دورية أكاديمية
Pathways to healthcare for migrants and vulnerable people inclusion: the experience of Genti di Pace
| العنوان: | Pathways to healthcare for migrants and vulnerable people inclusion: the experience of Genti di Pace |
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| المؤلفون: | Mancinelli, S, Buonomo, E, Mosaico, F, Biondi, G, Zampa, A, Marchegiani, M P, Gnolfo, F |
| المصدر: | European Journal of Public Health ; volume 30, issue Supplement_5 ; ISSN 1101-1262 1464-360X |
| بيانات النشر: | Oxford University Press (OUP) |
| سنة النشر: | 2020 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health |
| الوصف: | Issue Chronic and acute diseases affects migrants and vulnerable people who often face barriers in accessing health care services. Here is the description of an innovative health center (HC) developed for identifying barriers and facilitating access to health care services of hard-to-reach (HTR) people in Rome. Description of the Problem The Community of Sant'Egidio together with the “Migrant Health Unit” of ASL Roma 1 has established an innovative HC program aimed to improve health outcomes in HTR urban population. One of the main Public Health challenge is to reduce inequalities among migrants and vulnerable people through improving access to health services. Data here analysed were collected during 2019. Results 897 migrants and vulnerable people received heath care assistance. 52.4% were females, mean age 40.7±21.4 ds, 16.3% aged under 18 years and 69.6% were between 18-64 years. Countries of provenance: 56.8% Eastern Europe (Bosnia and Romania), 16.8% South America and 15.2% North Africa. 3.2% were refugees. Among 1986 health interventions 56.3% were general medical visits, 35.4% prescriptions and free drugs distribution, 4.1% children growth controls and baby milk supplies, 3.6% specialist visits and only 0.3% were sending to the Emergency Room. Lessons Improving the access to health care services of migrants is both a public health and an economic goal. The increase in chronic-degenerative diseases underlines the need to facilitate access to health services, also through collaboration networks between public and private social. This allows continuity in treatment, which has great meaning of secondary prevention, as well as rationalization of resources, reducing an improper use of the Emergency Room, which provides occasional intervention, but does not integrate into an efficient/effective therapeutic path. Key messages Promoting health care services like this can reduce barriers, improve health outcomes in migrants and increase sustainability of the NHS. Improving access to public and private ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa166.757 |
| الإتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa166.757Test http://academic.oup.com/eurpub/article-pdf/30/Supplement_5/ckaa166.757/33817165/ckaa166.757.pdfTest |
| حقوق: | https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_modelTest |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.7EA696A8 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa166.757 |
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