The Health Careers of Urban Women: A Study in East Harlem
| Autor: | Ruth E. Zambrana, Marsha Hurst |
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| Rok vydání: | 1980 |
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| Zdroj: | Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. 5:S112-S126 |
| ISSN: | 1545-6943 0097-9740 |
| Popis: | Women and their families in East Harlem, a low-income urban minority area, have special health needs and problems that merit, but do not receive, special attention. Both the birthrate and the infant mortality rate are higher in East Harlem than in Manhattan as a whole.' The residents of East Harlem recognize the critical role of good health in their lives, and Puerto Rican women in particular have indicated in a 1970 survey that they feel their health is poorer than that of women of other racial or ethnic groups (Italian and black).2 They face multiple barriers both in understanding their health needs and in obtaining and using health services. Their lower income and educational status make it difficult for them to become educated health consumers; linguistic and cultural barriers further impede equal access to information and care. Finally, like other women, they face sexual barriers in the male-dominated medical system. The intent of this paper is to explore the relationship between the low-income-and particularly the Puerto Rican-woman and the health-care system. The pilot study on which this work is based examines the "health careers" of a random selection of women registered at the Neighborhood Health Center (NHC), a primary-care facility in East Harlem (El Barrio), New York City. The health and health care of these |
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