Women's health centers and minority women: addressing barriers to care. The National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health
Jackson, S.; Camacho, D.; Freund, K.M.; Bigby, J.; Walcott-McQuigg, J.; Hughes, E.; Nunez, A.; Dillard, W.; Weiner, C.; Weitz, T.; Zerr, A.
Journal of Women's Health and Gender-Based Medicine 10(6): 551-559
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 1524-6094 PMID: 11559452 DOI: 10.1089/15246090152543139Document Number: 356113
New models of care delivery have been developed to better coordinate and integrate healthcare for women. In the United States, one of the challenges is to incorporate the needs of racial and ethnic minority populations into these newer care paradigms. This paper begins with a brief historical review of the experience of racial and ethnic minorities in the American healthcare system to provide a context for discussing barriers and limitations of more traditional models of women's healthcare. Specific approaches used by National Centers of Excellence in Women's Health are presented as examples of strategies that may be implemented by other communities to address these barriers.