以亚洲语言获得心理健康治疗服务
Aarya Suryavanshi1, Jonathan Cantor1, Sugy Choi2,3
1RAND, Santa Monica, California.
JAMA health forum
|February 27, 2026
概括
限定的英语水平 (LEP) 亚洲语言使用者面临着严重的心理健康护理接入障碍. 2015-2024年的一项研究发现,亚洲语言心理健康服务的地理位置持续不匹配,特别是在农村地区.
科学领域:
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 健康差异 在健康上的差异
- 心理健康服务 心理健康服务
背景情况:
- 具有有限英语水平 (LEP) 的亚洲语言使用者在获得足够的心理健康护理方面遇到重大障碍.
- 在这一群体中,人们注意到心理健康状况恶化,但美国对亚洲语言心理健康治疗可用性的研究有限.
研究的目的:
- 从2015年到2024年,量化美国亚洲语言心理健康治疗的地理可用性趋势.
- 分析LEP亚洲语言使用者在服务可访问性方面的差异.
主要方法:
- 一项横截面研究分析了来自美国精神卫生机构 (2015-2024) 的纵向数据.
- 数据来源包括心理健康和成治疗跟踪库和美国社区调查.
- 结果测量了提供亚洲语言服务的设施和拥有此类设施的县的比例.
主要成果:
- 2024年,5.6%的设施提供亚洲语言服务;这一比例在2021年达到峰值,随后下降.
- 在2024年,只有6.3%的美国县至少有一家提供亚洲语言服务的设施.
- 服务集中在大都市地区,农村地区显著缺乏可用性,即使LEP人口数量很大.
结论:
- 亚洲语言使用者与LEP的心理健康需求和语言上适当的服务的可用性之间存在着持续的地理不匹配.
- 这种差异在农村地区尤为明显.
- 迫切需要扩大行为健康工作人员和加强文化和语言能力护理的政策,以解决这些差异.
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