Deciphering the Impact of Culture and Society on the Health Care Seeking Behavior of Emory University Students Open Access
Adams, Ayoka Masheila (2012)
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Abstract
Socio-cultural factors influence the health behaviors and
outcomes of individuals. The
university population represents a unique and diverse population
whose needs must be
understood and met by the institutions to which they belong.
Understanding these needs, in
relation to health behavior, is important in developing programs to
cater to the population. Thus,
the purpose of this thesis was to investigate the health
care-seeking patterns of Emory University
students and determine if there were any differences due to
nationality, race/ethnicity or gender.
The thesis also sought to investigate cultural and social factors
that caused these differences.
Online surveys were conducted on one hundred and two (102) Emory
University Students, as
well as, semi-structured interviews were conducted with twelve (12)
of these survey respondents.
These instruments were used to extract data about patterns of
frequency and type of service
utilization, barriers to health services access and factors
affecting provider choice. The results
showed that there were a few differences in the patterns of
utilization between national groups,
racial/ethnic groups and gender groups. However, it also showed
that there were many
similarities, especially as it related to barriers affecting health
services utilization and
determinants of provider choice.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction and Background to Research .................................................1
Introduction
.............................................................................................................2
Research Question
...................................................................................................2
Key Terms
..............................................................................................................2
The Anthropological Connection
..................................................................................5
Background
...............................................................................................................8
U.S. Migration and Changing Demographics
...................................................................8
Migration, Diversity and Higher
Education......................................................................9
Emory's Diversity
....................................................................................................11
Rationale
...............................................................................................................13
Chapter 2: Literature Review
...................................................................................15
Non-Cultural Factors which Influence Healthcare Seeking Behavior
...................................17
Healthcare Seeking Behavior among University Students
................................................19
Race/Ethnicity
........................................................................................................20
Nationality
.............................................................................................................24
Gender
..................................................................................................................26
Chapter 3:
Methodology...........................................................................................29
Project Goals
..........................................................................................................30
Preliminary Research and IRB Approval
........................................................................30
Questionnaire and Interview Script Development
...........................................................30
Study Population and Recruitment
..............................................................................32
Sample Size
...........................................................................................................33
Data
Collection........................................................................................................34
Data Analysis
..........................................................................................................34
Chapter 4:
Results....................................................................................................36
Respondent Profile
...................................................................................................37
Health Care Services Utilization
..................................................................................42
Barriers to Health Services Utilization
..........................................................................55
Persons Who Influence Health Services Utilization
..........................................................61
Factors that Influence Provider Choice
........................................................................63
Chapter 5: Discussion and Limitations
.......................................................................66
Discussion
................................................................................................................67
What Are The
Differences?.........................................................................................67
What Are The
Similarities?..........................................................................................72
Comparison to Expected Results
.................................................................................75
Limitations
................................................................................................................79
Author Contextualization
...........................................................................................79
Sample Demographics
...............................................................................................80
Generalizations
........................................................................................................81
Time and Resource Constraints
..................................................................................81
Chapter 6: Conclusion and Recommendations
............................................................82
Bibliography
............................................................................................................85
Appendix
................................................................................................................93
Appendix 1: Survey Questionnaire
.................................................................................94
Appendix 2: Interview Script
.......................................................................................107
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