Understanding social determinants of healthcare access from the perspective of Hispanic Latino immigrants in Louisville, Ky.

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“…The utilisation of critical ethnography to guide the research design, necessitates the choice and application of a theoretical model that upholds a similar conceptual understanding of race, ethnicity and culture as dynamic and socially constructed (Mohammed, 2006). This and other tenets of postcolonial theory as outlined below, are complementary to critical ethnography and their combined application is highly conducive to exposing the impact that diverse postcolonial discourses have on social structures and the resultant inequities that arise out of this (Edward, 2013).…”

“…Out of these 11 participants, four were female and seven were male and four (two females and two males) of the interviews were carried out with interpreters. Short portraits of these participants are given here to contextualise the interview findings as advocated when utilising a critical ethnographic approach (Edward, 2013). Each participant has been given a pseudonym.…”