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Ikigo cyita ku buzima bw’abaturage cyakira abakozi bashinzwe ubuzima binyuze muri gahunda y’igihugu y’ubuzima
Uhereye ibumoso, Umukozi ushinzwe ubuzima bw’abaturage Harry Yanoshak; Nicole Lipinski, umuyobozi wa Service ya Geriatric Service Line; Kathleen Doyle, umuyobozi wa serivisi zishingiye ku barwayi; Umukozi ushinzwe ubuzima bw’abaturage Kristin Zaorski, na Lou Strazzeri, umuhuzabikorwa wo kohereza abaturage n’ibigo, mu kigo cyitwa Wright Centre for Health Community - Mid Valley.
Abakozi bashya babiri bashinzwe ubuzima (CHWs) batanga serivisi zihariye ku barwayi bo mu kigo cya Wright gishinzwe ubuzima bw’abaturage ndetse n’abatuye mu majyaruguru y’amajyaruguru ya Pennsylvania, babikesheje gahunda idasanzwe ibinyujije mu kigo cy’ubuzima cy’igihugu (NHC).
Harry Yanoshak wo mu mujyi wa Kibaya gukorana n’itsinda ryita ku bageze mu za bukuru rya Wright Centre na Kristin Zaorski wo mu mujyi wa Covington bazafatanya n’itsinda ry’ubuzima ry’imyitwarire ya Wright Centre.
CHW zombi zatewe inkunga binyuze muri NHC's Community Health Fellowship, gahunda y’ubuzima rusange bw’abaturage itoza abaturage baho nka CHW. Abakozi bashya biyemeje gukemura ibibazo bidakenewe by’abaturage batishoboye no kuzamura ubumenyi bwabo nk'abayobozi bashinzwe ubuzima.
Wright Centre ikoresha CHWs kugirango ifashe guhuza abarwayi nabaturage mubutunzi butandukanye. Usibye kubahuza n'ibigega by'ibiribwa no kubafasha kubona amazu meza, ahendutse, CHWs irashobora kandi gufasha abarwayi gukemura fagitire y'ingirakamaro, gutwara abantu no kuva kwa muganga, gusaba ubwishingizi bw'ubuzima, n'ibindi bitandukanye bakeneye.
“They bridge the gap,” said Kathleen Doyle, director of patient-centered services at The Wright Center. “They help address basic needs so patients can focus on their health and medical needs. This ties in directly to The Wright Center’s mission.”
Gahunda ya NHC itera inkunga CHWs kugirango ikore mubice byihariye kugirango byoroherezwe kwishyira hamwe na Wright Centre yubuzima rusange bwabaturage ubuzima rusange bwibanze.
Lou Strazzeri, umuhuzabikorwa wo kohereza abaturage hamwe n’ibigo mu kigo cya Wright yagize ati: "Iyi ni indi ntambwe imwe yo gutanga ubufasha bw’abantu bose, bahujwe." Ati: "Ubu dushobora gutanga CHW ishobora kwibanda cyane cyane ku byo umurwayi ubonwa n'itsinda ryacu rishinzwe ubuvuzi bw'abasaza ashobora gukenera cyangwa icyo umwe mu barwayi bacu bafite ubuzima bwiza ashobora gukenera."
Nicole Lipinski, umuyobozi wa The Wright Centre's Geriatric Service Line, ategereje umutungo wihariye kandi inkunga Yanoshak izashobora guha abarwayi n'imiryango yabo.
Ati: "Turashoboye gufasha aba baturage bugarijwe n'ibibazo kunyura mu gihe cyo kwita ku myaka yabo cyangwa bakeneye ubufasha bw'inyongera mu kwita ku bigo". “Kugira CHW bizamura gusa ibyo dushobora gutanga.”
Ikigo gishinzwe ibarurishamibare muri Leta zunze ubumwe za Amerika kivuga ko CHWs ari umwe mu myuga yiyongera cyane mu bijyanye n'ubuvuzi bw'iki gihe, biteganijwe ko imirimo iziyongera 12% hagati ya 2021 na 2031.
Abitabiriye gahunda ya NHC iterwa inkunga na AmeriCorps bagomba kurangiza amasaha 1.700 ya serivisi mugihe cyibyumweru 42-46. Bagomba kandi kurangiza amahugurwa ya CHW yatanzwe n’ikigo cyita ku buzima cy’amajyaruguru yuburasirazuba bwa Pennsylvania. Bahabwa amafaranga yo kubaho kandi bemerewe gufashwa no kwita ku bana, amafaranga y'ishuri, no kubona ubwishingizi bw'ubuzima, harimo ubuvuzi, iyerekwa, n'amenyo.
Ikigo cya Wright gifite icyicaro gikuru muri Scranton, gikora ibikorwa 10 by’ibanze byita ku gukumira no gukumira mu majyaruguru y’iburasirazuba bwa Pennsylvania, harimo n’imodoka igendanwa n’ubuvuzi bw’amenyo yitwa Driving Better Health. Ibibanza byayo bitanga serivisi zubuzima bwibanze bwabantu bose, bivuze ko mubisanzwe abarwayi bafite amahirwe yo kujya ahantu hamwe kugirango babone ubuvuzi, amenyo, n’imyitwarire y’imyitwarire, ndetse na serivisi zita ku barwayi babaswe n’ibikorwa byo gukira. Ukeneye ibisobanuro birambuye, jya kuri TheWrightCenter.org cyangwa uhamagare 570-230-0019 .
