Health Seeking Behaviors and Barriers to Care among Transcultural Families.

Dunn, S. Kanu

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Publication Date: 1987

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Health Seeking Behaviors and Barriers to Care among Transcultural Families.

Dunn, S. Kanu

Migration World, v15 n5 p25-9 1987

To increase access to health care, each community must address minority clients' specific cultural mores, which often conflict with those of the health care provider. Three sources of such cultural conflict are (1) language; (2) folk beliefs; and (3) time orientation. (BJV)

Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Asian Americans, Blacks, Cultural Differences, Folk Culture, Health Services, Hispanic Americans, Intercultural Communication, Migrant Health Services, Minority Groups, Non English Speaking, Physician Patient Relationship

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