@article{ref1,
title="Barriers to health care for Latino youths during community reentry after incarceration: Los Angeles County, California, 2016-2018",
journal="American journal of public health",
year="2020",
author="Chung, Paul J. and Lopez, Nathalie and Barnert, Elizabeth S.",
volume="110",
number="Suppl 1",
pages="S63-S70",
abstract="<i>Objectives.</i> To examine barriers to health care for Latino youths during reentry after incarceration.<i>Methods.</i> For this in-depth qualitative study, we conducted 69 semistructured interviews with 22 Latino youths and their parents at 1, 3, and 6 months after incarceration. We performed thematic analysis of interview transcripts, from which a preliminary conceptual model emerged describing barriers to care for Latino youths. We then conducted trajectory analyses of dyadic youth-caregiver pairs to test the conceptual model. We collected longitudinal interviews in Los Angeles County, California, from November 2016 to March 2018.<i>Results.</i> Beyond recognized stressors experienced by youths during reentry, most of which families related to poverty and neighborhood environment, Latino youths also experienced cultural barriers to care (i.e., self-reliance and pride, religiosity and reproductive care as taboo, preference for home remedies, language) as well as barriers to care because of undocumented status (i.e., fear of deportation, job insecurity).<i>Conclusions.</i> Reentry is challenging, and Latino youths face additional barriers to care during reentry related to culture and legal status, but have cultural strengths. Increased access to culturally sensitive, safety-net health care, regardless of immigration status, may reduce health inequalities for Latino youths undergoing reentry.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0090-0036",
doi="10.2105/AJPH.2019.305374",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2019.305374"
}