Farr A Celeste, Ames Natalie
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
J Health Commun. 2008 Jun;13(4):375-88. doi: 10.1080/10810730802063835.
Lack of access to medical treatment and preventive care affects children's immediate well-being and has potential consequences for their physical and mental health as adults. The study reported in this article was designed as the first step in planning and implementing a communitywide collaborative to work on improving medically underserved children's access to health care. The authors used a two-stage, census-based telephone survey to identify organizations that had contact with medically underserved children and to assess the status of the communication network among them. Although there was no evidence of a functioning network among the organizations surveyed, the results indicate that many organizations would participate in a network and suggest possibilities for developing an organizational network aimed at improving children's access to health care.
无法获得医疗治疗和预防保健会影响儿童当下的福祉，并对他们成年后的身心健康产生潜在影响。本文所报道的这项研究被设计为规划和实施一项全社区合作项目的第一步，该合作项目致力于改善医疗服务不足儿童获得医疗保健的机会。作者采用了基于人口普查的两阶段电话调查，以确定与医疗服务不足儿童有联系的组织，并评估它们之间通信网络的状况。尽管在所调查的组织中没有证据表明存在一个运转良好的网络，但结果表明许多组织愿意参与一个网络，并为建立一个旨在改善儿童获得医疗保健机会的组织网络提供了可能性。
