AAPI Health Literature Database - Access & Barriers to Care (see also Cultural Barriers & Competency, Language Barriers & Proficiency)

Access under managed care. Posit Aware 1998;9(5):23.

Recommendations for culturally sensitive nursing care. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 2000;6(3):146-152.

Poor communications, cultural barriers impacting quality of health care for minorities. Qual Lett Healthc Lead 2002;14(4):11-3, 1.

A problem of communication? Diabetes care among Bangladeshi people in Bradford. Health & Social Care in the Community 2003;11(1):45-54.

Barriers to accessing health care: the perspective of elderly people within a village community. International Journal of Nursing Studies 2003;40(1):9-21.

The Uninsured and Their Access to Health Care. Washington, DC: Kaiser Commision on Medicaid and the Uninsured, The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation; 2003 January 2003.

Bridging Language Barriers in Health Care: Public Opinion Survey of California Immigrants from Latin America, Asia and the Middle East. Woodland Hills, California: The California Endowment; 2003 July 14, 2003.

Affonso DD, Korenbrot CC, De AK, Mayberry LJ. Use of Care, Outcomes and Costs of a Culturally-based Perinatal Program for Asian American and Pacific Islander Women in Hawaii. Asian Am Pac Isl J Health 1999;7(1):10-24.

Ahmad WIU, Walker R. Asian older people: Housing, health and access to services. Ageing and Society 1997;17:141.

Ahmed SM, Lemkau JP. Cultural Issues in the Primary Care of South Asians. Journal of Immigrant Health 2000;2(2):89-96.

Andersen RM, Yu H, Wyn R, Davidson PL, Brown ER, Teleki S. Access to medical care for low-income persons: how do communities make a difference? Med Care Res Rev 2002;59(4):384-411.

Anderson LM, Scrimshaw SC, Fullilove MT, Fielding JE, Normand J. Culturally competent healthcare systems. A systematic review. Am J Prev Med 2003;24(3 Suppl):68-79.

Andresen J. Cultural competence and health care: Japanese, Korean, and Indian patients in the United States. J Cult Divers 2001;8(4):109-21.

Anonymous. Culturally appropriate health education materials available. Public Health Reports 1997;112(3):180.

Bauer HM, Rodriguez MA, Quiroga SS, Flores-Ortiz YG. Barriers to health care for abused Latina and Asian immigrant women. J Health Care Poor Underserved 2000;11(1):33-44.

Bernard SL. Racial differences in perceptions of access to health care among the elderly. New York: Garland Pub.; 1997.

Betancourt JR, Green AR, Carrillo JE. Cultural Competence in Health Care: Emerging Frameworks and Practical Approaches. New York, NY: The Commonwealth Fund; 2002 October 2002.

Betancourt JR, Jacobs EA. Language barriers to informed consent and confidentiality: the impact on women's health. J Am Med Womens Assoc 2000;55(5):294-5.

Bierman, al. e. Addressing Racial and Ethnic Barriers to Effective Health Care: The Need for Better Data. Health Affairs 2002;21(3).

Bishop F. Setting the Agenda for Research on Cultural Competence in Health Care: Final Report. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2003.

Bloom B. Access to health care. Hyattsville, Md.: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics; 1997.

Brach C, Fraser I. Reducing Disparities through Culturally Competent Health Care: An Analysis of the Business Case. Quality Management in Health Care 2002;10(4):15-28.

Bradby H. Translating culture and language: a research note on multilingual settings. Sociology of Health and Illness [H.W. Wilson - SSA] 2002;24(6):842.

Brown RE, Ojeda VE, Wyn R, Levan R. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Health Insurance and Health Care. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research; 2000 Apr.

Brueschke EE. Cross-Cultural Issues in Primary Care. DM 1998:292-319.

Carrasquillo O, Orav EJ, Brennan TA, Burstin HR. Impact of language barriers on patient satisfaction in an emergency department. J Gen Intern Med 1999;14(2):82-7.

