Population Health Working in a rural emergency room‚ this author cares for individuals‚ on a daily basis‚ who suffer from drug abuse and addiction. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identifies these individuals as Persons Who Use Drugs under the Specific Populations category (Healthy Living‚ 2017). Working with persons who use drugs (PWUD) daily is difficult for some in different ways. One may become sad seeing the destructive path that is formed from drug abuse or one may become
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Health Disparities Faced by African Americans and Mexican Americans Christie Rice Nursing 410‚ 6851380 June 9‚ 2013 Abstract Health disparities exist in the United States based on race‚ sex‚ age‚ disabilities‚ socioeconomic status and geographic location. A specific look at race will find many contributing factors. Mexican Americans and African Americans have large gaps of disparities when compared with Caucasians regarding hypertension
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Having witnessed the perils of health care disparity‚ I will provide motivation and a valuable perspective within the University of Colorado’s Physical Therapy Program on the importance of bridging health disparities. At seven years old‚ my twin sister‚ Addie‚ was unexpectedly diagnosed with acute renal failure. As a result‚ she and my mom traveled 500 miles to Seattle Children’s Hospital because no adequate pediatric care was available closer to our home. They spent next four years primarily at
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Health disparities have an overwhelming influence on not just individuals and families but also the society as a whole. These are variations that transpire in the delivery and access to health care across diverse ethnic‚ racial and socioeconomic groups. According to Mandal (2014)‚ health disparities are population-specific differences in the presence of disease‚ health outcome or access to healthcare. Ethnic and racial disparities can be complex‚ comprising of social circumstances‚ lifestyle actions
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a group at risk for poor health and a group considered a vulnerable population? Provide an example of a group at risk and a group considered a vulnerable population. 1. Explain why members of these groups cannot advocate for themselves or why advocating for these groups would be beneficial. 2. What would you advocate for? 3. What risk are you taking as a community health nurse when advocating for the aforementioned groups? A group at risk for poor health is a group of people who choose
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Ethnicity could play an extremely role in the health care sector. The growing number of migrant patients and foreign speaking staff could bring many communication errors between a healthcare practitioner and patient. The patient in this case study is a 12- years old Latino boy‚ Called Ramon who speaks little English; He had limited proficiency in English; his mother spoke no English at all and no medical interpreter was available‚ so Ramon acted as his own interpreter while his mother described his
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topic of vulnerable groups in the population seeks to understand the hardships and challenges a group of aggregates faces in a life span. Vulnerability is generally referred to those individuals or groups who‚ due to age‚ poor health‚ susceptibility‚ minority status or their otherwise disempowered position in society may be prone to poor outcomes in health problems or mistreated physically‚ emotionally or psychologically. Although there are many groups that could be considered vulnerable in the population
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Vulnerable Immigrant Population: Social‚ Economic‚ and Psychological Issues Vicky L. Minik September 17‚ 2012 Vulnerable Immigrant Population: Social‚ Economic‚ and Psychological Issues It is a difficult challenge for immigrants as they try to integrate with a new environment‚ new language‚ and a new socio-economic society. This paper will reveal the social factors that obstruct immigrants from integrating into society like; poor quality and type of education for themselves
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ethnic diversity among health care providers influence health care delivery? Health disparities continue to be a major public health problem confronting the U.S. health care system. These disparities arise from a complex set of factors‚ including social and economic inequality‚ cultural and linguistic barriers‚ and persistent racial and ethnic discrimination. Evidence continues to emerge‚ however‚ that some health disparities are attributable to differences in the quality of health care provided to different
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Healthcare entities are continuously looking for to eliminate ethnic disparities and provide a better care among the community. In fact‚ Racial and ethnic disparities in the quality of health care are well documented in the U.S. health care system. Reducing these disparities requires action by health care organizations. Collecting accurate data from patients about their race and ethnicity is an essential first step for health care organizations to take such action‚ but these data are not systematically
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