Black college women's preventive health behaviors: Applications of a Black Feminist-Womanist research paradigm
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Summary
This summary is machine-generated.Black women define health holistically, but often face negative healthcare experiences. Understanding these experiences is crucial for improving preventive care and reducing health disparities.
Area Of Science
- Health Services Research
- Sociology of Health
- Public Health
Background
- Black women's preventive health behaviors are understudied.
- Andersen's Behavioral Model for Health Service Use is a key framework.
- A Black Feminist-Womanist research paradigm offers a critical lens.
Purpose Of The Study
- To apply a Black Feminist-Womanist research paradigm to Andersen's model.
- To explore Black American women's definitions of health.
- To understand Black American women's experiences in healthcare.
Main Methods
- Qualitative interpretive phenomenological analysis of 40 Black college women.
- Convergent parallel mixed-methods approach.
- 2022 cross-sectional online survey.
Main Results
- Health is defined as encompassing health literacy, physical and mental well-being, and freedom from disease.
- Negative healthcare experiences were reported more frequently than positive ones.
- Predisposing, enabling, and need factors influenced health service use.
Conclusions
- The Black Feminist-Womanist paradigm effectively complements Andersen's model for understanding Black women's health.
- Medical mistrust, health literacy, and past experiences significantly impact health service utilization.
- Future research should focus on barriers and facilitators to preventive care to reduce health disparities.
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