White Deanna
Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit, Simcoe, ON, Canada.
Healthc Policy. 2013 Feb;8(3):27-41.
To describe the development and application of an evidence-based rural health framework to guide rural health program, policy and service planning.
A literature review of rural health programs, focusing on health promotion, chronic disease prevention and population health, was conducted using several bibliographic databases.
Thirty papers met the criteria for review, describing chronic disease interventions and public health policies in rural settings. Twenty-one papers demonstrated effective intervention programs and highlighted potential good practices for rural health programs, which were used to define key elements of a rural health framework.
The rural health framework was applied to an influenza immunization program to demonstrate its utility in assisting public health providers to increase uptake of the vaccine. This rural health framework provides an opportunity for program planners to reflect on the key issues facing rural communities to ensure the development of policies and strategies that will prudently and effectively meet population health needs.
描述一个基于证据的农村卫生框架的制定与应用，以指导农村卫生项目、政策及服务规划。
利用多个文献数据库，对农村卫生项目进行文献综述，重点关注健康促进、慢性病预防及人群健康。
30篇论文符合综述标准，描述了农村地区的慢性病干预措施和公共卫生政策。21篇论文展示了有效的干预项目，并突出了农村卫生项目的潜在良好实践，这些被用于定义农村卫生框架的关键要素。
农村卫生框架应用于流感免疫项目，以证明其在协助公共卫生服务提供者提高疫苗接种率方面的效用。这个农村卫生框架为项目规划者提供了一个机会，来思考农村社区面临的关键问题，以确保制定出能够谨慎且有效地满足人群健康需求的政策和策略。
