Black women with Medi-Cal pursue health despite mistreatment in the health care system

Black women with Medi-Cal pursue health despite mistreatment in the health care system

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
Fact sheet (California HealthCare Foundation)
Contributor(s):
California HealthCare Foundation, issuing body.
Publication:
[Oakland, CA] : California Health Care Foundation, May 2023
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Black or African American
Healthcare Disparities
Medicaid
State Health Plans
Women's Health
California
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
The vast majority of Black women with Medi-Cal (93%) report having had at least one health care visit in the last year. Eight in 10 women with Medi-Cal (80%) had a routine checkup since January 2021. The majority of female respondents with Medi-Cal (80%) say they devote “a great deal” or “quite a bit” of effort to getting screenings or preventive care. Over four in five women with Medi-Cal (82%) devote “a great deal” or “quite a bit” of effort to focusing on their mental health and to actively reducing their stress. Women of childbearing age with Medi-Cal (85%) are more likely to put “a great deal” or “quite a bit” of effort into focusing on their mental health than women over age 50 with Medi-Cal (73%) (see Figure 1). Women in Medi-Cal, like female respondents overall, are more likely to pursue alternative approaches to managing their health than male respondents. Nearly half of women (46%) with Medi-Cal put “a great deal” or “quite a bit” of effort into seeking non-Western approaches to health care.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (6 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
9918645684806676 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918645684806676