Ruiz Maria Elena, Phillips Linda R, Kim Haesook, Woods Dianna Lynn
University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
J Transcult Nurs. 2016 Jan;27(1):8-17. doi: 10.1177/1043659615569539. Epub 2015 Feb 3.
Latinos/Hispanics are the largest and fastest growing ethnic minority group in the United States. By mid-century, older Hispanics may account for almost 20% of the older cohort. Yet while health disparities have garnered increased attention, little is known about older Hispanics and their overall health, social, and economic needs. This article presents an innovative Ethnocultural Gerontological Nursing Model that can serve as an overarching framework for exploring various salient macro- and micro-level factors that affect the lives of Latino elders, their families, and the communities that support them. By utilizing a life span perspective, the Ethnocultural Gerontological Nursing Model and attached questionnaire can assist nurses and other health providers in gaining a fuller assessment of older Latinos in order that we may improve our understanding and development of health service, program, and policy changes that address the needs of older Latinos and the nurses who care for them and their families.
拉丁裔/西班牙裔是美国最大且增长最快的少数族裔群体。到本世纪中叶，老年西班牙裔可能占老年人群体的近20%。然而，尽管健康差距已受到越来越多的关注，但对于老年西班牙裔及其总体健康、社会和经济需求却知之甚少。本文提出了一种创新的民族文化老年护理模式，该模式可作为一个总体框架，用于探索影响拉丁裔老年人、其家庭以及支持他们的社区生活的各种显著宏观和微观层面因素。通过运用生命周期视角，民族文化老年护理模式及所附问卷可帮助护士和其他医疗服务提供者更全面地评估老年拉丁裔，以便我们能更好地理解并制定满足老年拉丁裔及其护理人员和家庭需求的健康服务、项目及政策变革。
