Figure 18
Percent of Grantees that Reported Selected Barriers to Care, 2003
N= 95
Unstable housing 68%
Lack of insurance coverage 67%
Lack of transportation 66%
Mobility of clients 66%
Clients believed they had more pressing needs 60%
Lack of child care 58%
Long waits for appointments 48%
Lack of culturally sensitive providers 42%
Depression or other mental health conditions 39%
Substance abuse 35%
Clients did not believe they needed service 34%
Inconvenient provider hours/location 34%
Domestic violence 26%
Perceived stigma of receiving public services 20%
Language barriers 19%
Note:
Grantees were asked to report up to five barriers that presented
the most significant challenges to obtaining services for
their Healthy Start clients. Barriers were reported separately
for prenatal care, infant/toddler care, interconceptional care,
and perinatal depression care. The results were combined to
reflect barriers encountered by any Healthy Start population.