Department of Social Work, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA.
Department of Population Health, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, 10016, USA.
J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2019 Aug;6(4):686-700. doi: 10.1007/s40615-019-00567-y. Epub 2019 Mar 5.
This paper highlights the use of an adapted Office of Minority Health (OMH) Preconception Health Peer Educator program to address persistent infant mortality health disparities. The community-based Attack Infant Mortality (AIM Escambia) initiative was established to increase preconception health knowledge among African American women at risk for adverse birth outcomes. Participants (N = 122) attended a 6-h AIM peer educator training, completed pretest and posttest questionnaires about their health knowledge, health attitudes, and planned engagement in health behaviors. Study results support the use of preconception health education training to inform health knowledge, health attitudes, and planned health sharing behaviors. Multidisciplinary collaborations and targeted interventions should be considered when seeking to improve community health conditions and increase health knowledge and health literacy for minority populations.
本文重点介绍了利用经改编的少数民族健康办公室（OMH）孕前健康同伴教育者计划来解决持续存在的婴儿死亡率健康差距问题。基于社区的“攻击婴儿死亡率（AIM Escambia）”倡议旨在提高有不良生育结局风险的非裔美国妇女的孕前健康知识。参与者（N=122）参加了为期 6 小时的 AIM 同伴教育者培训，完成了关于他们健康知识、健康态度和计划参与健康行为的前测和后测问卷。研究结果支持使用孕前健康教育培训来告知健康知识、健康态度和计划中的健康分享行为。在寻求改善社区健康状况和提高少数民族的健康知识和健康素养时，应考虑多学科合作和有针对性的干预措施。
