An Intersectional Approach to Understanding Barriers to Healthcare for Women

• Published in: Journal of community health Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 89 - 98
• Main Authors: Vohra-Gupta, Shetal, Petruzzi, Liana, Jones, Casey, Cubbin, Catherine
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.02.2023; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Access to Health Care; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Barriers; Black or African American; Community and Environmental Psychology; Education; Ethics; Ethnic factors; Ethnicity; Female; Females; Health care; Health care access; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Health services; Health Services Accessibility; Healthcare Disparities; Hispanic or Latino; Humans; Identities; Income; Insurance; Intersectional Framework; Marital status; Medical electronics; Medical Services; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Middle Aged; Minority & ethnic groups; Original Paper; Predictor Variables; Race; Regression analysis; Regression models; Social factors; Socioeconomics; United States; White; Womens health; Young Adult; United States; Racial/ethnic differences in health and healthcare; Healthcare disparities; Gender/sex differences in health and health care; Intersectionality

Access to health care depends on multiple sociodemographic factors such as race/ethnicity, marital status, education, income, and insurance status. However, a paucity of research has examined access to healthcare disparities as they uniquely affect women, specifically women of color. National data w...