COVID-19 Testing and Social Determinants of Health Among Disadvantaged Baltimore Neighborhoods: A Community Mobile Health Clinic Outreach Model
| Autor: | Kechna Cadet, Susan Mani, David R. Baker |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Social Determinants of Health Leadership and Management Vulnerability Pilot Projects Health literacy 03 medical and health sciences COVID-19 Testing 0302 clinical medicine Patient satisfaction Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Social determinants of health SARS-CoV-2 business.industry 030503 health policy & services Health Policy Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health COVID-19 Original Articles Telemedicine Test (assessment) Disadvantaged Outreach Family medicine Baltimore Female 0305 other medical science business |
| Zdroj: | Popul Health Manag |
| ISSN: | 1942-7905 1942-7891 |
| DOI: | 10.1089/pop.2021.0066 |
| Popis: | The objective was to summarize data on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing uptake, social determinants of health, and patient satisfaction with mobile health clinic services within underserved minority and low-income communities. This COVID-19 pilot project was conducted during June and July 2020 in low-income residential neighborhoods in West Baltimore, Maryland. Quantitative data were collected and assessed cross-sectionally. Demographically, 85% of the patients identified as Black or African American (n = 265) and 58.2% as female (n = 184). The COVID-19 test was administered by the registered nurse to 78.2% (n = 288) of the patients. More than 90% of patients confirmed high levels of satisfaction with the services they received from the community mobile health clinic. Social determinants were assessed and females reported significantly worse health literacy than their male counterparts (P |
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