Vaughan Elizabeth M, Cepni Aliye B, Le Uyen Phuong N, Johnston Craig A
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
Am J Lifestyle Med. 2023 Feb 3;17(3):355-358. doi: 10.1177/15598276231151866. eCollection 2023 May-Jun.
Community Health Workers (CHWs) have shown value in diabetes care. CHWs are often the individuals who provide behavioral lifestyle intervention to underserved communities and are often the first to assist patients in gaining appropriate access to care. As trusted members of their communities, they have the ability to significantly impact psychosocial and biomedical outcomes, making them important members of the behavioral medicine team. However, lack of recognition of CHWs within multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) gives rise to the issue of the underutilization of their services. Therefore, barriers to including CHWs in MDTs including standardized training and strategies to overcome these are discussed.
社区卫生工作者(CHWs)在糖尿病护理中已展现出价值。社区卫生工作者通常是为服务不足的社区提供行为生活方式干预的人员,并且往往是最先协助患者获得适当医疗服务的人。作为所在社区值得信赖的成员,他们有能力显著影响心理社会和生物医学方面的结果,这使他们成为行为医学团队的重要成员。然而,多学科团队(MDTs)对社区卫生工作者缺乏认可,导致其服务未得到充分利用的问题。因此,本文讨论了将社区卫生工作者纳入多学科团队的障碍,包括标准化培训以及克服这些障碍的策略。