The proposed research seeks to identify a successful intervention to close the disparities of trust and utilization of preventative health services between African Americans and White Americans. The researcher will test the hypothesis that African American patients that receive assistance from a community health worker, report higher trust in the healthcare system and utilization of preventative services than African American patients that do not receive assistance from a community health worker. Studies have shown that community health workers can be effective in improving behavior changes and health outcomes in minority patients. It is based on the success of previous community health worker interventions, that the researcher believes that
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Examine if the use of community health workers increases the reported trust by the patient.
2. Examine the relationship between the use of the community health worker and utilization of preventative health services.
3. Determine if there is an association between reported trust and utilization of health services.
The researcher believes that the results of the study will identify community health worker intervention as a successful intervention in addressing the disparity of trust in the healthcare system in the African American patient population. It is expected that reported trust and utilization of the preventative services will increase after intervention compared to the baseline utilization measurements. The researcher also believes that the study will show a statistically significant association between reported trust and utilization of health services as previously demonstrated in other studies. By identifying a successful intervention, if applied, more African American patients will utilize preventative health services, resulting in better health outcomes and decreasing the costs of healthcare caused by the misuse of the emergency rom and prevention of costly, preventable chronic …show more content…
Interpersonal trust refers to trust developed through repeated interactions through which expectations about a persons’ trustworthy behavior can be tested over time.2 Social trust, that is trust in collective institutions, is shaped by media and the general confidence in particular institutions.1 This type of trust is a factor in the relationship between a patient and a healthcare institution.1 Patient trust reinforces the concept of a health partnership, increasing the probability of adherence to treatment and improved health
Examine if the use of community health workers increases the reported trust by the patient.
2. Examine the relationship between the use of the community health worker and utilization of preventative health services.
3. Determine if there is an association between reported trust and utilization of health services.
The researcher believes that the results of the study will identify community health worker intervention as a successful intervention in addressing the disparity of trust in the healthcare system in the African American patient population. It is expected that reported trust and utilization of the preventative services will increase after intervention compared to the baseline utilization measurements. The researcher also believes that the study will show a statistically significant association between reported trust and utilization of health services as previously demonstrated in other studies. By identifying a successful intervention, if applied, more African American patients will utilize preventative health services, resulting in better health outcomes and decreasing the costs of healthcare caused by the misuse of the emergency rom and prevention of costly, preventable chronic …show more content…
Interpersonal trust refers to trust developed through repeated interactions through which expectations about a persons’ trustworthy behavior can be tested over time.2 Social trust, that is trust in collective institutions, is shaped by media and the general confidence in particular institutions.1 This type of trust is a factor in the relationship between a patient and a healthcare institution.1 Patient trust reinforces the concept of a health partnership, increasing the probability of adherence to treatment and improved health