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    Barrier to access and utilization of Healthcare to African American population with mental

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    African Americans are having an extreme likelihood of suffering from mental health

    issues as compared to whit Americans. Marx (2019) indicated that 20% of African Americans

    are more likely to report critical psychological distress as compared to Whites while being twice

    more likely to be diagnosed with schizophrenia as compared to Whites. This means that African

    Americans are low likelihood of receiving behavioral treatment. This indicates that disparities in

    access to and utilization of mental health services persist across ethnic and racial groups in the

    U.S (Connell et al., 2019). Therefore; this study focuses on examining the barriers to access and

    utilization of healthcare to African American population with mental health.

    In undertaking this study, a quantitative methodology will be used. The reason for using

    quantitative methodology is that the study will provide quantifiable data since it will generate

    objective data which can be evidently communicated through numbers and statistics.

    Additionally, the quantitative methodology collects a large amount of data which obliterates bias.

    The need to use quantitative methods to collect data also is due to generalization of findings if

    the sample is representative of the study and if the selection process is well-designed. The

    research design that will be used is survey research through the use of online questionnaires to

    collect the data. The need to use a survey research design is to ensure that there is a large sample

    size. The study will be conducted in State of Virginia. The reason for conducting the study in

    Virginia is due to minimizing the cost and time needed to complete the study. Additionally,

    19.05% of the total population of Virginia is African Americans (World Population Review,

    2023). The sampling procedure that will be used is random sampling technique to ensure that

    every individual in the target population has an equal chance of being selected. The sample size

    is expected to be 500 respondents.


    References

    Connell, C. L., Wang, S. C., Crook, L., & Yadrick, K. (2019). Barriers to healthcare seeking and

    provision among African American adults in the rural Mississippi Delta region:

    community and provider perspectives. Journal of community health, 44, 636-645.

    https://doi.org/10.1007/s10900-019-00620-1

    Marx, A., (2019). Barriers faced by African Americans in receiving mental health care.

    https://familiesusa.org/resources/barriers-faced-by-african-americans-in-receiving-

    mental-health-care/

    World Population Review (2023). Virginia Population 2023.

    https://worldpopulationreview.com/states/virginia-population

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