Over the past several decades, there have been numerous studies conducted that have shown the ethnic/racial disparities in relation to the underutilization of mental health services in the United States. The four minority groups that display the most prevalent underutilization of mental health services are Latinos, African Americans, Native Americans, and Asians (Whaley & Davis, 2007). There are numerous explanations for this matter including the help-seeking behaviors adopted by certain cultural
administration to be aware of the needs of this vast and diverse population. This means the agency’s administration should know the actual demographics of their service area, and perhaps even be linked to other agencies that serve Latinos. In general, major aspects involved in Latino ethnicity include: language, country of origin, spirituality and religion, the importance of family, immigration or citizenship status, art, and cultural expression (Kirst-Ashman & Hull, 2012). Citizenship status has particularly
Hispanic-American Culture Hispanic culture has been spreading more and more in America. Today, almost 16% of the population of the United States is made up of Hispanic Americans. Hispanics are all over the United States, but some states have a higher population, including: Texas, California, New Mexico, Arizona, and Colorado. The Hispanic population mostly comes from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba and smaller numbers of immigrants are from Central and South America and from the Dominican Republic. Taken
Race, gender and class shape the experience of all people. This fact has been widely documented in research and, to some extent, is commonly understood. New studies interpret race, gender, class as interlocking categories of experience that affect all aspects of life. (Anderson, Collins, 1997:8) For a long time, society on and off screen, have been automatically constructed to what are considered 'norms'. Recent films of note to challenge this expectation, and will be discussed in further detail