Exploring Mobile Health Clinics: A Scoping Review.

IF 1.2 4区医学 Q4 HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI:10.1353/hpu.2025.a951582

Kathryn Sabo, Esther Herring, Christopher Clock, Jessica G Bell, Patricia Reidy

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Abstract

Mobile health clinics (MHC) have emerged as vital resources to enhance health care access for historically marginalized populations. Using the Arksey and O'Malley framework, this scoping review explores MHC programs, focusing on target populations, settings, services, professionals, and outcomes. The review was conducted through a comprehensive search of PubMed, CINAHL Complete, and EBSCO's Business Source Complete databases from 2017 to 2024. Thirty-eight relevant articles were identified. The review underscores the significance of setting, professional roles, and services offered by MHC programs, alongside highlighting key themes such as populations served, measured outcomes, and barriers/facilitators. It advocates for interprofessional collaboration beyond traditional clinics to provide inclusive care and bridge health care disparities. Beyond health care delivery, the review underscores the importance of interprofessional collaboration in addressing health inequities. The findings of this scoping review provide insights for designing and implementing effective mobile health services in underserved communities.

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探索流动医疗诊所：范围审查。

流动卫生诊所（MHC）已成为提高历史上边缘化人群获得卫生保健机会的重要资源。使用Arksey和O'Malley框架，这一范围审查探讨了MHC项目，重点关注目标人群、环境、服务、专业人员和结果。该综述是通过对PubMed、CINAHL Complete和EBSCO的Business Source Complete数据库从2017年到2024年的全面检索进行的。确定了38条相关条款。该审查强调了MHC规划的环境、专业角色和提供的服务的重要性，同时强调了服务人群、测量结果和障碍/促进因素等关键主题。它倡导在传统诊所之外开展跨专业合作，提供包容性护理，弥合保健差距。除了提供卫生保健之外，审查还强调了跨专业合作在解决卫生不公平现象方面的重要性。这项范围审查的结果为在服务不足的社区设计和实施有效的流动卫生服务提供了见解。

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Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved Multiple-

CiteScore

2.00

自引率

7.10%

发文量

154

期刊介绍： The journal has as its goal the dissemination of information on the health of, and health care for, low income and other medically underserved communities to health care practitioners, policy makers, and community leaders who are in a position to effect meaningful change. Issues dealt with include access to, quality of, and cost of health care.