title: Use of health services by adult Latin American immigrants residing in Seville.
abstract: This work sought to describe the use of health services by adult Latin American immigrants from Seville.
  
  
  
  This was a descriptive cohort study with the participation of 190 adult Latin American immigrants from 25 to 44 years of age, residing in the city of Seville (Spain) in 2011. A self-report survey was applied.
  
  
  
  Within the past year, 67% of the individuals have visited a physician and 23% have attended nursing consultation. A total of 14% of the immigrants who called on a healthcare center reported that their experience was worse than that of others. La annual prevalence by accidents was: 10% domestic, 4% traffic-related and 9% occupational; nearly half these accidents justified emergency care or hospitalization due to their severity. The logistic regression model revealed that health services were used mostly by: women, those in poor self-perceived health status, those with secondary level of education, the elderly, and those who were single.
  
  
  
  The population studied presents adequate use of health services, although it would be recommendable to implement prevention activities by nurses in the immigrant's work and family environment to reduce the accident incidence described by this group.
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Sevilla, España, joserafael@us.es.
authors.forename: José Rafael
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: González-López
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Antioquia UdeA, Medellín, Colombia, maria.rodriguezg@udea.edu.co.
authors.forename: María de Los Ángeles
authors.initials: Mde L
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Gázquez
authors.affiliation: Universidad de Sevilla, España, mlomas@us.es.
authors.forename: María de Las Mercedes
authors.initials: Mde L
authors.lastname: Lomas-Campos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003625:Data Collection; D004522:Educational Status; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006296:Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007843:Latin America / Q000208:ethnology; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D013030:Spain; D040443:Students, Public Health