I'm Still Not Tired - Larkin Callaghan

Larkin Callaghan recently completed her doctorate in health behavior and public health education at Columbia, focusing on women's health and global health development. With research and program experience in HIV and sexual health, social network building, trauma and violence, drug and alcohol abuse, and how socioeconomic status and history of abuse contribute to health and social mobility, she specializes in women's and adolescent health, population health, communication and social marketing and the health of vulnerable populations - and how they relate to one another. She also works as a UN Correspondent for MediaGlobal, covering issues affecting the least developed countries, with a not-exclusive focus on global health. She posts about public health, sociology and social justice, human rights, research, and gender. She manages the Reproductive Health Daily Tumblr and is a fellow in Health Communication and Epidemiology at Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health, where she writes and uses social and new media to promote research that focuses on health disparities, access and rights. She’s an avid runner and a California loyalist, and also posts longer opinion pieces on I'm Not Tired Yet at https://larkincallaghan.wordpress.com/.
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An issue that’s been increasingly addressed by the public health and health education fields is getting more recognition, reiterated by a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation study, is that finances are not the only reason people aren’t heading off to see their doctors. The study cites not being able to get to a doctor’s office while it’s open, not being able to get an appointment soon enough, and it taking too long to get to a doctor’s office as some of the additional barriers to getting care. But there are even more to consider: Transportation - cheap or free, and easy to access would be great; companionship - for emotional support if one is not in great mental or physical shape, and/or might be receiving compromising news about their health status; a physician who is both culturally and linguistically competent - understanding both a patient’s language and cultural experiences and definitions that influence health behavior and decision-making; these are all just some of the other issues individuals may face while trying to access healthcare.

Two-thirds of people who experience financial barriers also encounter some of these non-financial barriers - so our most vulnerable populations are even more vulnerable than we previously thought.