Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Volume 17, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1347-1354

The Perspectives of Six Latino Heritage Groups About Their Health Care (Article)

Blendon R.J.* , Benson J.M. , Gorski M.T. , Weldon K.J. , Pérez D.J. , Mann F. , Miller C.E. , Ben-Porath E.N.
  • a Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave., 4th Floor, Boston, MA 02115, United States
  • b Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave., 4th Floor, Boston, MA 02115, United States
  • c Program in Health Policy, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States
  • d Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave., 4th Floor, Boston, MA 02115, United States
  • e Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ, United States, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD, United States
  • f Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ, United States
  • g Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ, United States
  • h Social Science Research Solutions, Media, PA, United States

Abstract

The Latino population in the US is projected to grow substantially in the years ahead. Although often referred to as a single group, Latinos are not homogeneous. This article, based mainly on a national telephone survey of 1,478 Latino adults, examines the perspectives of six Latino heritage groups on the health care issues they face. The six groups differ in their reported health care experiences in: the types facilities they use in getting medical care, their ratings of the quality of care they receive, their experiences with discrimination in getting quality care, the level of confidence they have in being able to pay for a major illness. One thing the heritage groups agree on is that diabetes is the biggest health problem facing their families. Community health leaders, particularly at the state level, need to focus on the specific Latino groups in their state or area and their unique situations. © 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York.

Author Keywords

Latino health minority health Latino heritage groups Public opinion

Index Keywords

human Ethnic Groups statistics and numerical data health service ethnic group Financing, Personal language financial management Hispanic Americans Humans psychology racism Hispanic patient satisfaction health services Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice health care quality Quality of Health Care utilization attitude to health
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84941420308&doi=10.1007%2fs10903-014-0078-8&partnerID=40&md5=d9c59aa7e9f98ae90b2e298ce984ff10
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-014-0078-8
ISSN: 15571912
Cited by: 7
Original Language: English