Final Project: Developing a Quantitative Research Plan Health Disparities in Uninsured Americans Week #11 Alice Felton RSCH 8200: Quantitative Reasoning & Analysis February 16‚ 2014 Professor Jeanette May "Health Disparities" in Uninsured Americans Introduction According to (Kilbourne‚ Switzer & Fine‚ (2006)‚ Health disparities are significant differences that are needed and viewed clinically and statistically in health care and health outcomes. These differences between groups of people can
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Information: There are vast differences in the health of minority populations in comparison to non-minority populations. These variations in health consist of external and internal elements‚ such as access to health education and care‚ stigmas associated with health treatment‚ and lack of culturally diverse health leaders. Deviations between the quality of health of minority populations is detrimental to the productivity of society. Minority health disparities have caused significant economic losses and
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[1] Give an overview of the meaning of continuing competence and its impact on OT practice. (10 points) Continuing competence is a process that involves examination of current competence‚ and the development of occupational therapy practitioners for the future (American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)‚ 2010). The ongoing professional development uses a dynamic‚ multidimensional process to maintain standards in knowledge‚ critical reasoning‚ interpersonal abilities‚ performance skills
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POS2041 The Affordable Care Act and Minorities After decades of health-care reform attempts‚ the U.S Senate passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (better known as Obamacare or the Affordable Care Act). In response to this the 16th Annual Summer Public Health Research Institute and Videoconference on Minority Health’s (the Institute) June 8th‚ 2010 topic was “What Will Health-Care Reform Mean for Minority Health Disparities”. As we move forward the U.S slowly pushes toward being a country
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Addressing Health Disparities Perspective: Challenges To Using A Business Case For Addressing Health Disparities‚ sheds light on a alternative approach to community healthcare. The authors reflect on two approaches in addressing disparities‚ business case and social case. They discuss some of the challenges along with the potential benefits in implementing the business case method. The article goes on to mention some key areas that healthcare organizations consider when addressing disparities‚ such whether
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cons of a social ecological framework for understanding health behaviors and designing health promotion programs. Your analysis should lead to a conclusion about the framework. The social ecological framework comprises of person-focused and environment-focused interventions designed to promote health. The social ecological framework can be used as an ideal tool for addressing a broad range of public health issues and implementing new health promotion programs due to its wide scope of integrating
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Health disparity is the health outcome of between different populations. Health is put on a scale of either good or bad between populations. For example‚ people of different race‚ sex‚ age and so on (Healthy People 2020‚ n.d.). Healthy disparity is a health difference in people due to disadvantages of where people live‚ how much money they make and discrimination. 2.Which racial/ethnic groups are more likely to be affected by health disparities? Why? Many studies have shown that African Americans
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independence due to health related issues. He is alert and oriented x3. He had a stable job in his past. He is also making responsible plans for him and his wife’s future that will benefit them. 2. What are your concerns for this patient? One concern is the patient’s lack of knowledge about his health problems. Another concern is whether he can continue to live the way he has without assistance. Henry will not be able to care for his wife the way he needs to with his own health issues. Also his
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characterize health disparities globally. Thirty years ago‚ the Health and Human Services Secretary‚ Margaret M. Heckler‚ created a taskforce to examine health concerns of Blacks and other minority populations in the United States 1. The Heckler Report advocated for changes in the Federal Government’s approach to addressing health disparities. Following dissemination of the Heckler Report‚ a number of books‚ manuscripts‚ and policies were published to bring attention to a systemic lack in health equity
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39–[->0]42[->1] Equity in health can be—and has widely been—defined as the absence of socially unjust or unfair health disparities.1‚[->2]6[->3] However‚ because social justice and fairness can be interpreted differently by different people in different settings‚ a definition is needed that can be operationalised based on measurable criteria. For the purposes of operationalisation and measurement‚ equity in health can be defined as the absence of systematic disparities in health (or in the major social
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