Health Inequalities
Programs, Policies, and Social Conditions that Contribute to Health Inequity
Introduction
Health inequalities inequities are unjust differences in health status that are experienced by certain populations or group preventable, this differences can be prevented. Individuals that belong to the lower socio-economic groups in the society, are more likely to experience chronic illnesses and die earlier than those who are more advantaged. Health inequalities are not only apparent between people of different socio-economic groups, they exist between different genders and different ethnic groups (Institute of Public Health, 2011). The more favorable an individual’s social circumstances such as income or education, the better …show more content…
African American and black women are 40% more likely to die of breast cancer than any other race, they also have the highest death rates of all racial and ethnic groups. Deaths caused by cancer is going down the fastest amongst Caucasian women (Center for Disease Control and prevention , 2012).
A lot of factors are responsible for this; they often have cancers that grow faster are harder to treat, they often have fewer social and economic resources than other women, they are less likely to get quick follow-up care when their mammogram shows that there is an abnormality in the cells and also African American and black women are less likely to get high quality treatment if they have cancer (Center for Disease Control and prevention , 2012).
When it comes to being screened and having mammograms African American women and Caucasian women get mammograms at about the same rate but more black and African American women have breast cancer that has spread beyond the breast compared to their Caucasian counterparts when the cancer is found (Center for Disease Control and prevention , …show more content…
This act does not only include provision that are related to health insurance coverage, reform, and access to care but it also has provision related to reducing disparities, data collection and reporting, quality improvement and prevention. It will reduce disparities by investing in prevention and wellness and giving individuals and families more control over their own care (Department of Health and Human Services , 2011). With the Affordable Care Act, everyone will be able to afford an insurance policy and will not be dropped as a result of preexisting cases or be rejected because they recently had cancer before getting the policy. There are two important initiatives that were mandated by the affordable care
Introduction
Health inequalities inequities are unjust differences in health status that are experienced by certain populations or group preventable, this differences can be prevented. Individuals that belong to the lower socio-economic groups in the society, are more likely to experience chronic illnesses and die earlier than those who are more advantaged. Health inequalities are not only apparent between people of different socio-economic groups, they exist between different genders and different ethnic groups (Institute of Public Health, 2011). The more favorable an individual’s social circumstances such as income or education, the better …show more content…
African American and black women are 40% more likely to die of breast cancer than any other race, they also have the highest death rates of all racial and ethnic groups. Deaths caused by cancer is going down the fastest amongst Caucasian women (Center for Disease Control and prevention , 2012).
A lot of factors are responsible for this; they often have cancers that grow faster are harder to treat, they often have fewer social and economic resources than other women, they are less likely to get quick follow-up care when their mammogram shows that there is an abnormality in the cells and also African American and black women are less likely to get high quality treatment if they have cancer (Center for Disease Control and prevention , 2012).
When it comes to being screened and having mammograms African American women and Caucasian women get mammograms at about the same rate but more black and African American women have breast cancer that has spread beyond the breast compared to their Caucasian counterparts when the cancer is found (Center for Disease Control and prevention , …show more content…
This act does not only include provision that are related to health insurance coverage, reform, and access to care but it also has provision related to reducing disparities, data collection and reporting, quality improvement and prevention. It will reduce disparities by investing in prevention and wellness and giving individuals and families more control over their own care (Department of Health and Human Services , 2011). With the Affordable Care Act, everyone will be able to afford an insurance policy and will not be dropped as a result of preexisting cases or be rejected because they recently had cancer before getting the policy. There are two important initiatives that were mandated by the affordable care