TY - JOUR
T1 - Mental health service needs of a Latino population
T2 - A community-based participatory research project
AU - Shattell, Mona M.
AU - Hamilton, Desmina
AU - Starr, Sharon S.
AU - Jenkins, Courtney J.
AU - Hinderliter, Norma Angelica
N1 - Funding Information:
We are grateful to the University of North Carolina at Greensboro for funding this study. We are thankful to our community-based participatory research team members: Kathy Hinshaw, Jaimie Foster, Kristina Johnson, Chris Faulkner, Claretta Witherspoon, Harald Petrini, Katie M. Smith; we are also grateful to Nolo Martinez, Terry Shelton, and Elizabeth Tornquist.
PY - 2008/4
Y1 - 2008/4
N2 - Community-based participatory research bridges the gap between academic researchers and the real-life issues of communities and offers promise for addressing racial and ethnic disparities in mental health care. The purpose of this community-based participatory research was to identify factors that affect access, use, and perception of mental health services by a Latino population at individual, organizational, and community levels. Individual level factors included health beliefs about mental illness and care, suspicions of providers, financial concerns, and culturally determined gender roles. Organizational factors included problems with access to care related to cost, lack of bilingual providers, and culturally competent care; and community level factors included distance between resources and the need for services to be provided in community sites. Immigration status and acculturation were identified as factors at all levels.
AB - Community-based participatory research bridges the gap between academic researchers and the real-life issues of communities and offers promise for addressing racial and ethnic disparities in mental health care. The purpose of this community-based participatory research was to identify factors that affect access, use, and perception of mental health services by a Latino population at individual, organizational, and community levels. Individual level factors included health beliefs about mental illness and care, suspicions of providers, financial concerns, and culturally determined gender roles. Organizational factors included problems with access to care related to cost, lack of bilingual providers, and culturally competent care; and community level factors included distance between resources and the need for services to be provided in community sites. Immigration status and acculturation were identified as factors at all levels.
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U2 - 10.1080/01612840801904316
DO - 10.1080/01612840801904316
M3 - Article
C2 - 18382914
AN - SCOPUS:41549148102
SN - 0161-2840
VL - 29
SP - 351
EP - 370
JO - Issues in mental health nursing
JF - Issues in mental health nursing
IS - 4
ER -