FROM THE GUEST EDITORS - RURAL AMERICA: A CALL FOR NURSES TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
FROM THE GUEST EDITORS - RURAL AMERICA: A CALL FOR NURSES TO ADDRESS MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
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客座编辑致辞 - 美国农村：呼吁护士解决心理健康问题
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发表时间：
2002
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2.1
通讯作者：
C. Herrick
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作者：
H. Brown;C. Herrick
就在我们准备写这篇社论的时候，我们收到了一封来自美国精神科护士协会（APNA）的电子邮件，称将削减第七章和第八章的项目，这些项目是为卫生专业，特别是护理和公共卫生提供资金的。他们还指出，严重短缺“在农村和服务不足地区继续存在，部分原因是市场力量促使保健专业人员到工资较高的地方执业”（亚太医务协会，2001年）。农村地区因缺乏保健服务，特别是缺乏精神保健服务而臭名昭著。由于资金问题继续阻碍提供高质量的精神卫生保健，政治家、保险公司、卫生系统和卫生保健提供者，特别是护士，必须解决缺乏获得适当精神卫生保健的机会的问题。将城市模式转移到农村环境的尝试失败了，使800万美国人没有精神卫生保健（Olsson, 2000）。本期特刊的目的是提请护士注意居住在美国农村的特殊人群的心理健康需求。
At the time we were preparing to write this editorial, we received an e-mail from the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) stating that there would be cuts in the Title VII and VIII programs, which fund the health professions, particularly nursing and public health. They also stated that serious shortages "continue to exist in rural and under-served areas, in part due to market forces, driving health professionals to practice where higher wages are available" (APNA, 2001). Rural areas are notorious for their lack of health care services, especially the delivery of mental health services. Because funding issues continue to impede the delivery of quality mental health care, lack of access to adequate mental health care must be addressed by politicians, insurance companies, health systems, and health care providers, particularly nurses. Attempts to transfer urban models to rural settings have failed, leaving 8 million Americans without mental health care (Olsson, 2000). The purpose of this special issue is to bring to the attention of nurses the mental health needs of special populations residing in rural America.