Poverty, ethnic identity and preventive health care

Bullough, B.

Journal of Health and Social Behavior 13(4): 347-359

1972


ISSN/ISBN: 0022-1465
PMID: 4648890
DOI: 10.2307/2136826
Document Number: 482692
Low income mothers from three Los Angeles poverty areas, representing three ethnic groups, were questioned about the preventive health care they had obtained for themselves and their children. It was found that the more well known barriers to the utilization of preventive services were reinforced by alienation, including feelings of powerlessness, hopelessness and social isolation. Family planning behavior was found to be the type of preventive care most influenced by alienation.

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