Cave A, Maharaj U, Gibson N, Jackson E. Physicians and immigrant patients. Cross-cultural communication. Can Fam Physician 1995;41:1685-90.

Chalabian J, Dunnington G. Impact of Language Barrier on Quality of Patient Care, Resident Stress, and Teaching. Teaching and Learning in Medicine 1997;9(2):84-90.

Chen JL, Rankin SH. Using the resiliency model to deliver culturally sensitive care to Chinese families. J Pediatr Nurs 2002;17(3):157-66.

Chin JL. Eliminating Disparities by 2010: Culturally Competent Research for Asian Americans. Asian Am Pac Isl J Health 1999;7(2):165-166.

Chin JL. Culturally competent health care. Public Health Rep 2000;115(1):25-33.

Chin MH, Cook S, Jin L, Drum ML, Harrison JF, Koppert J, et al. Barriers to providing diabetes care in community health centers. Diabetes Care 2001;24(2):268-74.

Clegg A. Older South Asian patient and carer perceptions of culturally sensitive care in a community hospital setting. Journal of Clinical Nursing 2003;12(2):283-290.

Duffy MM, Alexander A. Overcoming language barriers for non-English speaking patients. Anna J 1999;26(5):507-10, 528.

Dunckley M, Hughes R, Addington-Hall J, Higginson I. Language translation of outcome measurement tools: views of health professionals. Int J Palliat Nurs 2003;9(2):49-55.

Enguidanos ER, Rosen P. Language as a factor affecting follow-up compliance from the emergency department. J Emerg Med 1997;15(1):9-12.

Fary CM, Ramona R, Catherine V. Barriers to treatment for eating disorders among ethnically diverse women. International Journal of Eating Disorders [H.W. Wilson - SSA] 2001;30(3):269.

Free C, White P, Shipman C, Dale J. Access to and use of out-of-hours services by members of Vietnamese community groups in South London: a focus Group study. Family Practice 1999;16(4):369-374.

Gellert GA, Maxwell RM, Higgins KV, Mai KK, Loweryb R. Barriers to health care access and utilization among Vietnamese Americans in southern California. Health-and-Place 1995;1(2):91-99.

Gerrish K. The nature and effect of communication difficulties arising from interactions between district nurses and South Asian patients and their carers. J Adv Nurs 2001;33(5):566-74.

Gotay CC, Banner RO, Matsunaga DS, Hedlund N, Enos R, Issell BF, et al. Impact of a culturally appropriate intervention on breast and cervical screening among native Hawaiian women. Prev Med 2000;31(5):529-37.

Greenberg EL, Perz M, Sockalingam S, Hayes M. Multicultural maternal and child health outreach: Washington State strategies to assure access for Asian and Pacific Islander women and children. J Public Health Manag Pract 1996;2(3):66-71.

Hampers LC, Cha S, Gutglass DJ, Binns HJ, Krug SE. Language barriers and resource utilization in a pediatric emergency department. Pediatrics 1999;103(6 Pt 1):1253-6.

Harrigan RC, Gollin LX, Casken J. Barriers to increasing native Hawaiian, Samoan, and Filipino nursing students: perceptions of students and their families. Nurs Outlook 2003;51(1):25-30.

Hawks BL. Barriers to Health Improvement for Asian Americans. Asian Am Pac Isl J Health 1996;4(1-3):50-54.

Her C, Culhane-Pera KA. Culturally responsive care for Hmong patients. Collaboration is a key treatment component. Postgrad Med 2004;116(6):39-42, 45-6.

Hislop TG, Deschamps M, Teh C, Jackson C, Tu SP, Yasui Y, et al. Facilitators and barriers to cervical cancer screening among Chinese Canadian women. Can J Public Health 2003;94(1):68-73.

Hoang GN, Erickson RV. Cultural barriers to effective medical care among Indochinese patients. Annu Rev Med 1985;36:229-39.

