An exploratory study of how trust in health care institutions varies across African American, Hispanic and white populations

Communication and Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-98

  Jacobs, Elizabeth A ^a   Mendenhall, Emily ^b   McAlearney, Ann Scheck ^c   Rolle, Italia ^d   Whitaker, Eric E ^e   Warnecke, Richard ^f   Ferrans, Carol Estwing ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e University of Chicago   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Distrust; Health care; Institution; Race ethnicity; Trust

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CHICAGO; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80955126863     PISSN: 16121783     EISSN: 16133625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1558/cam.v8i1.89     Document Type: Conference Paper

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