Multicultural Health & Wellness: Leverage Evolving Attitudes & Behaviors to Fuel Growth

Learn how Americans across race and ethnicity engage with health and wellness through insights, including their perceptions of health and wellness, barriers that prevent Americans from achieving their best health, and the support and improvements that they demand.
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September 8, 2023
Jenny Wolski – Analyst

Health and wellness are a major aspect of consumers’ daily lives. Americans spend a significant amount of time—and money—tending to their health. All brands, both within and outside of the health and wellness space, must understand consumers’ attitudes and behaviors in this key area of their lives.

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Collage Group’s Multicultural Health and Wellness pulse check provides insights across race and ethnicity on:

    1. Perceptions of health and wellness: Definitions, satisfaction, health habits, caregiving, and more.
    2. Barriers to achieving health: Pain points, negative doctor experiences, reasons for delaying or avoiding care, and more.
    3. Support and improvements that will help move the needle towards achieving health: Sources of trust, the role of technology, and more.

Key Finding: Perceptions of Health

Hispanic and Asian Americans are most likely to be proactive about their health by focusing on diet and exercise.

Hispanic and Asian Americans focus on diet and exercise

Context:

Food and exercise are two passions that Hispanic and Asian Americans particularly enjoy and highlight in their daily lives. As a result, these passions are also top-of-mind when it comes to health, as well. 

Action Step:

    • Align your brand’s messaging with practical, action-oriented steps towards improving health and wellness, especially regarding diet and exercise.

Key Finding: Barriers

Black Americans have a strong desire for doctors that understand them personally, including their racial and ethnic identity and the health risks associated with it.

Culturally competent health care is crucial for Black Americans

Context:

Multicultural Americans, particularly Black Americans, suffer from a lack of culturally competent healthcare and representation within the system. So, their needs related to their racial and ethnic background are often unmet, which creates a greater desire for this service. 

Action Steps:

    • Offer trainings in culturally competent care to your providers to ensure that they excel in creating strong relationships with Multicultural patients
    • Invest in internal diversity hiring practices to enhance representation, which can lead to greater empathy into the future.

Key Finding: Support & Improvements

While Hispanic and Black Americans trust health institutions and professionals, they also lean into online communities, influencers, and celebrities for health advice.

Hispanic and black Americans lean into online communities

Context:

Multicultural Americans, particularly Hispanic and Black Americans, are most likely to follow influencers and celebrities on social media across a variety of categories and passions.

Action Step:

    • Partner with influencers and celebrities to communicate your brand’s health focus and commitments to consumers.

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Jenny Wolski

Jenny Wolski

Jenny is an Analyst on Collage Group’s Product & Content team. She is a 2021 graduate from The George Washington University where she studied Statistics and Sociology. In her spare time, Jenny is often on a hike enjoying nature.

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