the current proposal is specifically concerned with assessing among Latino caregivers the combined influences of cultural, demographic, and psychological variables involved in the health care utilization for their children. It is also interested in assessing the extent to which children's health care is affected by caregivers who subscribe to cultural bound health beliefs as measured by the Cultural Health Attribution Questionnaire (CHAQ) developed for this study. Participants will be recruited in community pediatric clinics and non-clinical settings in Miami and Washington D.C. This investigation will provide a comprehensive understanding of the factors influencing a Latino caregiver's health care utilization for his/her child, and identify those individuals which may be more likely to subscribe their child to informal medical practices and underutilize formal health care. It is hypothesized that cultural health beliefs will significantly influence a caregivers approach to the health care of his/her child to a greater extent than demographic barriers and psychological variables involved in health care utilization.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
Type
Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award (F31)
Project #
1F31HD008407-01
Application #
2543698
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZRG2-SSS-F (06))
Project Start
1998-06-09
Project End
Budget Start
1998-01-01
Budget End
1998-12-31
Support Year
1
Fiscal Year
1998
Total Cost
Indirect Cost
Name
George Washington University
Department
Psychology
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
City
Washington
State
DC
Country
United States
Zip Code
20052
Murguia, A; Zea, M C; Reisen, C A et al. (2000) The development of the Cultural Health Attributions Questionnaire (CHAQ). Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol 6:268-83