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Moving Beyond the Trickle‐Down Approach: Addressing the Unique Disparate Health Experiences of Adolescents of Color
Author(s) -
Guthrie Barbara J.,
Low Lisa Kane
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal for specialists in pediatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.499
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1744-6155
pISSN - 1539-0136
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6155.2006.00038.x
Subject(s) - health equity , health care , adolescent health , psychology , women of color , medicine , nursing , sociology , political science , gender studies , race (biology) , law
PURPOSE. Health disparities in adults have received significant attention and research, yet the healthcare experiences of adolescents of color have been ignored. The purpose of this paper is to identify the shortcomings of our state of knowledge regarding adolescent health disparities and argue for the use of an intersectional, contextually embedded understanding of healthcare experiences.CONCLUSIONS. To understand health disparities, deficit‐based models should be replaced with the framework proposed in this paper.PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS. Using the proposed model in practice will aid in identifying and preventing the health disparities experienced by adolescents of color.