Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Medical Center, 622 West 168th Street, PH-16, New York, NY 10032.
Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Medical Center, 622 West 168th Street, PH-16, New York, NY 10032; Division of Critical Care Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.
Semin Perinatol. 2017 Aug;41(5):323-328. doi: 10.1053/j.semperi.2017.04.010. Epub 2017 Jun 7.
A reduction in racial disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality requires effective education of both patients and providers. Although providers seem to recognize that disparities exist, there is a widespread need for improving our understanding differences in health care and outcomes and the factors that contribute to them. There are increasingly more educational materials available for the purpose of augmenting disparities education among patients and providers. However, it is important to incorporate contemporary learning methodologies and technologies to address our current knowledge deficit. Collaborative educational models with a multi-disciplinary approach to patient education will be essential. Ultimately, the comprehensive education of providers and patients will require efforts on the part of numerous stakeholders within patient care delivery models. Further investigation will be necessary to determine how best to disseminate this information to maximize the impact of patient and provider educations with the goal of eliminating disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality.
减少孕产妇发病率和死亡率方面的种族差异需要对患者和医护人员进行有效的教育。尽管医护人员似乎已经认识到存在差异，但他们仍广泛需要提高对医疗保健和结果差异以及导致这些差异的因素的认识。目前已经有越来越多的教育材料可用于增强患者和医护人员在差异教育方面的意识。然而，重要的是要结合当代学习方法和技术来解决我们当前的知识缺陷。具有多学科方法的协作教育模式对于患者教育至关重要。最终，要对医护人员和患者进行全面教育，就需要患者护理模式中的众多利益相关者共同努力。需要进一步调查以确定如何最好地传播这些信息，以最大限度地发挥患者和医护人员教育的影响，最终消除孕产妇发病率和死亡率方面的差异。
