Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine - Volume 66, Number 4, Page 257

Volume 66 Number 4
September 1999 back to contents

Issues of Health Care Mistrust in East Harlem 257 - 258

Lorna G. Canlas, R.N., B.S.N.

From Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service, Inc., 417 East 119th Street, New York, NY 10035.
Address correspondence to Lorna G. Canlas, R.N., B.S.N., Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Services, 417 East 119th Street, New York, NY 10035.

ABSTRACT
Barriers to the delivery of health care services to the Latino community are described and analyzed. Fear of deportation, unfamiliarity with modern medicine, inability to speak English and reliance upon traditional curing practices all contribute to the harmful underutilization of medical services which we see in the Latino community. Health care providers who serve that community need to overcome these obstacles by expanding their cultural awareness and increasing the effectiveness of their communication.

KEY WORDS
Latino, Hispanic, health care, East Harlem, folk medicine

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Volume 66 Number 4 September 1999	back to contents

Issues of Health Care Mistrust in East Harlem	257 - 258
Lorna G. Canlas, R.N., B.S.N.
From Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service, Inc., 417 East 119th Street, New York, NY 10035. Address correspondence to Lorna G. Canlas, R.N., B.S.N., Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Services, 417 East 119th Street, New York, NY 10035.