TY - JOUR
KW - Adult
KW - African Americans/statistics & numerical data
KW - Chronic Disease/ethnology
KW - Continuity of Patient Care
KW - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW - Disease Susceptibility
KW - Female
KW - Health Services Accessibility
KW - Hispanic Americans/statistics & numerical data
KW - Humans
KW - Interviews as Topic
KW - Logistic Models
KW - Male
KW - Medically Underserved Area
KW - Mental Disorders/diagnosis/ethnology
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Risk Factors
KW - Self Disclosure
AU - C. Ani
AU - M. Bazargan
AU - S. Bazargan-Hejazi
AU - R. M. Andersen
AU - D. W. Hindman
AU - R. S. Baker
A1 - 
AB - OBJECTIVE: This study examines the correlates of self-diagnosis of chronic medical and mental health conditions in under-served minority populations. The Behavioral Model for Vulnerable Populations was employed to compare the predisposing and enabling characteristics of two groups: the first group consisted of individuals who self-reported their medical conditions without a presumptive or definitive physician diagnosis, while the second group consisted of individuals who self-reported their medical conditions with a presumptive or definitive physician diagnosis of their condition. STUDY SETTING: The sample consisted of 287 African American and Latino heads of household. This sample was obtained from a geographically defined random sample of 418 households from three urban public housing communities in Los Angeles County, California. STUDY DESIGN: This study was a cross-sectional, face-to-face, semistructured interview survey. RESULTS: Using logistic regression techniques and controlling for demographic characteristics, the results indicate that accessibility, affordability, continuity of medical care, and financial strains were the core concepts that explain the gap between self vs physician diagnosis of medical conditions. CONCLUSION: This study identifies unique characteristics of minority persons who claimed that their medical conditions had not been presented to or diagnosed by a medical provider in comparison to those who are formally diagnosed by medical providers. The study provides an entry point for further examination of correlates and sequels of self-diagnosis and its resultant effects on professional treatment-seeking in minority populations with certain medically important chronic conditions.
BT - Ethnicity & disease
C5 - Healthcare Disparities
CP - 2 Suppl 2
CY - United States
IS - 2 Suppl 2
JF - Ethnicity & disease
N2 - OBJECTIVE: This study examines the correlates of self-diagnosis of chronic medical and mental health conditions in under-served minority populations. The Behavioral Model for Vulnerable Populations was employed to compare the predisposing and enabling characteristics of two groups: the first group consisted of individuals who self-reported their medical conditions without a presumptive or definitive physician diagnosis, while the second group consisted of individuals who self-reported their medical conditions with a presumptive or definitive physician diagnosis of their condition. STUDY SETTING: The sample consisted of 287 African American and Latino heads of household. This sample was obtained from a geographically defined random sample of 418 households from three urban public housing communities in Los Angeles County, California. STUDY DESIGN: This study was a cross-sectional, face-to-face, semistructured interview survey. RESULTS: Using logistic regression techniques and controlling for demographic characteristics, the results indicate that accessibility, affordability, continuity of medical care, and financial strains were the core concepts that explain the gap between self vs physician diagnosis of medical conditions. CONCLUSION: This study identifies unique characteristics of minority persons who claimed that their medical conditions had not been presented to or diagnosed by a medical provider in comparison to those who are formally diagnosed by medical providers. The study provides an entry point for further examination of correlates and sequels of self-diagnosis and its resultant effects on professional treatment-seeking in minority populations with certain medically important chronic conditions.
PP - United States
PY - 2008
SN - 1049-510X; 1049-510X
SP - 105
EP - 11
EP - S2+
T1 - Correlates of self-diagnosis of chronic medical and mental health conditions in under-served African American and Latino populations
T2 - Ethnicity & disease
TI - Correlates of self-diagnosis of chronic medical and mental health conditions in under-served African American and Latino populations
U1 - Healthcare Disparities
U2 - 18646330
VL - 18
VO - 1049-510X; 1049-510X
Y1 - 2008
ER -