title: Issues of health care mistrust in East Harlem.
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.
authors.affiliation: Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service, Inc., 417 East 119th Street, New York, NY 10035, USA.
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Canlas
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D003144:Communication Barriers; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D009519:New York City; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations