Access to preventive health care: Is method of payment a barrier for immigrant Hispanic women?

被引：25

作者：

Jones, ME ^{[1
]}

Cason, CL ^{[1
]}

Bond, ML ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Texas, Sch Nursing, Arlington, TX 76019 USA

来源：

WOMENS HEALTH ISSUES | 2002年 / 12卷 / 03期

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D O I：

10.1016/S1049-3867(02)00130-5

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

This study describes the payment category of 397 low-income Hispanic women and the relationship to compliance with family planning visits the first year postbirth. Only one-fourth of the women returned for the one-year family planning visit,when they would have received well-woman care. Pay category was not a factor in identifying those who returned. Health system barriers, patient cultural beliefs, and 0 life circumstance may explain why women enter and then leave apparently seamless systems of care. To increase preventive care, more study is needed of interventions that build on women's existing cultural prescriptions for health behavior by health professionals who portray postbirth checks as wellness checks.

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页码：129 / 137

页数：9