title: Cultural impact of health-care access: challenges for improving the health of African Americans.
abstract: Disparities in health status of African Americans continue to exist. These disparities of poor health, in part, are attributed to decreased access to health-care services. However, culture plays a key role in health-care utilization patterns among African Americans. The purpose of this article is to examine cultural factors that affect health-care practices among African Americans and to identify specific community health nursing interventions that integrate these factors into health-care plans for African-American families and communities.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jewell
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000208:ethnology*