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ArticleJournal of racial and ethnic health disparities2025

Salud sin Fronteras: Identifying Determinants of Frequency of Healthcare Use among Mexican immigrants in Southern Arizona.

Adriana Maldonado, Daniel E Martinez, Edgar A Villavicencio, Rebecca Crocker, David O Garcia

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Adriana MaldonadoMel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, Department of Health Promotion Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85724, USA. adrianamaldonado@arizona.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-3483-1887
Daniel E MartinezCollege of Social and Behavioral Sciences, School of Sociology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85724, USA.
Edgar A VillavicencioMel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, Department of Health Promotion Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85724, USA.
Rebecca CrockerUniversity of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, AZ, 85724, USA.
David O GarciaMel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, Department of Health Promotion Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85724, USA.

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backgroundGuided by Andersen's Behavioral Model of Health Services Use (BMHSU), this study aimed to identify determinants of post-migration healthcare use among a sample of Mexican immigrants in a US-Mexico border region in Southern Arizona, while considering pre-migration health and healthcare experiences.

methodsA non-probabilistic convenience sample of 300 adult Mexican immigrants completed a telephone survey to assess healthcare practices. Multivariable logistic regressions were fitted to determine adjusted relationships between frequency of care and predisposing, enabling, need, and contextual factors as well as personal health practices.

resultsOverall, participants had a 79% probability of receiving healthcare "at least once a year" after migrating to Southern Arizona. Receiving post-migration healthcare was associated with predisposing, enabling, need, contextual factors, and personal health practices (p < 0.05). DISCUSSION: Consistent with BMHSU, our findings suggest that frequency of healthcare is not only a function of having post-migration health insurance but is also shaped by a complex array of other factors. The results of this study shed light onto potential areas to be leveraged by multifactorial sociocultural interventions to increase Mexican immigrants' frequency of healthcare services use.

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Emigrants and ImmigrantsMexican AmericansPatient Acceptance of Health CareAdolescentAdultArizonaFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedYoung AdultAndersen’s Behavioral Model of health services useHealth care services useHispanic health-disparitiesMexican immigrants

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