title: Hispanic preferences for health care providers and health care information.
abstract: In a 1994 telephone survey, only 13% of 522 adult Hispanic respondents in the Southwest used media as the main source of information for physicians, while 19% used media for information regarding health services. Family and friends were main sources. About 75% of the respondents had a family physician with the mother (68%) making health care decisions for the family. A large majority of respondents said that neither the physician's sex, nor race were factors in choosing physicians.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Communications Research, Texas Tech University, School of Mass Communications, Lubbock 79409, USA.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hudson
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Watts
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003657:Decision Making; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008402:Mass Media; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010548:Personal Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D010820:Physicians / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D044469:Racial Groups; D012737:Sex Factors; D013781:Texas