Community outreach can be described as a practice of organizing a local public awareness activity through the community-wide (targeted) and countrywide (broad) interaction. Community engagement is considered as a relationship building process that includes fostering partnerships between all parties involved and along with the targeted community. The prime goal is to cultivate a sense of pride and it includes the participation of the community members, the study team members and the participants of the study. The engagement and the outreach strategies are broad and the main intent is to reach a large proportion of the community (Riesch et al., 2013). The study is based on implementing an outreach campaign to target a particular group that is not accessing the healthcare services. The entire study will be done from the perspective of a mid-level manager.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) is the largest hospital in the Boston, Massachusetts, US. Brigham is the global leader and this is composed of Brigham and Women’s Physicians, Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Boston’s Brigham is an international leader in the field of medicine and the has achieved several pioneering breakthroughs that have improved lives all over the world. The BWH includes the 150 outpatient practices and has more than 1200 physicians. BWH serves the patients that are located in United States, New England and also patients from 120 countries. BW is widely known as a referral centre for the complex cases in all the areas of medicine. The U.S News and the world report has ranked BWH as a top hospital and it is even the best in the speciality areas which include rheumatology, orthopaedics, neurosurgery, neurology, gynaecology, heart surgery, cardiology and cancer (Brighamandwomens.org, 2018d).
The various services rendered by BWH can be majorly segregated in 3 different types:
The BWH also has a centre for community health and health equity (CCHE) that is committed to providing the community programs, advanced systems of research and care in order to raise the status of health served by BWH. The programs implemented by the hospital address the real-life issues and thus affecting the health outcomes of the residents of Boston. The commitment of the CCHE is to go beyond the premises of the hospital and serve those people that need the most. BWH is committed to working with the neighbours like the Dorchester, Mattapan, Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, Mission Hill. BWH working along with the other departments of the BWH, community-based organizations, community health centres have been able to implement the various programs which are aimed towards reducing the advancing the educational opportunities for the young people, increasing the rates of colorectal cancer screening, improving birth outcomes and reduction of violence (Brighamandwomens.org. (2018a). The major commitments of the CCHE are as follows:
The region where the BWH operates and renders the services is the Boston area in Massachusetts. The figure below shows the map of the Hospital and the neighbouring areas.
Figure 1: Location of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the adjacent areas.
The healthcare services include the healthcare organizations, professionals and the other healthcare workers. While the main aim of the healthcare services is to provide the medical care to the people in need or the ones that are unable to access the healthcare. The Healthcare services are meant for providing the health care to the populations, communities, families and the patients. The healthcare services also include the homecare, palliative, primary, diagnostic, hospital, long terms, rehabilitative, preventive and emergency care. It is important to note that the healthcare services are meant to provide care to a targeted population which will be patient centred, high quality. In order to provide successful healthcare service, different types of the care are required to be provided (Barello, Graffigna & Vegni, 2012).
The program selected for the Hispanic population in the Boston area is of the prevention, health screening and direct service type. The program will prioritize on the chronic disease management among the disadvantaged groups for the promotion of wellness among the vulnerable populations and also for the purpose of reducing the health disparity. The main objective is to open the doors towards the initiative of health colorectal cancer screening. The initiative will be launched in order to address the barriers that exist in the screening of colonoscopy among the targeted population. The main goals of the program are: 1) increasing awareness among the targeted population that will need the colorectal cancer screening at the two healthcare centres like the Southern Jamaica Plain Health centre and Brookside Community Healthcare Centre, 2) increase the recommendation of the physicians among the patients that are aged 50 years and old, these patients will seek the help of the BWH licensed community health centres, 3) to decrease the no-show rates of screening colonoscopy and also increase the test preparation, 4) to address the barriers that exist in the screening procedures and this includes the patient education, resource referral, patient navigation (brighamandwomens.org, 2018a).
The program will target the Hispanic population living in the regions like the Boston-Roxbury, Boston-Mattapan, Boston-Jamaica Plain, Boston-Dorchester. The several health indicators are colorectal cancer and other types of cancer. The service will include both male and the female patients belonging to the age group of an adult. The language spoken by such targeted population is Spanish and English.
