Awareness and utilization of community long-term care services by elderly Korean and non-Hispanic White Americans
Awareness and utilization of community long-term care services by elderly Korean and non-Hispanic White Americans
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DOI：
10.1093/geront/38.3.309
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发表时间：
1998-06-01
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影响因子：
5.7
通讯作者：
Villa, V
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作者：
Moon, A;Lubben, JE;Villa, V
本文比较分析了213名韩国老年人和201名非西班牙裔美国白人对15项社区长期护理服务的认识和利用水平。我们发现，无论是绝对值还是相对值，韩裔美国人对长期健康和社会服务的认识和利用程度都极低。这一发现挑战了这些服务的重要资金来源--《老年美国人法》能否成功地实现其所述的目标，即增加向少数族裔老年人和社会经济上处于不利地位的老年人提供服务和提供服务。还讨论了有效外展和公共教育工作的战略。
This article presents a comparative analysis of the level of awareness and utilization of 15 community-based long-term care services by 213 elderly Korean and 201 non-Hispanic White Americans. We found extremely low levels of awareness and utilization of longterm health and social services among Korean Americans, in both absolute and relative terms. This finding challenges the success of the Older Americans Act, an important funding source of those services, in meeting its stated objectives to increase service availability and delivery to minority elders and socioeconomically disadvantaged elders. Strategies for effective outreach and public education efforts are also discussed.