Introduction
The vulnerable population is made up of several groups of residents in Baltimore. These groups consist of the elderly, homeless, disabled, and immigrants. While researching about Baltimore City it has become apparent the biggest barrier to resource retrieval by vulnerable populations is their understanding of available help. These barriers vary by group and include reduced visual and audible abilities, lack of education leading to illiteracy, language barriers, and lack of access to information sources. This problem manifests constantly in the city as it prevents people from receiving care that has been set aside by the government for them. As a result stability in the community is reduced and they become more susceptible to disasters, both natural and man-made, and disease. An example of this can be found by looking through research done by Schwarz (2008) in distributing Hepatitis B vaccines. In the city there are funds set aside for free vaccines to be distributed to the homeless. However past attempts to distribute this vaccine to the population resulted in a …show more content…
This can be measured using the HADS scale presented by Marten et al. (2006) which was able to distinguish between anxiety and depression among homeless. When carrying out the practice runs organizers can take advantage of the time and educate the respondents about current health issues that are present in the community. To learn what conditions are present in the community we can follow the advice of Runkle (2012) and assess the rates of preventable ambulatory care usage. This data is automatically collected by the hospital and is available for free. It will not only show current and changing health concerns but can be analyzed by hospitals to target
The vulnerable population is made up of several groups of residents in Baltimore. These groups consist of the elderly, homeless, disabled, and immigrants. While researching about Baltimore City it has become apparent the biggest barrier to resource retrieval by vulnerable populations is their understanding of available help. These barriers vary by group and include reduced visual and audible abilities, lack of education leading to illiteracy, language barriers, and lack of access to information sources. This problem manifests constantly in the city as it prevents people from receiving care that has been set aside by the government for them. As a result stability in the community is reduced and they become more susceptible to disasters, both natural and man-made, and disease. An example of this can be found by looking through research done by Schwarz (2008) in distributing Hepatitis B vaccines. In the city there are funds set aside for free vaccines to be distributed to the homeless. However past attempts to distribute this vaccine to the population resulted in a …show more content…
This can be measured using the HADS scale presented by Marten et al. (2006) which was able to distinguish between anxiety and depression among homeless. When carrying out the practice runs organizers can take advantage of the time and educate the respondents about current health issues that are present in the community. To learn what conditions are present in the community we can follow the advice of Runkle (2012) and assess the rates of preventable ambulatory care usage. This data is automatically collected by the hospital and is available for free. It will not only show current and changing health concerns but can be analyzed by hospitals to target