 从机构网站和美国人口普查局数据收集了眼科医生语言服务和当地LEP人口统计数据.
- 每10,000名LEP患者的语言覆盖率,调整的比率和眼科医生可用性被计算和区域性比较.
主要成果:
- 眼科医生的总体语言覆盖率在东北地区为54.9%,南部为52.5%,西部为40.3%,中西部为32.4%.
- 西班牙语和越南语是唯一一门在所有地区持续代表性不足的语言.
- 对西班牙语和中文语言的人来说,眼科医生的可用性特别低.
结论:
- 学术眼科中心在语言一致性方面存在重大差距,不成比例地影响西班牙语患者.
- 这些劳动力层面的差异导致眼科护理中的不平等.
- 需要有针对性的招聘,培训和报告策略,以提高西班牙语能力并解决区域短缺问题.
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