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Health-Seeking Behaviors and Barriers to Health Care of Southeast Asian Immigrants: Implications for the Home Health Nurse

University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama

Jiemin Sun, ADN, RN

Xinyang People’s Hospital in Henan, China

Jianhui Zhang, MA, RN

Zhaomin Xu, ADN, RN

Pulmonary Function Lab at the Second Teaching Hospital of Henan Medical University, Zhengzhou, China

Grounded in first-hand experience, research, and published literature, this article provides an emic view of the health-seeking behaviors and barriers to health care of Southeast Asian immigrants. Implications for the home health nurse are also examined. Such an understanding is the foundation for building the cultural and linguistic competencies for taking care of Southeast Asian clients. In addition, in light of the changing demographics of the U.S. population reflected in Census 2000 and the recently released national standards for culturally and linguistically appropriate services, the article also discusses the challenges and implications of implementing the national standards to reduce and eventually eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in health care.

Key Words: home health nursing • Southeast Asians • cultural competency • health-seeking behavior • barrier to health care

Home Health Care Management & Practice, Vol. 14, No. 1, 22-30 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/108482230101400104


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