An interdisciplinary street outreach program to engage vulnerable neighbors in care
| Autor: | Megan Doede, Kelly Doran |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Psychological intervention Vulnerable Populations 03 medical and health sciences Community center 0302 clinical medicine Nursing Health care medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine Sociology General Nursing 030504 nursing Poverty Social work business.industry Public health Mental Disorders Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Health equity Community-Institutional Relations Outreach Ill-Housed Persons 0305 other medical science business Case Management |
| Zdroj: | Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.)REFERENCES. 38(2) |
| ISSN: | 1525-1446 |
| Popis: | Those experiencing poverty, homelessness, or behavioral health disorders are difficult to engage and maintain in health care services. These vulnerable populations experience unique barriers to engagement in health care services, which fuel health inequity. We need innovative approaches to address this need. This paper discusses the reciprocal relationship between a community center and a local university, which led to a street outreach program that provides a dynamic interprofessional experience for nursing, medical, and social work students and helps connect vulnerable populations to care. Over 12 weeks, students interacted with 127 neighbors. The most common interventions used were as follows: support and encouragement, health teaching, providing medical supplies, and/or referrals to the community center to meet with case management and/or attend the nurse-run public health clinic. The encounters often resulted in neighbors' goals being met, neighbors' planning to use the community outreach center (COC) in the future, and neighbors leaving the encounter with a plan to manage their health. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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