New Findings in Health Education Described from University of Utah (Development of a Navigator-delivered Health Insurance Education Program for Hispanic and Latine Communities): Education – Health Education

2025 FEB 13 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Education Daily Report -- A new study on Education - Health Education is now available. According to news reporting originating from Salt Lake City, Utah, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Equitable access to health care services for Hispanic and Latine populations requires that systems go beyond working to increase enrollment in health insurance but also addressing health insurance literacy-the knowledge, ability, and confidence to find and use health insurance.Methods In collaboration with a local health policy organization, individual interviews were conducted with Hispanic and Latine community members. Group engagement sessions were conducted with key professionals.”

Funders for this research include NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes, National Cancer Institute’s National Research Service Award, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of North Carolina.

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from the University of Utah, “Interviews and engagement sessions focused on the adaptation of an existing health insurance education program (HIEP) to Spanish-speaking Hispanic and Latine individuals. An outline of the proposed HIEP content was provided prior to each interview or engagement session. Qualitative content was analyzed using an inductive thematic analysis guided by the intervention adaptation literature.Results A total of N = 20 professionals participated in an engagement session, while N = 21 community members took part in an interview. Professionals worked in both health care systems (55%) and community organizations (45%). Community members were on average 41 years of age (SD = 13), 81% female, and 100% Hispanic or Latine. Qualitative analysis revealed that participants overwhelmingly supported the adaptation of the HIEP and approved of the proposed topics. Participants also provided recommendations to improve the intervention content and characteristics including a focus on controlling costs, tailoring to the population, ensuring accessibility of content, and specifics regarding the HIEP delivery and facilitator.Conclusions Overall participants were supportive of the proposed HIEP adaptation and provided a variety of recommendations.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Health insurance literacy was perceived as an important next step to enrollment in health insurance.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Development of a Navigator-delivered Health Insurance Education Program for Hispanic and Latine Communities. Health Education & Behavior, 2025. Health Education & Behavior can be contacted at: Sage Publications Inc, 2455 Teller Rd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, USA. (Sage Publications - http://www.sagepub.com/; Health Education & Behavior - heb.sagepub.com)

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Anne C. Kirchhoff, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, United States. Additional authors for this research include Austin R. Waters, Amy Chevrier, Judy Y. Ou, Luis Rios, Maria Guadarrama, Julie Contreras and Matt Slonaker.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1177/10901981241309629. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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