Irene Falgàs|Zorangelí Ramos|Lizbeth Herrera|Adil Qureshi|Ligia M. Chávez|Covadonga Bonal|Samantha McPeck|Ye Wang|Benjamin Lê Cook|Margarita Alegr??a
Barriers to and Correlates of Retention in Behavioral Health Treatment Among Latinos in 2 Different Host Countries: The United States and Spain
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona|Massachusetts General Hospital|Harvard University|University of Puerto Rico System|Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz|Cambridge Health Alliance|Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona|Massachusetts General Hospital|Harvard University|University of Puerto Rico System|Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz|Cambridge Health Alliance|Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona|Massachusetts General Hospital|Harvard University|University of Puerto Rico System|Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz|Cambridge Health Alliance|Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona|Massachusetts General Hospital|Harvard University|University of Puerto Rico System|Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz|Cambridge Health Alliance|Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona|Massachusetts General Hospital|Harvard University|University of Puerto Rico System|Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz|Cambridge Health Alliance|Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona|Massachusetts General Hospital|Harvard University|University of Puerto Rico System|Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz|Cambridge Health Alliance|Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona|Massachusetts General Hospital|Harvard University|University of Puerto Rico System|Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz|Cambridge Health Alliance|Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona|Massachusetts General Hospital|Harvard University|University of Puerto Rico System|Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz|Cambridge Health Alliance|Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona|Massachusetts General Hospital|Harvard University|University of Puerto Rico System|Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz|Cambridge Health Alliance|Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona|Massachusetts General Hospital|Harvard University|University of Puerto Rico System|Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz|Cambridge Health Alliance
context latino immigrants constitute large portion spanish us immigrant populations yet dearth research exists regarding barriers retention behavioral health care objectives identify compare perceived barriers related behavioral health care among first secondgeneration latinos boston madrid barcelona evaluate whether frequency behavioral health care use last year related barriers design setting participants data obtained international latino research partnership project first secondgeneration selfidentified latino immigrants aged 18 years resided 1 year host country recruited community agencies primary care mental health substance abuse hiv clinics main outcome measures eleven barriers assessed compared across sites relationship barriers behavioral services visits within last year evaluated adjusting sociodemographics clinical measures degree health literacy cultural social factors results wanting handle problem ones thinking treatment would work unsure go see frequently reported barriers latino immigrants previous treatment failure difficulties transportation scheduling linguistic barriers likely reported boston trying deal mental health problems ones commonly reported barcelona madrid two barriers associated number visits concerns cost services uncertainty go see conclusions adjusting sociodemographics clinical measures degree health literacy cultural social factors barriers still differed significantly across sites efforts improve behavioral health services must tailored immigrants context attention changing attitudes selfreliance outreach improve access retention care