In particular, the experience of racism when accessing health services contributes to low levels of access to these services. (croakey.org)
Areas with the worst health outcomes tend to have worse social and economic indicators and greatest difficulty accessing health services. (croakey.org)
These included: fear of cancer and the belief that it is a terminal illness; fatalism and the belief that nothing can be done; stigma around sexual activity, fear to leave family to travel for healthcare, personal and community stories about negative experiences with the health system, and the costs and travel involved in accessing health services. (croakey.org)