Hispanic Beliefs About Health Care

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Caring for Latino Patients AAFP

(5 days ago) WebLatino refers to a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race. 1 Latinos comprised nearly 16 percent of the U.S

https://www.aafp.org/pubs/afp/issues/2013/0101/p48.html

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Cultural Health Beliefs and Practices Among Hispanic …

(3 days ago) WebParents’ beliefs about and approaches to their child’s health vary with culture and change within cultures over time. To provide an updated understanding of folk and traditional medicine (FTM) among Hispanic parents in the United States, we surveyed 200 caregivers identifying their child as Hispanic in a pediatric primary care clinic about …

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00099228211059666

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Latino Health Behavior: An Exploratory Analysis of Health …

(3 days ago) WebBackground. Demographic and cultural factors have been found to affect health behaviors in Latinos in both positive and negative ways, but few studies have examined the impact of culture and adherence to machismo norms on health behaviors in a mixed gender community sample of Latinos. Of particular interest was if positive …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6933562/

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2. Hispanic Americans’ experiences with health care

(5 days ago) WebHispanic Americans have mixed views on how much progress has been made in health outcomes for Hispanic people in the last 20 years. About half (51%) say health outcomes for Hispanic people have gotten a lot (17%) or a little (34%) better. However, 34% say they have stayed about the same, and 13% say they have gotten a …

https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2022/06/14/hispanic-americans-experiences-with-health-care/

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How Culture Impacts Health: The Hispanic Narrative

(3 days ago) WebThe Hispanic population is the largest and fastest-growing minority group in the United States, and is disproportionately impacted by health problems, including heart disease, stroke, diabetes, obesity, cancer, and unintentional injuries. Factors contributing to these disparities include cultural practices, lack of access to health care

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10784535231211695

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5 facts about Hispanic Americans and health care

(Just Now) WebWhen it comes to progress in health outcomes for Hispanic people, 51% of Hispanic adults say health outcomes have gotten a lot or a little better over the past two decades, compared with 13% who say they’ve gotten a lot or a little worse; 34% say they’ve stayed about the same. About a third of Hispanic Americans – including 58% of

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/10/30/5-facts-about-hispanic-americans-and-health-care/

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Hispanic health in the USA: a scoping review of the …

(Just Now) WebHispanics are the largest minority group in the USA. They contribute to the economy, cultural diversity, and health of the nation. Assessing their health status and health needs is key to inform health policy formulation and program implementation. To this end, we conducted a scoping review of the literature and national statistics on Hispanic …

https://publichealthreviews.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40985-016-0043-2

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Intersection of Cultural and Religious Beliefs About …

(2 days ago) WebPeople of Hispanic/Latino origin are the largest minority group in the United States, representing 17.8% of the population (U.S. Census Bureau, 2017).Rates of self-reported mental illness for Latinos are similar to or slightly less than those of the population as a whole, 15.3% versus 19% (Alegria et al., 2007).However, Hispanic mental health …

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1540415319828265

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Cultural Competency the Key to Latino Health Policy

(3 days ago) WebDespite more than three decades of empirical evidence from sociological and anthropological research that clearly shows that culture plays a significant role in the health care decision making process within Latino society, Latino cultural beliefs still remain the least understood among service providers in the American health care delivery system. …

https://studentreview.hks.harvard.edu/cultural-competency-the-key-to-latino-health-policy-a-commentary/

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The Health Status and Health Behaviors of Hispanics

(4 days ago) WebThe rapid growth in the Hispanic population, and especially in the number of Hispanic youth, represents one of the most dramatic and important demographic trends affecting the United States. Contemporary working-age Hispanic adults will age to become the first sizable wave of Hispanic seniors. More consequential, the large number of …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK19899/

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Deconstructing Cultural Aspects of Mental Health Care in Hispanic

(4 days ago) WebThe Hispanic/Latinx community has grown to nearly 20% of the US population; however, the Hispanic/Latinx community continues to be at a disadvantage related to mental health care. Cultural humility, education, and better access to resources will be key in resolving inequalities among Hispanic/Latinx people.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10540642/

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Latinos often lack access to healthcare and have poor health …

(4 days ago) WebPoorer Latino health… One in two Latinos will develop diabetes over their lifetime. Latinos are at a 66% greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes , and once diagnosed, have worse outcomes than

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/latinos-often-lack-access-to-healthcare-and-have-poor-health-outcomes-heres-how-we-can-change-that/