Hornberger J, Itakura H, Wilson SR. Bridging language and cultural barriers between physicians and patients. Public Health Rep 1997;112(5):410-7.

Hornberger JC, Gibson CD, Jr., Wood W, Dequeldre C, Corso I, Palla B, et al. Eliminating language barriers for non-English-speaking patients. Med Care 1996;34(8):845-56.

Howard CA, Andrade SJ, Byrd T. The ethical dimensions of cultural competence in border health care settings. Fam Community Health 2001;23(4):36-49.

Hughes CK. Culturally Appropriate Health Intervention Programs for Native Hawaiians. Asian Am Pac Isl J Health 1998;6(2):174-179.

Jackson VH. Cultural competency. Behavioral Health Management 2002;22(2):20.

Jacobs E, Goldin G. A Volunteers in Healthcare Guide to Overcoming Language Barriers. Pawtucket, RI: Volunteers in Healthcare; 2002.

Jane Cioffi RN. Communicating with culturally and linguistically diverse patients in an acute care setting: nurses' experiences. Int J Nurs Stud 2003;40(3):299-306.

Jang M, Lee E, Woo K. Income, language, and citizenship status: Factors affecting the health care access and utilization of Chinese Americans. Health & Social Work 1998;23(2):136.

Jenkins CNH, Le T, McPhee SJ, Stewart S, Ha NT. Health care access and preventive care among Vietnamese immigrants: Do traditional beliefs and practices pose barriers? Social Science & Medicine 1996;43(7):1049.

Jin XW, Slomka J, Blixen CE. Cultural and clinical issues in the care of Asian patients. Cleve Clin J Med 2002;69(1):50, 53-4, 56-8 passim.

Johnson M, Noble C, Matthews C, Aguilar N. Towards culturally competent health care: language use of bilingual staff. Aust Health Rev 1998;21(3):49-66.

Kim YO. Access to hepatitis B vaccination among Korean American children in immigrant families. J Health Care Poor Underserved 2004;15(2):170-82.

Krakauer EL, Crenner C, Fox K. Barriers to Optimum End-of-life Care for Minority Patients. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2002;50(1):182-190.

Lee EE, Farran CJ, Tripp-Reimer T, Sadler GR. Assessing the cultural appropriateness of the Finding Meaning Through Caregiving Scale for Korean caregivers. J Nurs Meas 2003;11(1):19-28.

Lee MC. Knowledge, barriers, and motivators related to cervical cancer screening among Korean-American women. A focus group approach. Cancer Nurs 2000;23(3):168-75.

Lee V, McMorrow D. Access to Care: A Prevention Perspective. Asian Am Pac Isl J Health 1999;7(2):206-207.

Leong FT, Lau AS. Barriers to providing effective mental health services to Asian Americans. Ment Health Serv Res 2001;3(4):201-14.

Leong FTL. Guest Editor's Introduction to a Special Issue: Barriers to Providing Effective Mental Health Services to Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the United States. Mental Health Services Research 2001;3(4):179-180.

Li H. Barriers to and unmet needs for supportive services: experiences of Asian-American caregivers. J Cross Cult Gerontol 2004;19(3):241-60.

Li PL, Logan S, Yee L, Ng S. Barriers to meeting the mental health needs of the Chinese community. J Public Health Med 1999;21(1):74-80.

Lieberman LS, Stoller EP, Burg MA. Women's health care: cross-cultural encounters within the medical system. J Fla Med Assoc 1997;84(6):364-73.

Lu YE, Lum D, Chen S. Cultural competency and achieving styles in clinical social work: a conceptual and empirical exploration. Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work [H.W. Wilson - SSA] 2001;9(3/4):1.

Lv N, Cason KL. Dietary pattern change and acculturation of Chinese Americans in Pennsylvania. J Am Diet Assoc 2004;104(5):771-8.

Ma GX. Barriers to the use of health services by Chinese Americans. J Allied Health 2000;29(2):64-70.

