Table 3.

African American Women’s Barriers to Health Care in the Community Prior to Incarceration versus in Prison (n=181)

	Community Health Care Barriers	Prison Health Care Barriers	McNemar Test Statistic (2-sided)
Experienced Any Barriers	62.43%	39.78%	p=.00
Barrier Categories:
Did Not Want Treatment	24.86%	12.15%	p=.00
Procrastination	24.31%	2.76%	p=.00
Cost	17.68%	3.31%	p=.00
Unfair Treatment/Discrimination	12.15%	14.92%	p=.42
Health Care System	11.05%	14.36%	p=.36
Fear of Diagnosis or Clinical Treatment	10.50%	9.39%	p=.84
Community-Specific Barriers:
Using Drugs or Absconding	14.36%	—	—
Logistical Life Barriers	9.94%	—	—
Prison-Specific Barrier:
Dissatisfaction with Prison Health Care	—	4.97%	—

Note: Participants could site multiple barriers