Utilization of a migrant outreach nursing service.
The utilization of an outreach primary care health service provided by nurse practitioners to the migrant farm work population on the Eastern Shore of Virginia in 1984 was examined by migrants' ethnicity, gender, and age. Seventy percent of a population of Black, Mexican American, and haitian workers and dependents were seen in 5,937 camp encounters. The population and first-encounter patient distributions were equivalent except for gender: relatively more males than females received service. First- and subsequent-encounter distributions were disproportional for ethnicity, gender, and age: subsequent service was provided more frequently to Blacks, females, and patients over 30 years of age. High penetration and subsequent rates were obtained for this comprehensive, readily accessible health service.
D000367:Age Factors; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012423:Rural Health; D012737:Sex Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants; D014768:Virginia