Addressing Health Disparities: The Role of an African American Health Ministry Committee
Addressing Health Disparities: The Role of an African American Health Ministry Committee
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DOI：
10.1080/10911350902987078
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发表时间：
2011-01-01
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Harris, Gertrude
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作者：
Austin, Sandra;Harris, Gertrude
《2010年健康人》指出，需要解决非裔美国人、亚洲人、美洲印第安人、西班牙裔美国人、阿拉斯加裔美国人和太平洋岛民之间的健康差距。这些群体不成比例地受到癌症、心血管疾病、糖尿病、艾滋病毒感染和艾滋病的影响。尽管关于健康差距和有效干预措施的研究越来越多，但仍然非常需要更多地了解文化上适当的干预措施。社会工作的职业价值观和道德要求提供的服务在文化上是胜任的和有效的。社会工作者可以与基于社区的健康促进服务合作，探索新的方法，以确保非裔美国人所属的机构能够解决健康差距。本文介绍了非裔美国人卫生部委员会健康促进举措的调查结果，并探讨了卫生部委员会在通过教育解决健康差距方面发挥作用的可行性。探讨了黑人教会在解决健康差距方面的积极作用。
Healthy People 2010 identified the need to address health disparities among African Americans, Asians, American Indians, Hispanics, Alaskan American, and Pacific Islanders. These are groups disproportionately affected by cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, HIV infection, and AIDSs. Despite the growing body of research on health disparities and effective interventions, there is a great need to learn more about culturally appropriate interventions. Social work professional values and ethics require that service delivery be culturally competent and effective. Social workers can collaborate with community based health promotion services, exploring new ways to ensure that health disparities can be addressed in institutions to which African Americans belong. This article presents findings of an African American health ministry committees health promotion initiatives and probed the viability of a health ministry committee role in addressing health disparities through education. The promising role of the Black church in addressing health disparities is explored.