A qualitative assessment of factors contributing to Spanish-speaking federally qualified health center patients' chronic pain experiences.

ABSTRACT: People of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity (Latinx people) experience pain diagnosis, treatment, and care disparities relative to non-Latinx Whites. Those whose preferred language is Spanish may experience additional disparities when receiving care in a language-discordant environment. In order to better understand medically underserved Spanish-speaking Latinx patients' pain care experience in primary care, we conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews with federally qualified health center staff members (n = 9) and Spanish-speaking adult Latinx patients with chronic pain (n = 12) to capture data on their perspectives. Interview data were mapped to the individual (microsystem), interpersonal (mesosystem), organizational (exosystem), and environmental (macrosystem) levels of Bronfenbrenne

SUBMITTER: Bifulco L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10194871 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature