Kilpatrick Sue, Cheers Brian, Gilles Marisa, Taylor Judy
Department of Rural Health, University of Tasmania, Locked Bag 1372, Launceston, Tasmania 7250, Australia.
Health Place. 2009 Mar;15(1):284-90. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2008.05.008. Epub 2008 Jun 11.
Boundary crossers understand the culture and language of community and health service domains and have the trust of both. Rural health professionals living within the communities they serve are ideally placed to harness community capacity so as to influence community-level determinants of health. We analyse five case studies of rural health professionals acting as boundary crossers against indicators of capacity for communities and external agents such as health services working in partnership. A more explicit evidence base for inclusion of community health development in the jobs of rural health professionals is needed.
跨界者了解社区和卫生服务领域的文化与语言，并获得双方的信任。生活在其所服务社区内的农村卫生专业人员处于理想位置，能够利用社区能力，从而影响社区层面的健康决定因素。我们针对农村卫生专业人员作为跨界者的五个案例研究，依据社区能力指标以及诸如合作开展工作的卫生服务等外部机构的指标进行分析。需要一个更明确的证据基础，以便将社区卫生发展纳入农村卫生专业人员的工作范畴。
