Cultural Impact of Health-Care Access: Challenges for Improving the Health of African Americans
- 1 September 1992
- journal article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Community Health Nursing
- Vol. 9 (3) , 161-169
- https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327655jchn0903_4
Abstract
Disparities in health status of African Americans continue to exist. These disparities of poor health, in part, are attributed to decreased access to health-care services. However, culture plays a key role in health-care utilization patterns among African Americans. The purpose of this article is to examine cultural factors that affect health-care practices among African Americans and to identify specific community health nursing interventions that integrate these factors into health-care plans for African-American families and communities.Keywords
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