Q1. Health Disparities Health disparities refer to the glaring differences in the distribution of the burden of diseases‚ injuries and opportunities to access the available healthcare services from the facilities in a given society. Each of these differences‚ as Flores & Lin (2013‚ p. 10) observe‚ is preventable and almost always affects the segments of the society that are at the most disadvantage. These obstacles to healthcare access are brought about by among others racial or ethnic origin‚
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Eliminating Health Disparities Despite major advances in the fields of medicine and healthcare services over the past years‚ a significant health gap between rich and poor remains. As populations grow‚ so apparently do health disparities. The poor continue to shoulder a particularly disproportionate social burden in terms of inequitable access to decent healthcare‚ rising costs and higher rates of morbidity and mortality. People of color are receiving special attention in medical‚ social‚ and
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• According to Dr. Fernandez‚ she defined health disparities as potentially avoidable differences in health between groups of people. She then defined health care disparities as a different access‚ process‚ and quality of health care among specific populations that are not attributable to clinical needs‚ or to the patient’s preferences. • From my understanding of health disparities and health care disparities it has been an issue for a while and it does exist. This issue mostly occurs among racial
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Disparities in health care access in the US Multiple studies had shown that racial and ethnic minorities experience a lower quality of health care services and are less likely to receive routine medical procedures than are white Americans. Minorities are also more likely to be uninsured‚ live in poverty‚ and be exposed to environmental hazards at home and on the job. Although the gap in health services and health outcomes is not as wide as it was 10 years ago; there are still major blocks to overcome
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the correlation between social status and overall health. It focuses on two categories of social status that influence overall health‚ economic status and race. These two categories are examples of health disparities. According to Paula Braveman a health disparity is‚ “a difference in which disadvantaged social groups who have persistently experienced social disadvantage or discrimination- systematically experience worse health or greater health risks than more advantaged social groups” (Braveman
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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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Factors Contributing to Racial Health Disparities October 20‚ 2012 Word Count: 1317 Despite controlling for social economic status and education‚ which is one of the biggest indicators of how healthy a person may be‚ it still seems as though most minorities are relatively less healthy than their white counter-parts. This means that there must be other factors affecting the health of our nations minority races. This paper explores what some of these contributing factors are and how they
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Community Health 349 Article Review 1 "Challenges to Using a Business Case for Addressing Health Disparities" The major points concerning the challenges to using a business case for addressing health disparities begins with the challenge of quantifying both the business case and the social case for addressing disparities. Sound business and quality improvement principles can guide health care
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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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Disparities in healthcare refers to differences between ethnic groups in health insurance coverage‚ access to care‚ and the quality of care. Although the term disparities is often used to describe racial or ethnic disparities‚ there are many dimensions of disparity that exist in the U.S. "There’s evidence indicating that socioeconomic status‚ racial discrimination‚ and their consequences play a substantial role in health disparities in the U.S." Research shows that racial and ethnic disparities in
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