Identifying Health Disparities
Refer the following lecture:
Steps to Reduce Health Disparities
Identifying Health Disparities
Using the South University Online Library or the Internet, research and read about a specific health disparity of interest to you. This can be based on gender, age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, etc.
Based on your research and data gathered, create a report in a 8 to 10 page paper that addresses the following:
What is the background of the disparity chosen?
Who does this disparity impact?
What are the determinants of this disparity?
What is the impact of this disparity?
Is there an intersection of multiple concerns related to race/ethnicity, gender, and sexuality related to this issue?
How and where would one seek to intervene to address this disparity in the context of the social ecological model?
How does this disparity affect the health of the population on a larger scale?
How does your race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or SES impact your ability to work within the community affected by this disparity?
Submission Details:
Submit your document SU_PHE4120_W5_Project_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.
Submit your document to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned.
Cite any sources in APA format.
Steps to Reduce Health Disparities
Documenting health disparities among different groups in the United States spans more than a quarter of a century. A 2011 report by the federal government on the status of efforts to reduce these inequalities offered a somewhat discouraging conclusion. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), insufficient evidence exists regarding effectiveness of particular interventions in reducing specific disparities among certain defined populations (2011, p. 9).
In your text, researchers have identified five basic steps that we as a society can take to address and reduce health disparities:
Take explicit measures to eliminate unconscious race bias and ethnic bias as a cause of health disparities.
Monitor patterns of care to identify disparities when they exist.
Strengthen the physician-patient relationship, especially when physician and patient are from differing backgrounds.
Increase the racial and ethnic diversity of the medical profession and other health professions.
Assure access to care through universal health insurance.
Reference:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2011, January 14). Health disparities and inequalities reportUnited States, 2011. MMWR, 60, 1113.
Additional Materials
From your course textbook Health Disparities in the United States: Social Class, Race, Ethnicity, and Health, review the following chapter:
What Should We Do to Reduce Health Disparities?
From your course textbook Health Promotion in Multicultural Populations: A Handbook for Practitioners and Students, review the following chapters:
Diffusion Acceleration: A Model for Behavior Change and Social Mobilization
Tribal-Based Participatory Research: The Wellness Circles Project
Improving Pacific Islander Health Through Community Participation: A Case Study
Access to Mental Health Services for Low-Income Immigrant Refugee Arab-Americans: A Case Study
Health Promotion Tips for the Practitioner and the Student
Closing Thoughts and Emerging Issues in Multicultural Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
From the Internet, read the following:
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Review: Truman, B. I., Smith, C. K., Roy, K., Chen, Z., Moonesinghe, R., Zhu, J., . . . Zaza, S. (2011). Rationale for regular reporting on health disparities and inequalitiesUnited States. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/su6001a2.htm
