{"id":4115,"date":"2021-04-19T12:17:30","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T16:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/undergraduate-research-forum\/?p=4115"},"modified":"2021-04-20T11:49:48","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T15:49:48","slug":"a25-p-language-transportation-and-stigma-oh-my-barriers-to-accessing-equitable-free-healthcare-services-in-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/undergraduate-research-forum\/a25-p-language-transportation-and-stigma-oh-my-barriers-to-accessing-equitable-free-healthcare-services-in-the-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"A25-P: Language, Transportation, and Stigma; Oh My: Barriers to Accessing Equitable Free Healthcare Services in the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As of 2019, 34 million Americans live in poverty \u2013 10.5 percent of the population (United States Census Bureau, 2020). The rates nearly double among minority populations with a poverty rate for Black Americans at 18.8 percent and Hispanics 15.7 percent (United States Census Bureau, 2020). Poverty is well established to have a negative impact on health outcomes (Santiago, 2012; McWilliams, 2009). The Affordable Care Act (ACA) significantly expanded Medicaid coverage and access to care for low-income families in the United States; however, access to basic health services still remains elusive amongst this population (Arvisais-Anhalt et al, 2018; Allen et al, 2014). This study aimed to determine the factors that prevent low-income individuals\/families from receiving affordable and equitable healthcare and how a free clinic setting can impact the low-income healthcare experience. This was an interview-based research study consisting of 30-minute interviews of open-ended questions with low-income patients. The study gained approval from the IRB at Miami University \u2013 the governing body that aims to ensure moral and ethical compliance of human subject research. Our preliminary findings suggest that low-income patients are concerned that they are not receiving the same level or quality of care as higher-income or fully insured patients would. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Author: <\/strong>Shannon Ryan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faculty Advisors: <\/strong>Cameron Hay-Rollins, Anthropology; Paul Flaspohler, Psychology<\/p>\n\n\n\n