The article addresses the health care disparities and the health disparities patients experience when accessing care. However‚ the aim of the article is to inform nurses on how they can close the gap by being culturally competent and by demonstrating effective communication (Beard‚ Gwanmesia & Miranda-Diaz‚ 2015‚ p. 58). Although this article is in perspective of US citizens‚ however I learned the importance of having cultural competence‚ which will assist me in providing care for each individual
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CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES Name: Institution: Correctional Facilities Introduction The correctional system is an overall term referring to an array of directives directly administered or executed by jurisdictional justice organizations that entail the management‚ castigation‚ rehabilitation and supervision of sentenced criminals. These mandates are frequently done through incarceration‚ probation and parole‚ whereas prison offers the most widespread correctional agency worldwide (Clear & Cole‚ 2013)
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THE CRIES AGAINST RACIAL INJUSTICE "Racism is a bad thing‚ you find it everywhere in the schools‚ the clubs and also in the streets." Rasmus & Casper The belief that one race by nature stands superior to another defines racism. Racism can be traced back to the beginning of civilization and has always existed as a horrible issue in our society. Many attempts and reforms have occurred in hopes of eliminating racism and much progress has been achieved. Yet‚ even after the emancipation
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Racial profiling should not exist in today’s society To begin I would like to state that I believe racial profiling does not work on many levels. Racial profiling is morally wrong mainly based on Middle Easterners‚ African Americans and Hispanics. I also believe that it may be considered as an act of antagonism. Racial profiling does nothing but provoke hostilities and create tension between the races. It creates various sociological problems and a turbulent environment. Racial profiling entails
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Dyscalculia is characterized by specific difficulties with certain types of mathematics‚ and this is what differentiates it from other mathematical learning difficulties. If a child has problems with the four basic types of calculation‚ this will indirectly affect their ability in higher mathematics. If there are difficulties in understanding basic numerical facts‚ more complex calculations will also be affected. It simply takes the person with dyscalculia a much longer time to complete different
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chapter reveal that blacks and other ethnic minorities‚ the poor and those with low income and the not as much of educated benefit substantially less from contemporary health care than other Americans. In this reading there is also evidence that the disparity between the health characteristics of economies dominated by family based farming (LaVeist & Isaac‚ 2013). Therefore the large number of children rises the possibility that at least some of the children will survive (LaVeist & Isaac‚ 2013). In order
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sentencing Disparities and The war on drugs. One important aspect of the U.S. prison system is Drug sentencing Disparities. In “Criminal justice fact sheet (NAACP) the author states about 14 million whites and 2.6 million african americans report using an illicit drug 5 times as many whites are using drugs as african americans‚ yet african americans are sent to prison for drug offence at 10 times the rate of this the rate of whites. African american represent 12% of the total population of drug users
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the decades of 80 and 90. The early 1980s in Brazil is marked by a series of changes in the political field and accompanied by an economic crisis. The population had a standard of living precariously under great disregard of the state on investments in social policies. (Retka‚ Centenaro‚ Junior & Rizzotto‚ 1993). I can identify some disparities that the social context brought to my family. I am the oldest of three children. My parents did not have a chance to finish middle school. However‚ they
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Vulnerable Population in Current Events Michele M Maiorano NUR/440 February 11‚ 2013 Nita A. Magee-Cornelius‚ RN‚ MSN‚ PhD(c) Vulnerable Population in Current Events A way of defining a vulnerable population is addressing it as a group of people who are at risk for developing health problems (de Chesnay & Anderson‚ 2012‚ p. 5). It is not partial to age‚ gender‚ or nationality. In this case‚ it is the pediatric population. According to Allison Kempe‚ who was the lead in a recent research
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do. Correctional officers are encouraged to work as a team in order to build high moral within the prison world (Hartman‚ 2003). Positive moral helps motivate correctional staff in a positive way (Hartman‚ 2003). Knowing that teamwork is encouraged in the correctional officers’ world would have a negative effect on the officers’ team when they are forced to turn in the coworker and the Having to report a fellow coworker and those of higher power for illegal circumstances Correctional
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