Emlet C A, Hall A M
Solano County Health Services Department, Public Health Division, Vallejo, CA 94590.
Gerontologist. 1991 Aug;31(4):556-60. doi: 10.1093/geront/31.4.556.
Gatekeepers, or nontraditional referral sources, have proven to be an effective means of case finding and outreach for the mental health needs of isolated senior citizens. A two-year project administered by the Public Health Division of the Health Services Department in a San Francisco Bay Area county found the gatekeeper concept to be an effective means of case finding in the public health setting. Program statistics showed similar profiles of individuals referred by gatekeepers and other referral sources except that gatekeepers referred more individuals living alone.
守门人,即非传统的转介来源,已被证明是为独居老年人的心理健康需求进行病例发现和外展服务的有效手段。由旧金山湾区一个县的卫生服务部公共卫生司管理的一个为期两年的项目发现,守门人概念是在公共卫生环境中进行病例发现的有效手段。项目统计数据显示,守门人转介的个体与其他转介来源转介的个体情况相似,只是守门人转介的独居个体更多。