Cultural Barrier

Editor’s Note: This is part three of a three-part Healio Exclusive series on maternal and cardiovascular outcomes among Indigenous women living in the United States. Part one can be seen here. Part two can be seen here.

Healio spoke with oncologist, Maria Borrero, MD, who is working to establish a Spanish-speaking cancer clinic in Utah.

Medical students and physicians reported experiencing cultural, organizational, interpersonal and individual barriers to family building, according to results of a qualitative analysis published in JAMA Network Open.

Non-English-speaking individuals experienced significant systems-level barriers when they called hospitals trying to obtain information about cancer care services, according to study results.