Health disparities

Among minority populations, racial and ethnic disparities have long marred the dissemination of health information and the availability, delivery, and quality of care. Despite recent efforts to reduce such glaring inequalities, their implications for community health, particularly in the diagnosis and treatment of disease, remain on forefront of community health intervention research. This issue is exemplified by incidences of breast cancer among African American women in the United States. Data…

The plethora of issues plaguing our nation these days may put some issues, like food disparities and deserts, on the back burner. Many people, including myself, aren’t even sure of what these things are. Food Insecurity is the global crisis of households that are not able to attain food security, or, not enough food to satisfy the needs (Schroeder, 2015). There are 4 defining attributes of food insecurity as defined by Krista Schroeder. The first is that somehow who is food insecure doesn’t know…

Disparities in Health, Mental Health, D &A and the patterns of poverty are topics that reflect what Family House’s population are experiencing. All of the families and individuals that arrive at any Family House site, daily, are facing the cost of a system that does not value health and these individuals are left with nowhere to go for financial and emotional support. Guest speaker Victor Papale discussed five cause areas that caused poverty. Included in this list were health and Americans…

exposed to water that is contaminated with lead has severe health consequences. For the residents in Flint, Michigan, we may also not know the full extent of these hazards to their health, and how continued exposure to this water will affect them in the long term. The negligence of the local government has only negatively impacted the health of the…

This essay will debate differing approaches to health inequalities surrounding ‘mental health’, ‘social class’ gender, it will provide a critical understanding In line with ‘biomedical model’ classification of health. The focus is to analyse health inequalities in relative to social class, discussing whether policy and its implementation translate into to practice, whilst investigating the disparities in the prevision of health services dependent on class status. Hence it will unpack previous…

to extensively discuss the need for diversity in communities and how to promote this. I believe that there is a major lack of diversity in the health care sector especially in the inner city and this problem needs to be addressed and solved. It is essential for patients to feel comfortable with those that are in control of their health and to expand health care access for the…

Racial and ethnic disparities have long marred the dissemination of health information and the availability, delivery, and quality of care. Despite efforts to reduce such inequalities, disease diagnosis and treatment remain at the forefront of community health intervention research. This issue is exemplified by incidences of breast cancer among African American women in the United States. According to the American Cancer Society, non-Hispanic White women are diagnosed with breast cancer at a…

poverty and multiple health disparities (Stamler, 2011). This paper will discuss population traits of Aboriginals, injection drug use and how it can impact the population by increasing their risk for contracting HIV infection, as well as initiatives that can create a healthier population using examples from the Population Health Promotion Model. There are over one million Aboriginal people in Canada, and they are the largest growing population in the country (Public Health Agency of Canada,…

Health is defined as a state of physical, mental, spiritual, and social functioning that realizes a person’s potential and is experienced within a developmental context”, ( Edelman, Kudzman & Mandle, 2014). As stated, health is the wellbeing of someone that is physically, mentally, spiritually and socially. So health promotion is the “the science and art of helping people change their lifestyle to move toward a state of optimal health”, ( Edelman, Kudzman & Mandle, 2014).So promoting health is a…

As a wealthy nation well known for being a melting pot, there are many principles that govern nondiscriminatory practice in health care services. The benchmarks for the Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) standards targets a goal of reducing disparities in health care and encourages organizations to abide by these standards (U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, n.d.). In standard five, it states that language services need to be provided for those who are unable to…