No te entiendo y tú no me entiendes: language barriers among immigrant Latino adolescents seeking health care.
OBJECTIVE
Immigrant Latino adolescents experience health disparities and barriers to accessing health care. The purpose of this study is to describe barriers experienced by immigrant Latino adolescents seeking U.S. health care.


METHODS
Focused ethnography using one-to-one interviews.


RESULTS
Participants identified language barriers to accessing care at all stages in the process.


CONCLUSIONS
Immigrant Latino youth experience barriers when accessing U.S. health care, resulting in negative perceptions and likelihood of reduced health seeking.


CONCLUSIONS
Health care providers can lead positive change in health care delivery resulting in minimized language barriers and improved culturally relevant care for immigrant Latino youth and their families.
Garcia
Carolyn M
CM
Center for Adolescent Nursing and Integrative, Global, Public Health Co-operative, School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. Garcia@umn.edu
Duckett
Laura J
LJ
D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services; D000884:Anthropology, Cultural; D003144:Communication Barriers; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans; D008800:Mexico / Q000208:ethnology; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult