Health disparities

Patterns in health continue to change along with the factors that affect one’s health. In most developed countries there are significant health differences which exist between socio-economic groups. The gap between rich and poor continues to produce low levels of social cohesion and create barriers which affect health outcomes. Cigarette smoking continues to be an issue as it causes many diseases and reduces the health of smokers. This assignment will be comparing the biomedical model to social…

According to Barker (2008), a major barrier regarding access to health care for gay and lesbian individuals has been a lack of health insurance. The National Transgender Discrimination Survey results indicated that 48% of transgender respondents delayed seeking medical care when they were sick or injured because they were unable to afford it (Grant et al., 2010). While this was true in the past, beginning in 2014, The Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (Affordable Care Act) was expected…

Patient navigation was proposed as an innovative approach to assist patients and their family members with potential barriers in an effort to reduce disparities and navigate patients through the complexities of obtaining medical care after an illness or acute diagnosis. There are typically two common methods, with the exception of volunteer work, that patient navigators are employed. Some are employed through hospitals, while others are employees through organization such as the American Cancer…

nation, brings opportunities and challenges for allied health professionals and our health care system. In order to create a culturally competent service, we need to define our ability to our providers by effectively delivering health care services to meet all social, cultural and linguistic needs to our patients. This will ensure a culturally competent system which increases quality of care, by eliminating racial and ethnic health disparities. Australia has lately become one of the most…

treatment, preventing the patient to return for further health health care, prevent use of a regular doctor. The United States is known for its collection of cultures, yet many medical treatments and procedures…

Question 1: The definition of early life as a social determinant of health given by Rumbold and Dickson-Swift is “A good start in life means supporting mothers and young children.” (Rumbold & Dickson-Swift, 2012, p. 180). Early life describes the period from prenatal development to eight years of age, and is a time of remarkable brain growth and development, this period establishes the foundations for subsequent development and learning (Siddiqi, Irwin, & Hertzman, 2007). As this period is…

Completing a Community Assessment Health Determinants and Risk Factors The ten health determinants that I identified are as following: children are uninsured or underinsured, unemployment rate, only one clinic that offers a sliding scale flexible payment, high rate of teen suicide, teen smoking and alcohol are at a high rate, high levels of absenteeism from school, single parent house hold, five hours of watching television and social networking, the nearest grocery store is in a nearby suburb,…

Encounters and cultural Desire, utilizing the acronym, ASKED. (Ingram, 2012.) “This model assists nurses to identify health literacy deficits while simultaneously respecting the cultural norms of diverse populations.” (Ingram, 2012.) Nurses can incorporate culturally appropriate assessments and provide healthcare information for ethnic minorities and thus assist in reducing health disparities (Ingram, 2012.) Campinha-Bacote’s theory utilizes the mnemonic device of ASKED, which serves as a…

the recurrent issues. For example, diabetes is currently one of the top health challenges in the United States. The influx of diabetic patients will not decrease with insulin treatment alone, one must alter their injurious diet. Physicians are expected to treat patients based on symptoms. The analysis is then capped with a prescription for medication. I contend that a thorough and unbiased investigation of a patient’s health would yield suitable diagnosis and treatment. In allopathic medicine,…

Community Health Assessment for Saline County, Kansas African-American Population and Diabetes Introduction Diabetes cost 245 billion in 2012 within the United States, with 176 billion towards direct medical cost and 69 billion towards reduced productivity (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014). The overall numbers of diabetes and prediabetes reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals 29.1 million American or 9.3% of the population diagnosed. The…