Mental health care-seeking and barriers: a cross-sectional study of an urban Latinx community.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Latinx community faces an increasing amount of mental health challenges and disparities in care. While the contributing factors are complex, there are likely potential barriers related to connecting with mental health support and accessing care that can be addressed.

Methods

To investigate barriers in connecting to mental health care, we conducted a cross-sectional survey of mental health service use and barriers in an urban community with a primarily Hispanic/Latinx ethnicity using a modified random walk approach for door-to-door data collection with a two-cluster sampling frame. Survey included questions on socio-demographic, mental health status, desire and attempt to seek care, and the Barriers to Access to Care Evaluation. Shapley additive explanation (SH

SUBMITTER: Newberry JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11545330 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature