Ethnic Disparity In Health Care

As indicated above, there are a myriad of benefits to coordinating with WHO to implement the proposed program. Although, there appears to be an excessive amount of initial coordination and synchronization to spearhead the proposal. The overall benefit to Sub-Saharan African countries, the United States and the WHO has enormous potential. I would like to introduce the impact that racial and ethnic disparities have in health care. Policymakers have long known the fact that racial and ethnic differences in health care exist, and the U. S. government has decided that eliminating disparities is a high priority. So often, disparity necessitates an inequity or an injustice. The difference becomes a disparity because a disparity cannot be measured …show more content…
This situation has been demonstrated within the borders of the U.S. and other foreign lands. This should reflect how one evaluates the complex role that race and ethnicity play in influencing health care. This conceptualization has several significant consequences toward health policy. Many documented heath care shortfalls exist in the U. S.; including the following examples such as free distribution of condoms and sex education materials that suffer from program funding reductions and personnel cuts. This inequity requires and justifies special attention. There are several definitions for disparity which varies markedly within U.S. federal and international agencies. However, I believe that creating uniformity and a commonsensical definition for disparity will help focus research and policy in the areas that require the greatest …show more content…
Our nation is charting a path toward quality health care that aims to be safe, efficient, effective, timely, patient-centered, and equitable. As our health-care system rapidly undergoes dramatic transformation, several truths and challenges remain. First, racial and ethnic disparities in health care persist and are a clear sign of inequality in quality. Second, although the root causes for these disparities are complex, there exists a well-developed set of evidence-based approaches to address them; among these is improving the cultural competence of health-care providers and the health-care system as expressed in lecture. Third, as part of our health care redesign, we must ensure that we are prepared to meet the ethical challenges ahead and reassert the importance of equity, fairness, and caring as key building blocks of a new care delivery system. As we move ahead, it is critical to ensure that our health-care system is culturally competent and has the capacity to deliver high-quality care for all, while eliminating disparities and ensuring equity. Disparities are unjust, unethical, costly, and unacceptable—and integrating strategies to achieve equity as part of our health-care system’s transformation will give us an incredible opportunity to comprehensively address them as we welcome