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Erschienen in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 4/2012

01.08.2012 | Original Paper

Food Insecurity and Low Self-efficacy are Associated with Health Care Access Barriers Among Puerto-Ricans with Type 2 Diabetes

verfasst von: Grace Kollannoor-Samuel, Sonia Vega-López, Jyoti Chhabra, Sofia Segura-Pérez, Grace Damio, Rafael Pérez-Escamilla

Erschienen in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health | Ausgabe 4/2012

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Abstract

Racial/ethnic minorities are disproportionately affected by barriers to health care access and utilization. The primary objective was to test for an independent association between household food insecurity and health care access/utilization. In this cross-sectional survey, 211 Latinos (predominantly, Puerto-Ricans) with type 2 diabetes (T2D) were interviewed at their homes. Factor analyses identified four barriers for health care access/utilization: enabling factor, doctor access, medication access and forgetfulness. Multivariate logistic regression models examined the association between each of the barrier factors and food insecurity controlling for sociodemographic, cultural, psychosocial, and diabetes self-care variables. Higher food insecurity score was a risk factor for experiencing enabling factor (OR = 1.46; 95% CI = 1.17–1.82), medication access (OR = 1.26; 95 CI% = 1.06–1.50), and forgetfulness (OR = 1.22; 95 CI% = 1.04–1.43) barriers. Higher diabetes management self-efficacy was protective against all four barriers. Other variables associated with one or more barriers were health insurance, perceived health, depression, blood glucose, age and education. Findings suggest that addressing barriers such as food insecurity, low self-efficacy, lack of health insurance, and depression could potentially result in better health care access and utilization among low income Puerto-Ricans with T2D.
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Metadaten
Titel
Food Insecurity and Low Self-efficacy are Associated with Health Care Access Barriers Among Puerto-Ricans with Type 2 Diabetes
verfasst von
Grace Kollannoor-Samuel
Sonia Vega-López
Jyoti Chhabra
Sofia Segura-Pérez
Grace Damio
Rafael Pérez-Escamilla
Publikationsdatum
01.08.2012
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health / Ausgabe 4/2012
Print ISSN: 1557-1912
Elektronische ISSN: 1557-1920
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-011-9551-9

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