Racial and cultural minority experiences and perceptions of health care provision in a mid-western region

International Journal for Equity in Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Shepherd, Stephane M ^a   Willis Esqueda, Cynthia ^b   Paradies, Yin ^c   Sivasubramaniam, Diane ^d   Sherwood, Juanita ^e   Brockie, Teresa ^f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural competence; Cultural matching; Health care discrimination; Health disparities; Minority health

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNIC MINORITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH SERVICES; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PERCEPTION; RACISM;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AMERICAN; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HISPANIC; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CULTURALLY COMPETENT CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85044003227     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14759276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12939-018-0744-x     Document Type: Article

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