The target group selected for the delivery of the healthcare are the Hispanics and the Latinos. The population of the Hispanics in Massachusetts according to the census of 2010 is 9.6 percent of the State’s entire population. The Hispanic residents in Massachusetts are 627,654. According to the demographics, Massachusetts is one of the countries which has contributed to the growth of the Hispanic population from the year 2000 to 2010. Massachusetts is the first state in which the Hispanic population is of non-Mexican origin. 41 percent of the Hispanics youths live in poverty in comparison to the non-Hispanic black and white youths (Worldpopulationreview.com, 2018). The Hispanic population in the neighbourhood of Boston are as follows:
Comparing the Hispanic population in the with respect to the relative race and ethnicity are as follows:
While it is important to note that the majority of the Hispanics belong to the age group of 25 to 29 years of age and the percentage is 0.69 percent (Statisticalatlas.com, 2018).
The Hispanics in the Boston region include the persons from the Central or South America, Puerto Rican, Mexican, Cuban. The culture of the Hispanics is generally patriarchal and where that male member has the greater dominance and authority. Hispanics come from where there is a presence of activities related to shared dominance and the accountability is taken to be collective. Demographically the Hispanics are younger in comparison to the other non-Hispanics. The median age group is considered to be 27.5 years whereas in comparison to other US population it is 36.9 years. The income levels are found to be rising among the Hispanics, although the income is less in comparison to the U.S average. Even if the Hispanics are earning less in comparison to the average white Americans, the Hispanics live longer. The Hispanics also have issues with getting diseases and they are of greatest concern. The majority of the diseases occur due to the not accessing the healthcare services, polluted water, unclean air, exposure to pesticides, environmental factors. The average household size is found to be about 3.47 people in comparison to the US average population. The children are the big part of the household with 62 percent were below the age of 18 years (Perez-Rodriguez et al., 2014).
Before coming across the communication technologies that will be used among the Hispanics in order to reach them will largely depend on the variety of media consumption of the different types of media by the Hispanics. The different types of media used by the Hispanics are as follows:
Considering the above-mentioned data, it can be concluded that the best choice of the technologies would be radio, television, internet, e-magazines and e-newspapers. These communication technologies will be environmentally appropriate. Thus in order to highlight each of the communication technology, there is a need to emphasize each of the categories.
Even if the communication technologies are not used for the purpose of communication, then there are other options like the custom publications. Both the newspapers and the magazines which are the printed media can be beneficial for communication. They are actually effective considering the habit of the Hispanics regarding the usage of the printed for gaining knowledge of the happenings related to their community and the latest styles and trends. Both the Hispanics and the Latino communities are can be made to access the content via the publication in bilingual languages (Lee et al., 2014).
The BWH is one of the reputed and world-renowned hospitals in Boston that serves both the residents of the Boston and the neighbouring regions. Considering the fact that the Hispanics are not properly availing the screening services for colorectal cancer. It is necessary to properly disseminate the information of availing the health services that are exclusively available for the Hispanics in the region. The target population can be communicated via the 3 major ways, such as via radio, television and the internet. Although the Hispanics also love to read newspapers and magazines the communication technologies will help disseminate the information faster.
Radio- It is reported that the Hispanics love to hear a single channel all day along and the whole prefers it as well. Thus, the Hispanics channel can be explicitly brought in to contract to air the advertisement regarding the benefits of screening colorectal cancer.
Television- It has been reported that the Hispanics love to watch televisions for the sole purpose of entertainment. The channels that the Hispanics prefer are the English and the Spanish channels. Thus, this channel can provide advertisements in between the programs about availing the services that are rendered by BWH.
Internet- the internet is one of the best places for the dissemination of information considering the fact that majority of the adults use internet for the purpose of gaining knowledge and accessing the social media (Slate Magazine, 2018). The Social networking sites like the Facebook and Myspace can be used by the show the advertisement of the BWH and the colorectal screening services rendered by the hospital. The social media will provide a platform for sharing and communication in a collective way.
Table 1: Communication plan
|
Audience |
Messages |
Media or vehicle |
Frequency |
Timing |
|
Male |
Colorectal cancer screening available in BWH |
Social media |
Whole week |
The many times a user will log into their social networking site. |
|
Female |
Colorectal cancer screening available in BWH |
Radio |
Morning, noon and the evenings |
3 times a day and overall 21 times a week |
|
Male and female |
Benefits of colorectal cancer screening and its benefits |
Radio and television |
Whole week |
10 times a day for television and 3 times in a day. |
Conclusion
Thus from the above discussion, it can be concluded that there are several regions where the different communities and ethnic groups are unable to access the healthcare. Even situations arise where such groups often do not have the information regarding where to access the healthcare facilities. Thus, such situations demand appropriate action to disseminate the information regarding the healthcare delivery and the how to access the healthcare centres. The study has highlighted one such community called the Hispanics that have are unable to access the healthcare and thus a communication plan is developed to address the issue.
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