Healthcare Needs of Rural African-Americans

Healthcare Needs of Specific Populations
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The United States Black community is spread nationwide, though over fifty percent live in the country’s Southern region. According to the Pew Research Center, 18% of adult African Americans live in rural areas (Cox & Tamir, 2022). Where African Americans live impacts their health outcomes, including how they perceive themselves. Just like any other community, rural African Americans hold different traditional beliefs and cultures that help them to have positive health experiences. For example, engaging in prayers when faced with an illness is a traditional practice among African Americans passed across generations. Religion is a cultural and developmental resource that augments positive adjustment and other well-being outcomes for rural African Americans (Rose et al., 2020). Rural African-American communities also rely on complementary medicine. For example, they consider specific herbs as able to cure some