Researchers from University of Texas San Antonio Report Recent Findings in Minority Health (Centering Asian American Women’s Health: Prevalence of Health Care Discrimination and Associated Health Outcomes): Health and Medicine – Minority Health

2022 MAR 24 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Investigators publish new report on Health and Medicine - Minority Health. According to news reporting out of San Antonio, Texas, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “Asian American women routinely face multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination based on their marginalized social identities, including during their interactions within the US health care system. However, most research on discrimination against Asian American women is limited by its exclusive focus on race-, gender-, or language-based forms of discrimination; and research has yet to assess if their discriminatory health care experiences are associated with poor health outcomes.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the University of Texas San Antonio, “To address this gap, we centered the experiences of Asian American women (N = 905) from the Association of American Medical Colleges Biannual Consumer Survey of Health Care Access, a national survey of health care consumers conducted from 2011 to 2020. Prevalence rates were established for unfair treatment due to race, gender, culture, language, age, health insurance, and sexual orientation. Multiple regression models were used to assess how these discriminatory experiences were associated with health and functioning outcomes. Findings demonstrate a high prevalence (32.0%) and wide range of discriminatory experiences in health care settings among Asian American women. The majority of these discriminatory experiences were significantly associated with poorer health and functioning outcomes, even after controlling for demographic influences.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Results highlight the need for further development of culturally sensitive medical practices and policies to improve the delivery of health care for Asian American women.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Centering Asian American Women’s Health: Prevalence of Health Care Discrimination and Associated Health Outcomes. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 2022. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities can be contacted at: Springer Int Publ Ag, Gewerbestrasse 11, Cham, Ch-6330, Switzerland.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Shelby B. Scott, University of Texas San Antonio, Dept. of Psychology, One Utsa Circle, San Antonio, TX 78249, United States. Additional authors for this research include Quyen A. Do, Joyce P. Yang, Karie A. Gaska and Kayla Knopp.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-022-01267-w. 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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