Navigating complex realities: Barriers to health care access for undocumented African immigrant women in the United States

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oluwatoyin Olukotun ◽  
Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu ◽  
Peninnah Kako
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Access ◽  
Immigrant Women ◽  
The United States ◽  
Barriers To Health Care ◽  
African Immigrant ◽  
Care Access ◽  
African Immigrant Women ◽  
Barriers To Health

State-Level Sexism and Women’s Health Care Access in the United States: Differences by Race/Ethnicity, 2014–2019

2021 ◽  
pp. e1-e10
Author(s):  
Kristen Schorpp Rapp ◽  
Vanessa V. Volpe ◽  
Hannah Neukrug
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Access ◽  
Hispanic Women ◽  
State Level ◽  
The United States ◽  
Barriers To Health Care ◽  
Care Access ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Barriers To Health

Objectives. To quantify racial/ethnic differences in the relationship between state-level sexism and barriers to health care access among non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic Black, and Hispanic women in the United States. Methods. We merged a multidimensional state-level sexism index compiled from administrative data with the national Consumer Survey of Health Care Access (2014–2019; n = 10 898) to test associations between exposure to state-level sexism and barriers to access, availability, and affordability of health care. Results. Greater exposure to state-level sexism was associated with more barriers to health care access among non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic women, but not non-Hispanic White women. Affordability barriers (cost of medical bills, health insurance, prescriptions, and tests) appeared to drive these associations. More frequent need for care exacerbated the relationship between state-level sexism and barriers to care for Hispanic women. Conclusions. The relationship between state-level sexism and women’s barriers to health care access differs by race/ethnicity and frequency of needing care. Public Health Implications. State-level policies may be used strategically to promote health care equity at the intersection of gender and race/ethnicity. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print September 2, 2021: e1–e10. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306455 )

Barriers to health care access and utilization among vietnamese Americans in Southern California

1995 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
George A. Gellert ◽  
Roberta M. Maxwell ◽  
Kathleen V. Higgins ◽  
Kim Khanh Mai ◽  
Rosann Lowery
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Access ◽  
Southern California ◽  
Vietnamese Americans ◽  
Barriers To Health Care ◽  
Care Access ◽  
Barriers To Health
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