Abstract
Health beliefs influence a variety of health-related behaviors and should be regarded as an important dimension of cultural variability. Such variability may explain disparities in health-care access, compliance, and treatment outcomes for persons from culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) backgrounds. Cultural competence and client-centered service delivery require recognition of the effects of divergent health beliefs during clinical encounters. Assumptions derived from the Health Beliefs Model (HBM) can inform research to uncover communication-specific health beliefs held by persons from diverse populations. We conclude this article with a research protocol used to survey African American adults' knowledge and assumptions about communication processes and disorders.
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