Findings Minority community members are not satisfied with their healthcare. This hypothesis is not supported by our data. Only nine respondents (11.3%) reported dissatisfaction, six with care provided by the physician and four the nurse. One of the nine was dissatisfied with both the physician and nurse (Tables 5 and 6). The overwhelming majority of [...]
Demographic Information Table 1 provides us with the ethnic/racial and gender background of the 80 respondents. The sample was 43.8% male and 55% female. One respondent did not indicate his/her gender. Table 2 shows that 51.3% of the sample was married but that none of the African Americans were married. The data also indicated that [...]
Research Design The CAI was developed to assess the Omaha minority communities’ satisfaction with healthcare providers and their knowledge and willingness to participate in healthcare research. The CAI consisted of over 70 survey items that were pilot-tested on 12 members of the minority community before being administered to 80 members of the minority and majority [...]
INTRODUCTION Despite the overall improvement of health in the American population, statistics has shown that there is a disparity in the health of certain racial groups. Infant mortality rates for African Americans and Native Americans are twice those of whites, heart disease is 40% higher for blacks than for whites, and Hispanic and Native Americans [...]
Although it would be inappropriate to generalize about national and ethnic groups based on the small and nonrepresentative study sample, the identification of a range of sociodemographic and contextual factors can inform institutional and community-based action as well as directions for future HIV (Medication Viramune treating HIV infection) prevention research. Findings illustrate the urgency of reaching [...]
Sample Men and women (n=51) from each of the target countries participated in individual interviews. Eleven focus groups were conducted (n=86), organized by nationality, sex and site. Overall, the average age of respondents was 31, with a length of residence in the United States of <2 years. One focus group and individual interviews (n=26) were [...]
Qualitative data collection involved: 1) semistructured, in-depth individual interviews; 2) focus groups; 3) key informant interviews and a focus group with advocates and providers in health and social services; and 4) ethnographic observation in the communities.
