School of Nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
School of Nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
Nurs Outlook. 2023 May-Jun;71(3):101958. doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2023.101958. Epub 2023 Mar 22.
Advances in technologies including omics, apps, imaging, sensors, and big data are increasingly being integrated into research by nurse scientists, but the impact on improving health equity is still unclear. In this article, nursing research faculty from one institution discuss challenges and opportunities experienced when integrating various technologies into their research aimed at promoting health equity. Using exemplars from faculty experiences, a three-pronged approach to keeping patients and communities and the goal of health equity central in research while incorporating advancing technologies is described. This approach includes establishing long-term engagement with populations underrepresented in research, adopting strategies to increase diversity in study participant recruitment, and training and collaboration among a diverse workforce of educators, clinicians, and researchers. Training nurse scientists in integrating data and technology for advancing the science on health equity will shift the culture of how we understand, collaborate, and grow with the communities in which we train and practice as nurse scientists.
技术的进步，包括组学、应用程序、成像、传感器和大数据，越来越多地被护士科学家整合到研究中，但这些技术对改善健康公平的影响仍不清楚。在这篇文章中，一所机构的护理研究教师讨论了在将各种技术整合到他们旨在促进健康公平的研究中时所经历的挑战和机遇。从教师的经验中举例说明，描述了一种在整合先进技术的同时，将患者和社区以及健康公平目标保持在研究中心的三管齐下的方法。该方法包括与研究中代表性不足的人群建立长期的参与关系，采取增加研究参与者招募多样性的策略，以及培训和协作多样化的教育工作者、临床医生和研究人员。培训护士科学家整合数据和技术，以推进关于健康公平的科学，将改变我们理解、合作和与我们培训和实践的社区共同发展的文化，作为护士科学家。
