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Showing 1 to 20 of 40 for “"; Barriers to health"”.
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Noneconomic Barriers to Health Care Utilization by African-Americans
Many efforts have been made to maximize the utilization of health cue system. As a result the utilization of health care system by African Americans has increased, improving the health status (Blendon, Aiken, Freeman, & Corey, 1989). While some improvements have been made, recent reports show …
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Barriers to Health: Understanding the Barriers Faced by Community Intervention Projects
<p>Health disparities affect significant portions of the population and are most often experienced by marginalized communities (Wilkin, 2013). Health disparities are also impacted by geographical location, and hunger often affects rural areas (Dutta, Anaele, & Jones, 2013; Rural Health Information …
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Experiences of Stigma During Sexual Healthcare Visits: A Qualitative Study of Non-Monogamous Women
Access to health care services is critical to both personal health outcomes and health equity within a community. While non-monogamous behavior is widespread, stigma surrounding consensual non-monogamy can create barriers to health care access. This research outlines the experiences of …
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ESSAYS ON GENDER, ETHNICITY, AND HEALTH IN THE UNITED STATES AND TURKEY
… is composed of three studies examining barriers to health and healthcare that affect individuals on the basis of their race, ethnicity, and gender. The first study examines access to care disparities between non-Hispanic whites and Hispanics. I find that observed characteristics explain …
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Psychosocial variables in the prediction of somatic complaints with applications to stress-related disorders
… questionnaires assessing functional somatic symptoms, psychosocial variables, and behavioral responses to health-related situations. Significant predictors of functional somatic symptoms differed for females and males. The amount of stress experienced, perceived susceptibility to illness, …
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American Indian Women’s Health Perceptions and Health Promotion Behaviors
… Most problems affecting the health of American Indian women are related to lifestyles and health-related behaviors (Carter, Morse, Giruad, & Driskell, 2008; Linsley, Kane, & Owen, 2011). Understanding health promotion behaviors could decrease or prevent a number of chronic …
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Stoking the Flames of Wellness: An Exploration of Factors that Influence West Virginia Firefighters' Health Behaviors
The concern over health and wellness among firefighters in the US has escalated recently due to increasing obesity rates, on-duty cardiovascular event risk, and job stress. Besides unique aspects of the work, a number of other barriers to health and wellness have been identified within the …
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Subjective social status and its associations with social vulnerabilities and health
… position in this hierarchy. SSS may influence health through behavioral and psychosocial mechanisms. METHODS: We conducted three sub-studies to examine whether SSS affects risk of and outcomes in chronic disease, and to explore the role of health care access and experience of social …
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Social Determinants of Health and Uptake of Colorectal Cancer Screening in Canada
… may be associated with social determinants of health and could indicate potential barriers to health service access. The goal of this thesis was to evaluate the association of social determinants with CRC screening in screen-eligible adults. We used Andersen’s Behavioural Model of Health …
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A multi-method study identifying the barriers and solutions to meeting the physical and psychological health needs of young people involved in or vulnerable to sexual exploitation
… past decade. However, physical and psychological health needs, risks, health seeking behaviour and use of health services by sexually exploited young people have been inadequately explored. Methodology/method Phase 1: descriptive, phenomenological, approach to encourage young people involved in or …
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Barriers to Lesbian Health Care
The primary purpose of this research was to examine a sample of sixteen lesbian women regarding the barriers to lesbian health-care. From this information several interpretive findings regarding lesbian health-care are made. Data were gathered via indepth interviews with each individual lesbian. …
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Patterns and Predictor of Police Officers' Utilization of Healthcare Services
<p>Police officers need to be physically and mentally fit to do their job, yet officers generally tend to avoid healthcare services. This study investigated police officers’ healthcare-use behaviors, demographic differences in provider use, and perceived barriers to accessing healthcare. An online …
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Children At Risk: Child Health in America
After decades of improvement in child health, new morbidities, altered family structures, and changing social polices are endangering the health of American children. Children's health in the U.S. is in a state of crisis. This thesis is a descriptive study of trends and issues affecting the health …
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Ethical imperative to health and epistemological distance : rural patients and advanced practice registered nurses
… lower life expectancy, and less access to specialty care. Rural health disparities result from geographic, social, and epistemological barriers. In the wake of rural hospital closures, rural patients necessarily seek care from non-rural hospitals. These barriers facilitate comorbidities …
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Impact of full practice authority for nurse practitioners in Michigan : a policy analysis
… (NPs) in Michigan hinder their ability to provide care to the full extent of their certification and education. Nurse practitioners are advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) who hold master's or doctoral degrees and have the skills to assess, diagnose, prescribe, and manage …
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Focus on first peoples first thousand days : Cultural safety from the perspectives of select Aboriginal women in Regina, Saskatchewan
… Background. A wealth of data highlights the health disparities and barriers to health care experienced by Aboriginal women and children when compared to non-Aboriginal women and children. The first thousand days time period, from conception to the age of two, is an opportunity for health …
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A Study of the Health Beliefs and Barriers to Care For the Medicaid Population
… the cost-reducing efforts of managed care, health care expenditures in the United States continue to be burdensome, resulting in services being cut to control costs, thus impacting all health care recipients. The patient population that often utilizes the health care system in a more …
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Comparing health insurance status of Congolese and African American communities of Stone Creek Church in Champaign Urbana
When it comes to health insurance status in the U.S, minorities represent the largest uninsured group due to various factors such as unemployment status, lack of education, and poverty. The last recession has worsened the situation by increasing the number of uninsured across the country (KFF, …
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