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Barriers Preventing Mexican Americans From Obtaining health Insurance


Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Sarah Crawford, Public Health BA, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Kunbi Adefeso, Public Health BA, University of Illinois at Chicago, Skokie, IL
Catherine Bobbitt, Public Health BA, University of Illinois at Chicago, Tinley Park, IL
Katarzyna Plata, Public Health BA, Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Birute Cepaityte, Public Health BA, School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, Lisle
Background: The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has resulted in Latinos as the least insured population in the United States. This study focuses on multiple generations of the  Mexican-American population in an urban working class community and evaluates their barriers in obtaining health insurance. The purpose of this study is to utilize existing perceptions to create a set of messages aimed towards the respective generational groups living within this community, in hopes of increasing the rates of insured Mexican-Americans. By utilizing a federally qualified health center and  a city funded independent  senior living development we where able to access recently enrolled individuals.

Methods:This study will be conducted through a series of structured interviews with Navigators in the community and the family members of multiple generations recruited through a FQHC and independent senior living home. We will do a thematic analysis and evaluate for the perceptions surrounding the ACA that the different generations have. We will then analyze this information to identify major barriers or misconceptions surrounding the Affordable Care Act. 

Results: We will present the results of our thematic analysis at a later date.

Learning Objectives: Assess existing barriers that prevent Mexican Americans from enrolling in the Market Place. Analyze the existing perceptions of the ACA among different generations of Mexican Americans. Explain how outreach messages effect the way individuals perceive the ACA. 

Learning Areas:

Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
Assess existing barriers that prevent Mexican Americans from enrolling in the Market Place.

Keyword(s): Affordable Care Act, Latinos

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am currently student at the University of Illinois at Chicago studying Public Health in the undergraduate program.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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