Ma GX, Shive SE, Tan Y, Thomas P, Man VL. Development of a culturally appropriate smoking cessation program for Chinese-American youth. J Adolesc Health 2004;35(3):206-16.

Mayberry RM, Mili F, Ofili E. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Access to Medical Care. Medical Care Research and Review 2000;59(99):108-145.

McAlpine D, Call KT. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Utilization of Preventive Services and Barriers to Care Among Minnesota Health Care Program Enrollees. Research Brief, Division of Health Services Research and Policy, University of Minnesota 2004 July 2004.

McGrath JP, Fegan L. Overcoming language barriers: the work of the Telephone Interpreter Service. RANF Rev 1977;8(9):1-2.

Mokuau N. Culturally based interventions for substance use and child abuse among native Hawaiians. Public Health Rep 2002;117 Suppl 1:S82-7.

Nacman M, De Garcia E. Interpreters penetrate language barriers. Hospitals 1975;49(16):62-5.

Ngo-Metzger Q, Massagli MP, Clarridge BR, Manocchia M, Davis RB, Iezzoni LI, et al. Linguistic and cultural barriers to care. J Gen Intern Med 2003;18(1):44-52.

Odegard PS, Lam A, Chun A, Blough D, Li MA, Wu J. Pharmacist provision of language-appropriate education for Asian patients with asthma. J Am Pharm Assoc (Wash DC) 2004;44(4):472-7.

Ohmans P, Garrett C, Treichel C. Cultural barriers to health care for refugees and immigrants. Providers' perceptions. Minn Med 1996;79(5):26-30.

Palafox NA, Buenconsejo-Lum L, Riklon S, Waitzfelder B. Improving health outcomes in diverse populations: competency in cross-cultural research with indigenous Pacific islander populations. Ethn Health 2002;7(4):279-85.

Phillips KA, Mayer ML, Aday LA. Barriers to care among racial/ethnic groups under managed care. Health Aff (Millwood) 2000;19(4):65-75.

Politzer RM, Yoon J, Shi L, Hughes RG, Regan J, Gaston MH. Inequality in America: The Contribution of Health Centers in reducing and Eliminating Disparities in Access to Care. Medical Care Research and Review 2001;58(2):234-248.

Pulido MJ, Alvarado EA, Berger W, Nelson A, Todoroff C. Vaccinating Asian Pacific Islander children against hepatitis B: ethnic-specific influences and barriers. Asian Am Pac Isl J Health 2001;9(2):211-20.

Quinn J. Cultural diversity and case management. J Case Manag 1995;4(2):42.

Sarver J, Baker DW. Effect of language barriers on follow-up appointments after an emergency department visit. J Gen Intern Med 2000;15(4):256-64.

Shaw-Taylor Y. Culturally and linguistically appropriate health care for racial or ethnic minorities: analysis of the US Office of Minority Health's recommended standards. Health Policy 2002;62(2):211-221.

Sinay T. Access to quality health services: determinants of access. J Health Care Finance 2002;28(4):58-68.

Singh NN, McKay JD, Singh AN. The need for cultural brokers in mental health services. Journal of Child and Family Studies [H.W. Wilson - SSA] 1999;8(1):1.

Skelton JR, Kai J, Loudon RF. Cross-cultural communication in medicine: questions for educators. Medical Education 2001;35(3):257-261.

Sleath B, Rubin RH, Campbell W, Gwyther L, Clark T. Ethnicity and Physician-Older Patient Communication About Alternative Therapies. The Journal of Alternative & Complementary Medicine 2001;7(4):329-335.

Sleath B, Rubin RH, Campbell W, Gwyther L, Clark T. Physician-patient communication about over-the-counter medications. Social Science and Medicine 2001;53(3):357-369.

Smith S, Gonzales V. All health plans need CLAMs (culturally and linguistically appropriate materials). Healthplan 2000;41(5):45-8.

