Quarter of Latinos Get No Health Information from Medical Professionals, New Survey Finds

WASHINGTON - More than one in four Hispanic adults in the United States lack a usual health care provider and a similar proportion report obtaining no health care information from medical professionals in the past year, according to a report released today by the Pew Hispanic Center and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

At the same time, the report finds that more than eight in 10 receive health information from alternative sources, such as television and radio. This includes most of those who get no information from doctors or other medical professionals.

The report Hispanics and Health Care in the United States: Access, Information and Knowledge is available at the Pew Hispanic Center’s website, http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=91, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s website, http://www.rwjf.org. [scb]

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