Abstract The Hispanic American population, the second largest and fastest growing minority
population in the United States, faces barriers to access to both medical health and mental …

This paper provides a review of the scholarly and applied literature published between 1970
and 1993 on health and health care access problems among racial and ethnic minority …

Objectives. The purpose of this study was to examine the experience of primary care by
racial and ethnic groups and identify aspects of primary care where significant disparities in …

A fresh approach to the study of Latino families is offered in this volume which focuses on
the strengths of Latino//Hispanic groups, the structural processes that impede their progress …

This article examines patterns of service use and predictors of unmet needs among a
purposive sample of 74 Latino grandparent caregivers in New York City. Study participants …

This paper examines the relationship between self-reliance (preference to solve emotional
problems on one's own) and 5 mental healthcare utilization outcomes for Puerto Ricans …

L atinos have very different histories that link them to US society, including patterns of
immigration or migration, the political relationship between the United States and the nation …

This article presents a model of health empowerment from an individual psychological
perspective. Building on Menon's (2001) model of psychological empowerment in …

The Medicare Hospice Benefit may limit access for Blacks and Hispanics because of its
requirement of continuity of care, entailing the availability of a primary caregiver. The …

Although the literature abounds with authors' discussions of the need for nurses and other
health care providers to deliver safe and optimal care to patients of diverse ethnic groups …