Snyder R, Cunningham W, Nakazono TT, Hays RD. Access to Medical Care Reported by Asians and Pacific Islanders in a West Coast Physician Group Association. Medical Care Research and Review 2000;57(2):196-215.

Stover GN. Colorful communities: Toward a language of inclusion. American Journal of Public Health 2002;92(4):512.

Suh D. Policy Issues for Improving Access to Care: Building the Foundation for Universal Access in the New Millenium. Asian Am Pac Isl J Health 1999;7(2):208-210.

Takeuchi D, Chun C-A, Gong F, Shen H. Cultural expressions of distress. Health: 2002;6(2):221-235.

Tang TS, Solomon LJ, McCracken LM. Cultural barriers to mammography, clinical breast exam, and breast self-exam among Chinese-American women 60 and older. Prev Med 2000;31(5):575-83.

Tang TS, Solomon LJ, McCracken LM. Barriers to fecal occult blood testing and sigmoidoscopy among older Chinese-American women. Cancer Pract 2001;9(6):277-82.

Taylor DM, Wolfe R, Cameron PA. Complaints from emergency department patients largely result from treatment and communication problems. Emerg Med (Fremantle) 2002;14(1):43-9.

Thomas VN. Communication and health in a multi-ethnic society - Mark Robinson; The Policy Press, Bristol. ISBN 1 86 134 341 8. International Journal of Nursing Studies 2003;40(3):333.

Tripp-Reimer T, Choi E, Enslein JC. Cultural Barriers to Care: Inverting the Problem. Diabetes Spectrum 2001;14:13-22.

Tsai JL, Ying YW, Lee PA. Cultural predictors of self-esteem: a study of Chinese American female and male young adults. Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol 2001;7(3):284-97.

Turner CF, Rogers SM, Hendershot TP. Improving representation of linguistic minorities in health surveys. Public Health Reports [H.W. Wilson - SSA] 1996;111:276.

Uba L. Cultural barriers to health care for southeast Asian refugees. Public Health Rep 1992;107(5):544-8.

Unger JB, Cruz TB, Ribisl KM. English language use as a risk factor for smoking initiation among Hispanic and Asian American adolescents: evidence for mediation by tobacco-related beliefs and social norms. Health Psychology [H.W. Wilson - SSA] 2000;19(5):403.

Vu HH. Cultural barriers between obstetrician-gynecologists and Vietnamese/Chinese immigrant women. Tex Med 1996;92(10):47-52.

Weinick RM. Access to health care : sources and barriers, 1996. Rockville, MD: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research; 1997.

Weinick RM, Krauss NA. Racial/ethnic differences in children's access to care. American Journal of Public Health 2000;90(11):1771.

Weiss E, Haslanger K, Cantor JC. Accessibility of primary care services in safety net clinics in New York City. Am J Public Health 2001;91(8):1240-5.

Woloshin S, Schwartz LM, Katz SJ, Welch HG. Is language a barrier to the use of preventive services? J Gen Intern Med 1997;12(8):472-7.

Xu Y, Sun J, Zhang J, Xu Z. Health-Seeking Behaviors and Barriers to Health Care of Southeast Asian Immigrants: Implications for the Home Health Nurse. Home Health Care Management & Practice 2001;14(1):22-30.

Yee BWK, Weaver GD. Ethnic minorities and health promotion: developing a 'culturally competent' agenda. Generations (San Francisco, Calif.) [H.W. Wilson - SSA] 1994;18:39.

Yi JK. Acculturation, access to care and use preventive health services by Vietnamese women. Asian Am Pac Isl J Health 1995;3(1):30-41.

Yoshikawa H, Wilson PA, Hsueh J, Rosman EA, Chin J, Kim JH. What front-line CBO staff can tell us about culturally anchored theories of behavior change in HIV prevention for Asian/Pacific Islanders. Am J Community Psychol 2003;32(1-2):143-58.