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Harrell Jordan1, Rohan Jeremiah1, Karriem Watson1
1College of Nursing, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
American Journal of Men'S Health
|January 20, 2024
Summary
Black/African American men face significant barriers to preventive healthcare, with religion and medical mistrust decreasing engagement. Their health perceptions often misalign with actual health outcomes, highlighting a critical need for improved access and culturally sensitive care.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Health Disparities
- Sociology of Health
Background:
- Black/African American (BAA) men experience the lowest life expectancy and highest mortality rates in the U.S.
- BAA men are more likely to use emergency departments for routine care, indicating underutilization of preventive services.
- Existing research identifies medical mistrust and religious beliefs as barriers, but factors influencing current preventive care use remain underexplored.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine current preventive health care practices among BAA men.
- To explore the influence of predisposing, enabling, and need factors on preventive health care utilization in BAA men, using the Andersen Healthcare Utilization Model.
- To investigate how factors like income, education, religious affiliation, and medical mistrust intersect to affect healthcare engagement.
Main Methods:
- Cross-sectional study involving 176 Black/African American men.
- Analysis based on the Andersen Healthcare Utilization Model.
- Examination of preventive health care practices and their correlation with demographic, attitudinal, and need-based factors.
Main Results:
- Higher income and education levels were positively associated with healthcare utilization, as expected.
- A significant finding was the inverse relationship between religious affiliation, higher medical mistrust, and decreased healthcare engagement, with religion acting as a barrier.
- Perceptions of health varied by sexual orientation, education, and income, but participants' self-perceived health did not align with their objective health status.
Conclusions:
- Religious affiliation and medical mistrust significantly impede preventive healthcare utilization among BAA men.
- Discrepancies between perceived and actual health outcomes underscore a critical gap in health awareness and engagement.
- Future research should consider the role of masculine norms as potential enabling factors for preventive care in this population.
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