Health disparities

test, she helped my mom and told her she didn't have breast cancer.Through this experience I realized that I wanted to become a radiologist. In sophomore year in highschool I became apart of the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health, Health Science Academy. Health…

type of health care system is a complex topic due to the fact that it is provided by both private and government institutions. For instance, hospitals services are delivered by both private and public hospitals. One of the types of health care in Australia is primary health care, which is what a person typically choses at their first point of contact with the health system in Australia, it is also most often provided outside the hospital system. Another type of health care is secondary health…

Psychiatric Hospital is a hospital, in which provides service to incarcerated inmates who are mentally ill. South Carolina failed the mental health population within the community when they had to close their doors due to limited funds in the state budget system. The prison setting has been used as place to treat the mentally ill, who could not afford the mental health medication or treatment. They were left with limited resources to survive and ended up in the hands of the judicial system.…

Department of Public Health, 2012). Zip code 95945 listed both Alzheimer’s and chronic lower respiratory disease tied as the third leading causes of death, while zip code 95661 listed Alzheimer’s disease as the third leading cause of death (CDPH, 2012). Life expectancies for zip code 95945 are about 79.2 years versus 79.5 years for zip code 95661. Heath risk factors for zip code 95945 indicate lack of exercise at 17.4%, obesity at 12.9%, smoking at 8.5%, and diabetes at 8.3% (County Health…

how racism is followed through genetic ancestry and lead into the health disparities (JADA BENN TORRES, 2007). Responding: - According to my point of view, Relating: - As per the knowledge I have regarding the issue, it totally contradicts to the recent research done on same issue which evidently explicates that the health dissimilarity between the varied race and genetics population has been mitigated over the past few years (Health, n.d.). As per the research done in 2017 by (NATIONAL CENTRE…

The United States health care system provides some of the best care in the world, but also fails greatly at times to provide even adequate care to some. Healthy People 2020 is an initiative that seeks to improve these discrepancies. With only four short years left to achieve its goals, it is unlikely that any will be met in entirety. The first goal of Healthy People 2020 is to, “attain high quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death”. A commendable…

Children’s Health Multiple studies have established that in the United States a discrepancy exists between healthcare services provided to children of minorities and the rest of the population. The problem is so evident that the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality was directed by congress to report on disparities annually beginning in 2003 (AHRQ, 2014). The unequal distribution of healthcare to disadvantaged families has a direct measurable impact on children’s health. The causes of…

Diabetic has become a national health problem affecting 8.3% of the population. The risk of the diabetic is not uniform. Minority populations have higher prevalence of diabetes as compared to non-Hispanic whites (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011; Community Preventive Services Task Force 2011). The significant reason for these disparities are higher levels of stress, physically inactive, poor diet habit, language barriers, cultural diversity, among the low income minority…

a third semester nursing student at Saddleback College, I have become increasingly aware of the disparities that exist between the various resources, textbooks, and information provided to nursing students. The disparities are at times minimally variant; at others, astoundingly so. The fact is troubling given its implications in patient care and how such discrepancies may potentially impact the health and wellbeing of those we care for. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to address the…

her patient. The first statement touches on the nurse’s authority, accountability and responsibility for the decisions being made. The second statement emphasizes the nurse’s responsibility to make decisions and take necessary actions to promote health (ANA, 2015, p4). The decisions made by the nurse have to be justifiable and must be patient care centered. Statement three of provision four focuses on the nurse’s responsibility in her actions, judgment, and actions (ANA, 2015, p4). An example…