Kinser Patricia A, Robins Jo Lynne W, Masho Saba W
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing, Richmond, VA, USA.
Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, Division of Epidemiology, Virginia Commonwealth School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, USA.
Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2016;2016:2156969. doi: 10.1155/2016/2156969. Epub 2016 Sep 8.
Health disparities (HD) continue to persist in the United States which underscores the importance of using low-cost, accessible, evidence-based strategies that can improve health outcomes, especially for chronic conditions that are prevalent among underserved minority populations. Complementary/integrative health modalities, particularly self-administered mind-body practices (MBP), can be extremely useful in reducing HD because they are intrinsically patient-centered and they empower patients to actively engage in self-care of health and self-management of symptoms. Interprofessional healthcare providers and patients can engage in powerful partnerships that encompass self-administered MBP to improve health. This is a call to action for interprofessional researchers to engage in high-quality research regarding efficacy and cost-effectiveness of self-administered MBP, for practitioners to engage patients in self-administered MBP for health promotion, disease prevention, and symptom management, and for healthcare institutions to integrate self-administered MBP into conventional health practices to reduce HD in their communities.
健康差距（HD）在美国持续存在，这凸显了采用低成本、易获取且基于证据的策略以改善健康结果的重要性，尤其是对于在服务不足的少数族裔人群中普遍存在的慢性病而言。补充/整合性健康模式，特别是自我管理的身心实践（MBP），在减少健康差距方面可能极其有用，因为它们本质上是以患者为中心的，并且能使患者积极参与健康的自我护理和症状的自我管理。跨专业医疗服务提供者和患者可以建立强大的伙伴关系，其中包括自我管理的身心实践以改善健康。这是呼吁跨专业研究人员开展关于自我管理身心实践的疗效和成本效益的高质量研究，呼吁从业者让患者参与自我管理的身心实践以促进健康、预防疾病和管理症状，以及呼吁医疗机构将自我管理的身心实践纳入传统健康实践中，以减少其所在社区的健康差距。
