Supporting Underserved Communities for Health Care: US Immigrants' Experiences with Social Support.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social support is associated with improved clinical outcomes but is understudied among US immigrants. We examined two types of social support, perceived health provider support and community support, and characterized perceptions of social support among US immigrants compared with nonimmigrants.

Methods

We conducted cross-sectional data analysis on self-reported data from Health Information National Trends Survey 5, Cycle 2. Population-level estimates were obtained using jack-knife replicate weights.

Results

Immigrant status was not associated with perceived health care provider support or community support. However, compared with nonimmigrants, US immigrants were more likely to report rarely (adjusted odds ratio [aOR]=3.07) or never (aOR=3.18) having acces

SUBMITTER: Sadang KG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11223036 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature