Self-Care Among Chronically Ill African Americans: Culture, Health Disparities, and Health Insurance Status

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dc.contributor.authorBecker, Gay
dc.contributor.authorGates, Rahima Jan
dc.contributor.authorNewsom, Edwina
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:01:22Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:01:22Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.description.abstractLittle is known about the self-care practices of chronically ill African Americans or how lack of access to health care affects self-care. Results from a qualitative interview study of 167 African Americans who had one or more chronic illnesses found that self-care practices were culturally based, and the insured reported more extensive programs of self-care. Those who had some form of health insurance much more frequently reported the influence of physicians and health education programs in self-care regimens than did those who were uninsured. It is concluded that the cultural components of self care have been underemphasized, and further, that the potential to maximize chronic illness management through self-care strategies is not realized for those who lack access to health care.
dc.description.urihttps://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.94.12.2066
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/6qvh-tff3
dc.identifier.citationBecker, Gay and Gates, Rahima Jan and Newsom, Edwina (2004) Self-Care Among Chronically Ill African Americans: Culture, Health Disparities, and Health Insurance Status. American Journal of Public Health, 94 (12). pp. 2066-2073.
dc.identifier.issn0090-0036
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 1026
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/22981
dc.subjectAccess To Healthcare
dc.subjectDisparities
dc.subjectChronic Illness & Diseases
dc.subjectstudies
dc.subjectchronic illness
dc.subjectself-care
dc.subjectchronic illness management
dc.titleSelf-Care Among Chronically Ill African Americans: Culture, Health Disparities, and Health Insurance Status
dc.typeArticle

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