Boettcher J H
Radford University School of Nursing, VA 24142.
Nurs Clin North Am. 1993 Mar;28(1):199-209.
RHOP is a nurse-managed community-based program that uses a variety of approaches to reduce infant mortality and improve maternal child health. In a rural area, representative of much of the rural South, which has a persistent record of poor maternal-child outcomes, the program is using university and community resources to make a difference. The goal is to empower the community to help it help itself using all the available resources. The initial outcome data indicate that these positive changes are happening and can be the site for future activities by those in the community as well as the university. Future plans include involving more departments at the university in the program and expanding services to three additional counties. Graduate students and faculty are becoming interested in conducting research using RHOP activities as a base, and future grants are being considered to expand into new areas such as substance abuse and cancer prevention.
农村卫生成果项目（RHOP）是一个由护士管理的社区项目，它采用多种方法来降低婴儿死亡率并改善母婴健康。在一个代表南方大部分农村地区的乡村，该地区母婴健康状况一直不佳，该项目正在利用大学和社区资源来改变现状。目标是增强社区能力，使其利用所有可用资源自助。初步结果数据表明，这些积极变化正在发生，并且可以成为社区人员以及大学未来开展活动的场所。未来计划包括让大学更多部门参与该项目，并将服务扩展到另外三个县。研究生和教师开始有兴趣以RHOP活动为基础开展研究，并且正在考虑未来拨款以拓展到药物滥用和癌症预防等新领域。
