Children's of Alabama, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Soc Work Health Care. 2012;51(5):417-29. doi: 10.1080/00981389.2012.659837.
Children with special health care needs pose a special challenge in post-disaster response. Current research suggests that the general population is not adequately prepared for a major disaster event, with members of vulnerable populations even less prepared. The purpose of this study was to determine the short-term effectiveness of a brief patient education intervention aimed at increasing levels of disaster preparedness among families of special health care needs children. One hundred twenty-one families were randomly assigned to either intervention or intervention plus incentive group. Families were surveyed prior to the intervention using a previously published instrument on family preparedness, and at 30-45 days post-intervention. A Preparedness Score was assigned to each family based on the number of items completed on the preparedness instrument. Significant differences were found between pre- and posttest scores for families that received the intervention, regardless of whether or not an incentive item was provided. Posttest scores were significantly higher than pretest scores, suggesting that the intervention was successful in increasing short-term overall levels of family preparedness in this population.
具有特殊医疗需求的儿童在灾后应对中带来了特殊的挑战。目前的研究表明，一般人群对重大灾害事件的准备不足，弱势群体成员的准备更差。本研究的目的是确定一项针对特殊医疗需求儿童家庭的短期患者教育干预措施的短期效果，该干预措施旨在提高灾害准备水平。121 个家庭被随机分配到干预组或干预加激励组。在干预之前，使用先前发表的关于家庭准备情况的工具对家庭进行了调查，并在干预后 30-45 天进行了调查。根据准备工具上完成的项目数量，为每个家庭分配一个准备分数。接受干预的家庭在前后测得分之间存在显著差异，无论是否提供激励项目。后测得分明显高于前测得分，这表明该干预措施在提高该人群的短期整体家庭准备水平方面是成功的。
