Barriers to Health Care: Who Is Affected and How Christians in Social Work Can Address These Barriers

This study uses community-based participatory research, acknowledging the importance of engaging communities in identifying problems and finding solutions to health care needs in neighborhoods. The study particularly highlights barriers to accessing health care among people who identify as Hispanic....

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Published in:Social work and Christianity 2018-12, Vol.45 (4), p.22-40
Main Authors: Alford, Kristen R, Zuverink, Ashley, Zandee, Gail Landheer
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Action research
Barriers
Birth rate
Census of Population
Christianity
Christians
Community development
Community involvement
Community research
Demographics
Health care
Health care access
Health care policy
Health disparities
Health insurance
Health problems
Health services utilization
Hispanic Americans
Households
Immigration
Language
Leadership
Medicine
Neighborhoods
Population growth
Racial differences
Social work
Social workers
Society
Sociodemographics
Uninsured people
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Summary:This study uses community-based participatory research, acknowledging the importance of engaging communities in identifying problems and finding solutions to health care needs in neighborhoods. The study particularly highlights barriers to accessing health care among people who identify as Hispanic. A random sample of households was drawn of households in three urban neighborhoods in a Great Lakes state. A barrier to health care scale along with sociodemographic questions were used to identify subgroup differences in access to health care. Major findings suggest that those who identify as Hispanic, speak Spanish as their primary language, rent rather than own their home, and do not have access to health insurance report more barriers to obtaining needed medical care. Findings illustrate the need to engage with communities to address these barriers to health care... This study suggests using models of Christian Community Development to promote community leadership in implementing solutions.
ISSN:0737-5778
1944-7779