Telemental health technology in deaf and general mental-health services: Access and use
Telemental health technology in deaf and general mental-health services: Access and use
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DOI：
10.1353/aad.2006.0033
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发表时间：
2006-06-01
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1
通讯作者：
McGrath, Melissa
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作者：
Austen, Sally;McGrath, Melissa
为聋人提供心理健康服务的长途旅行对服务的效率、安全和平等有影响。然而，在聋人和一般心理健康服务中，对Telemental Health（TMH）的吸收一直很慢。一项定量研究被用来调查访问TMH和工作人员的信心，经验，或人口影响TMH的使用。它的结论是，工作人员在聋人精神卫生服务，也不是一般的精神卫生服务有足够的知识或获得TMH。员工对屯门医院的工作是否恰当表示关注。以前使用视频会议与信心显着相关，但以前使用视频电话没有。无论是聋人服务的工作人员，也聋人工作人员更有经验或更有信心的视频会议，而在聋人服务，聋人工作人员显着更有信心的视频电话的使用。培训的影响进行了讨论。
LONG-DISTANCE TRAVEL to provide mental health services for deaf people has implications for efficiency, safety, and equality of service. However, uptake of Telemental Health (TMH) has been slow in both deaf and general mental health services. A quantitative study was used to investigate access to TMH and whether staff confidence, experience, or demographics affect TMH use. It was concluded that staff in neither deaf mental health services nor general mental health services had adequate knowledge of or access to TMH. Staff expressed concerns over TMH's appropriateness in their work. Previous use of videoconferencing was associated significantly with confidence, but previous use of videophones was not. Neither staff in deaf services nor deaf staff were more experienced with or more confident about videoconferencing, whereas, within deaf services, deaf staff were significantly more confident about videophone use. Training implications are discussed.