Compare And Contrast Beaulieu And Continelli

The Beaulieu and Continelli article aims to establish a link between community and neighborhood organization, and the rates of concentrated disadvantage. This not only looks at the disadvantage faced by minorities, but the possible advantages that could be gained by white communities through this organization. Along the lines of community organization is the access that all people have to necessary resources. In some cases the access to these resources is limited by economic disadvantage, and in other cases it is framed in the actual distance a person is from the resource that they need. Health care is a critical resource needed by all people that desire to live a healthy life within their communities. The Ohio Association of Community Health …show more content…
This is the very core of relative disadvantage Beaulieu and Continelli are working to explain. It is a systematic and conscience decision to organize communities in a way that not only work the concentrate disadvantage of minorities, but also strengthen the advantages of non- minorities. The OACHC is greatly invested in disrupting this disadvantageous system of organization. They now have over 240 locations state wide, which works out to be about three locations per county. Aside from the actual locations, they provide mobile units in 64 of Ohio’s 88 counties, and the mobile units are placed in the counties with the highest demand for affordable health care. The OACHC employs over 163 doctors, 39 dentists, and 220 nurses, while still remaining a successful non-profit. These are outstanding numbers considering that the OACHC operates in the areas that lack these professional skills, and demand the service in greater numbers. This is a major victory for the organization and for the communities that it serves. They are successfully disrupting the structure of disadvantaged neighborhood, and actively shrinking the physical distance between health care and the people who need it the most. Last year the OACHC was able to provide health care to over half a million residents, and recorded over two million patient visits. This is outstanding considering that most of those people would have gone with little health care assistance, and a very low threshold of quality. The most promising community contribution they make with their vast number of locations is their impact on the young population of Ohio. Over 32% of the residents that the OACHC has helped are in the age range of 1-19 years old, and another 34% are 20-40 years old. This means that over 60% of the residents