(837): Health disparities among race-ethnic and gender differences in self-care

Abstract

Ethnic disparities in pain have recently gained increasing attention; however, very little is known about how differences in self-initiated care contribute to pain-related race-ethnic and gender disparities. The purpose of this study was to investigate ethnic differences in pain reducing self-initiated behaviors across race-ethnicity for males and females. Another aim was to evaluate both between group and within group differences in the use of pain medication and commonly practiced pain self-care as they relate to culture using both level of acculturation and linguistic factors among healthy Hispanic, non-Hispanic Whites, and non-Hispanic Black adults reporting oral or arthritic pain.