The medical profession can respond to healthcare disparities in several ways. In my opinion‚ their strongest methods in doing so are through education‚ volunteering‚ fundraisers‚ and community cohesion efforts. One has to remember that healthcare disparities are the end result‚ not the problem itself‚ and in order to prevent this outcome‚ the real issues must first be addressed. Education is pivotal in achieving the goal of alleviating medical shortages in underserved communities. Ensuring that
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Disparities in Healthcare Quality Jacqulin Johnson Kaplan University MT305-Health Care Organization and Delivery Professor Martha Jennings June 8‚ 2010 It is prudent to keep in mind that the current system leaves million Americans without health insurance. There are many factors contributing to the poor care quality. Healthcare is too expensive already and barriers just contribute to Americans not getting proper medical care. Americans want the best possible healthcare they can get and
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Over the past few years‚ renewed concern for health inequalities and the health of the poor has begun to produce important feelings and research. None more important than those raised by Dr. Adewale Troutman of Louisville‚ KY and his research conducted in the various community areas of his city. Dr. Troutman is the Director of Public Health and Wellness in Louisville. In this paper we will review some of the basic thought provoking ideas presented in Dr. Troutman’s research (Troutman‚ 2008) and
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A common theme across the field of public health is how health disparities impact individual’s well-being. The article by Brendan Collins reports on a United Kingdom Food Standards Agency (FAS) study of 322‚458 different premises (pubs/clubs‚ restaurants/cafes/canteens‚ small retailers‚ and takeaways) that serve food. It revealed that significant health disparities exist within the food service industry‚ between supplier‚ premise‚ and consumer. The study’s data was derived from 341 local authority
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A health disparity is defined by the Surgeon General as “a difference in health outcomes across subgroups of the population . . . that are often linked to social‚ economic‚ or environmental disadvantages”(n.d.). Healthy People has been trying to decrease the amount of health disparities since Healthy People 2000. They started with want to reduce the amount of disparities. Then for Healthy People 2010 the want to eliminate health disparities. Now for Health People 2020 the goal is to “to achieve
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Health disparities are all around the world. Different groups of people have different health issues. Race and ethnicity play a major role in health disparities. For example‚ African Americans are more prone to get sickle cell. Another example‚ Black women are more prone to get breast cancer. Consequently‚ gender plays a role in health disparities. Certain diseases or illness are more common in different groups. Income and sexual orientation are disparities. Which racial/ethnic groups are more
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mental and substance abuse illnesses have often been identified as vulnerable populations. The following essay discusses the physical‚ psychological‚ and social factors that predispose these individuals to vulnerability. In regards to health care‚ potential disparities are then identified based on the theoretical components of Aday’s framework regarding access‚ cost and quality of care. Historically speaking‚ mental and substance abuse illnesses were considered “a social rather than a medical
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Health Disparities in HIV/AIDS Human immunodeficiency Virus also known as HIV is a sexually transmitted disease. It attacks your body’s immune system. The virus destroys CD4 cells‚ which help your body fight diseases. HIV damages your immune system and it leads to acquired immune deficiency syndrome also known as AIDS. AIDS is the final stage in HIV‚ and it’s a disease where severe loss of the body’s cellular immunity occurs. The disease lowers the resistance to infection and malignancy. Anyone
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People often take the glories of modern medicine for granted‚ particularly those in the United States privileged enough to have health insurance. But though we have the technology and proper medicines‚ there are still large groups of people who do not benefit from them. A health disparity is “a statistically significant difference in health indicators that persists over time” (Holtz‚ 2013‚ p.10). While humankind has achieved many scientific advances‚ adequately sharing them with the whole population
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Advocating for Health and Education Name: Institution: Course: Tutor: Date: Advocating for Health and Education Health education is a profession that strives to promote and see the success of family‚ individual‚ community and organizational health. In order to ensure that it is successful‚ health education must follow the Health Code of Ethics which provides the foundation of shared values for its practice (NCHEC‚ 2008). Some of these values articulated in the Health Code of Ethics
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