Miriam Ryvicker
A conceptual framework for examining healthcare access and navigation: a behavioral-ecological perspective
Visiting Nurse Service of New York
paper introduces conceptual framework investigating individual ability navigate healthcare contexts built environment social environment healthcare infrastructure person embedded given complexity healthcare delivery united states consumers expected increasingly sophisticated set skills order effectively navigate benefit healthcare resources available addressing barriers navigation vulnerable populations may essential reducing health disparities paper builds previous conceptual developments areas healthcare use navigation ecological perspectives health order present behavioralecological framework examining healthcare navigation access model posits healthcare navigation ecologically informed process spatial distribution health services spatial distribution individual environmental factors influence decisionmaking behavior respect service use paper discusses areas research healthcare navigation challenges research implications reducing health disparities