Question

Explain briefly three cultural barriers immigrants from Central and South America and

immigrants from the Middle East face in receiving healthcare in our country. *
Your answer

Answer 1

This Research Brief is one of several under the "Immigrant Access to Health and within states; (3) the eligibility of immigrants for health and human services; immigrants had more diverse origins (35 percent from Latin America, and the Middle East) with their own naming conventions and punctuation.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

1. Language barriers: people from central and South America are very likely to speak Spanish, and although Spanish is a growing language in the U.S, there still may be an issue translating.
This is the same for middle eastern immigrants as they may speak Arabic, and many different African or Indian languages. These may even be harder to find a translator for


2. Religious Barrier: there are many aspects of health care that may interfere with religion. A primary example would that women who are Muslim may not be permitted to be seen or touched by a male health care professional.

3. Personal Bias: Unfortunately there still is a lot of racism and prejudice in the world.