Moving beyond the trickle-down approach: addressing the unique disparate health experiences of adolescents of color.
OBJECTIVE
Health disparities in adults have received significant attention and research, yet the healthcare experiences of adolescents of color have been ignored. The purpose of this paper is to identify the shortcomings of our state of knowledge regarding adolescent health disparities and argue for the use of an inter-sectional, contextually embedded understanding of healthcare experiences.


CONCLUSIONS
To understand health disparities, deficit-based models should be replaced with the framework proposed in this paper.


CONCLUSIONS
Using the proposed model in practice will aid in identifying and preventing the health disparities experienced by adolescents of color.
Guthrie
Barbara J
BJ
Nursing and Women's Studies Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. bguthrie@umich.edu
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Lisa Kane
LK
D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services; D006293:Health Promotion; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008913:Minority Groups; D010371:Pediatric Nursing; D012940:Social Problems; D014481:United States