SUMMARY OF DISSERTATION RESULTS
JUDITH FRIEDRICH

BARRIERS FOR LATINA WOMEN TO ACCESS HEALTHCARE SERVICES IN
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY

• PURPOSE: Investigation of social indicators for health care access and underlying structures
• INDICATORS: Infrastructure, immigration and health policy, health insurance coverage,
  structure of medical profession and education, culture and language
• UNDERLYING STRUCTURES: Race/ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status, citizenship
  (intersecting systems of domination)
• METHODOLOGIES: Community mapping, community survey, focus groups/interviews

COMMUNITY MAPPING

RESULTS

• High dispersion of Latina population in Jefferson County; higher concentration in the center
  of Jefferson County
• Latinas, experiencing poverty, are more spread out than African American and White
  females, and have higher proportions in concentrated areas compared to male counterparts
  Language problems (compared to poverty) seemed to be more prevalent for Latinas than
  Latinos
• Healthcare and other social services are more located in North, Northwest, and Southwestern
  part of Jefferson County, less in the Eastern areas
• Metro Council Districts 2, 9, 11, and 21 demonstrate areas where poor Latinas live who also
  have language problems
• Higher proportions of census tracts populating Latinas were located further away from
  Family Health Centers, independent from density, than census tracts with African American
  or White women; higher concentrated census tracts seemed to be closer to hospitals than
  lower concentrated ones

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