Artz L, Cooke C J, Meyers A, Stalgaitis S
Am J Community Psychol. 1981 Jun;9(3):361-70. doi: 10.1007/BF00896070.
This study explores a community-based approach to health care. Community volunteers were trained and then conducted door-to-door screening for hypertension. Three large apartment complexes were selected for screening. In the two experimental communities, a letter was sent to each household soliciting volunteers who were then trained to measure blood pressure, complete data sheets, gain admittance to houses, and make appropriate recommendations for medical consultation. The residents in the control community received letters informing them of the hours during which they could have their blood pressure checked free of charge in the apartment complex rental office. Chi-square tests on number of apartments screened indicated the experimental door-to-door screening methods was significantly more effective than the control central site method. These results demonstrate that the experimental screening project was a highly effective and inexpensive technique for hypertension screening.
本研究探索了一种基于社区的医疗保健方法。社区志愿者接受培训后，进行了高血压的挨家挨户筛查。选择了三个大型公寓小区进行筛查。在两个实验社区，向每户发送了一封信，征集志愿者，然后对这些志愿者进行培训，使其能够测量血压、填写数据表、进入住户家中，并就医疗咨询提出适当建议。对照社区的居民收到信件，告知他们可以在公寓小区租赁办公室免费检查血压的时间。对筛查的公寓数量进行的卡方检验表明，实验性的挨家挨户筛查方法比对照的中心地点筛查方法显著更有效。这些结果表明，实验性筛查项目是一种用于高血压筛查的高效且低成本的技术。