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Culturally Competent Care for Latino Patients

(1 days ago) WebKaren Peterson-Iyer. The material in this section is part of a larger project by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics on culturally competent care; that is, health care that is sensitive to the differing values and needs of cultural subgroups within our pluralistic society. These materials focus on the challenges that can confront Hispanics

https://www.scu.edu/ethics/focus-areas/bioethics/resources/culturally-competent-care/culturally-competent-care-for-latino-patients/

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Hispanic Cultural Health Beliefs and Folk Remedies

(9 days ago) WebAbstract. Cultural awareness of health care practices and beliefs is increasing, but knowledge regarding Hispanic folk remedies and health care practices and beliefs is limited. This study used a focus group interview format for an open discussion of folk remedies and the health and illness practices of the participants.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/089801019401200308

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Hispanic cultural health beliefs and folk remedies - PubMed

(Just Now) WebAbstract. Cultural awareness of health care practices and beliefs is increasing, but knowledge regarding Hispanic folk remedies and health care practices and beliefs is limited. This study used a focus group interview format for an open discussion of folk remedies and the health and illness practices of the participants.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7829857/

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Cultural Health Beliefs Among Hispanic/Latino Parents

(4 days ago) WebCultural Health Beliefs Among Hispanic/Latino Parents. Pediatrics (2021) 147 (3_MeetingAbstract): 648–649. BACKGROUND/PURPOSE Parents’ cultural health beliefs and practices affect pediatric care but may not be discussed during medical visits nor well understood by providers. Because culture is dynamic, updated descriptions of …

https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/147/3_MeetingAbstract/648/5623/Cultural-Health-Beliefs-Among-Hispanic-Latino

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Hispanic Cultural Influences on Medical Practice - PMC

(3 days ago) WebAbstract. Because the proportion of Hispanic patients is increasing rapidly, most physicians are now coming into daily contact with Hispanics. In addition to obvious difficulty with oral communication, Hispanics share characteristics, in varying degrees, that may interfere with their search for medical help, the diagnoses of their illnesses, therapy, and health …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2561612/

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Latino Health Beliefs A Guide for Health Care Professionals

(9 days ago) WebFacts Facts. Over the last ten years, the Latino share of the United States population has increased from 16% to 18%. Hispanics are now the country’s second-largest ethnic group, are more likely to be entrepreneurs than the overall U.S. population, and contribute over a quarter of a trillion dollars in taxes every year.

https://unidosus.org/publications/1648-latino-health-beliefs-a-guide-for-health-care-professionals/

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Research Guides: Multicultural Health: Hispanic/Latine Health

(6 days ago) WebThe Hispanic/Latine population (any person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race) faces multiple barriers to obtaining quality healthcare including language/cultural barriers, lack of access to preventive care, and the lack of health insurance (USHHS, 2021).

https://laneguides.stanford.edu/multicultural-health/latinx-health

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Hispanic Health Care International Intersection of Cultural and

(1 days ago) WebBeliefs About Mental Health: Latinos in the Faith-Based Setting Susan Caplan, PhD, MSN, APRN-BC1 Abstract Introduction: Hispanics/Latinos utilize mental health care at a rate that is about half that of non-Hispanic Whites. Stigma and cultural and religious values play a significant role in mental health care utilization disparities.

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1540415319828265

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ICYMI: Op-Ed by CHC Chair Barragán: Protecting Access to …

(3 days ago) WebIn an op-ed published by El Diario on May 20, 2024, Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) Chair Nanette Barragán and allowing health providers to decline services related to contraceptives based on their religious beliefs. Attacks on health care, especially reproductive health, are most severe in Black, Brown, Indigenous, and Immigrant

https://chc.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/icymi-op-ed-chc-chair-barragan-protecting-access-contraceptives

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Access to and Quality of Health Care - Hispanics and the Future of

(4 days ago) WebThe health of a population is influenced by both its social and its economic circumstances and the health care services it receives. As discussed in other chapters of this report, on average the socioeconomic status of Hispanics in the United States is considerably lower than that of non-Hispanic whites. Hispanics also face a variety of barriers to receiving …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK19910/

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About Stop Overdose Stop Overdose CDC

(Just Now) WebAbout CDC's Stop Overdose initiative. Overview. Drugs take nearly 300 lives every day. 1 To address the increasing number of overdose deaths related to both prescription opioids and illegal drugs, we created a website to educate people who use drugs about the dangers of illegally manufactured fentanyl, the risks and consequences …

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