Davids Anna H, Sommese Kathryn J, Roach Meredith V, Lee Samuel J, Crose Chelsea E, Khan Sarah B, Leader Alexandra P
Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA.
Health Promot Pract. 2020 Jan;21(1):91-96. doi: 10.1177/1524839918784942. Epub 2018 Aug 13.
A 2009 community needs assessment highlighted the health care gap facing Hispanic residents in Hampton, Virginia, one of the major cities served by Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS). Survey respondents indicated the following as health care barriers: language, lack of knowledge, and lack of a community health center. EVMS students worked to bridge the health care gap between existing needs and services by establishing and maintaining the Clínica Comunitaria Esperanza, a culturally and linguistically competent student-run free clinic serving uninsured Hispanics in the Hampton Roads area. This article provides a model for engaging effectively with a priority population through partnerships that facilitate understanding of the community concerns, values, culture, and existing local resources that serve as determinants of health. This article further illustrates how the integration of two preexisting EVMS programs, the HOPES (Health Outreach Partnership of EVMS Students) Clinic and the Medical Spanish program, has supported the development and sustainability of Clínica Comunitaria Esperanza. The HOPES Clinic is a student-run free clinic that provides both general and specialty care to uninsured patients. EVMS' Medical Spanish program is a longitudinal service learning initiative composed of medical students, faculty, and staff dedicated to providing inclusive health care to meet the needs of the local Spanish-speaking community.
2009年的一项社区需求评估凸显了弗吉尼亚州汉普顿的西班牙裔居民所面临的医疗保健差距,汉普顿是东弗吉尼亚医学院(EVMS)服务的主要城市之一。调查对象指出以下为医疗保健障碍:语言、知识匮乏以及缺乏社区健康中心。EVMS的学生通过建立和维持“希望社区诊所”来努力弥合现有需求与服务之间的医疗保健差距,这是一家具备文化和语言能力的学生运营的免费诊所,为汉普顿路地区未参保的西班牙裔居民提供服务。本文提供了一个通过伙伴关系与重点人群有效互动的模式,这种伙伴关系有助于理解社区关切、价值观、文化以及作为健康决定因素的现有当地资源。本文还进一步说明了将EVMS两个既有的项目——HOPES(EVMS学生健康外展伙伴关系)诊所和医学西班牙语项目——整合起来是如何支持希望社区诊所的发展与可持续性的。HOPES诊所是一个学生运营的免费诊所,为未参保患者提供普通和专科护理。EVMS的医学西班牙语项目是一项长期的服务学习倡议,由医学生、教师和工作人员组成,致力于提供包容性医疗保健,以满足当地说西班牙语社区的需求。