Nurse-community health mediator pairs: a promising model for promoting the health of populations in remote areas of the French Amazon.

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Tác giả: Lionel Amato, Bérengère Bonot, Bastien Boussat, Cécile Caspar, Charlène Cochet, Brice Daverton, Loïc Epelboin, Mélanie Gaillet, Estelle Jacoud, Céline Michaud, Margot Oberlis, Cyril Rousseau, Nicolas Vignier

Ngôn ngữ: eng

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Thông tin xuất bản: Switzerland : Frontiers in public health , 2025

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Bộ sưu tập: NCBI

ID: 698187

Multicultural Amazonian populations in remote areas of French Guiana face challenges in accessing healthcare and preventive measures. They are geographically and administratively isolated. Health mediation serves as an interface between vulnerable people and the professionals involved in their care. This approach aims to improve the health of Amazonian populations by addressing their unique challenges, including social and health vulnerabilities, as well as language and cultural barriers. A Mobile Public Health Team (MPHT) relying on health mediation was created in 2019. Comprising six nurse-community-health mediator pairs who receive ongoing specialised training, along with a coordination team of one physician and two public health nurses, the MPHT is connected to the 17 Prevention and Care Remote Centres across the territory. This article presents a community case study of the MPHT of the remote areas in French Guiana and the description of the activities of this health promotion programme in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021. The MPHT carried out health promotion initiatives, often in collaboration with partners, focusing on health priorities of the Amazonian territories. The interventions were co-designed with community leaders and local populations to ensure relevance and effectiveness. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the MPHT reached over 6,000 individuals in addition to more than 3,000 participants in a water, hygiene and sanitation education programme. The team performed 83 health promotion interventions on eight different topics, including 28 in the general population (922 people reached) and 55 in schools (
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