"Bridging the Divide: Addressing Health Disparities in a
Multicultural Society" refers to the effort to address and reduce
health disparities among different racial, ethnic, and cultural
groups within a society. Health disparities are differences in health
outcomes that occur as a result of social and economic factors such
Cultural diversity in health promotion.pptxSanaAqeel8
Cultural diversity in health promotion recognizes that different cultures have unique health needs, perspectives, and approaches to well-being. Health promotion initiatives should strive to be culturally competent by understanding cultural norms, values, and language barriers to provide effective health information. Cultural diversity can lead to barriers in health promotion such as language barriers, low health literacy, religious or traditional beliefs, and lack of representation. Effective health promotion involves tailoring interventions to specific cultural groups through adapted health materials, culturally appropriate language, and respect for cultural traditions.
Achieving Health Justice Addressing Disparities in Healthcare.pdfSayed Quraishi
Achieving Health Justice: Addressing Disparities in Healthcare is a phrase that
refers to the idea that all individuals should have access to high-quality and
equitable healthcare, regardless of their background. Health justice is a concept
that encompasses the idea that healthcare is a basic human right and that all
individuals should have access to the resources and opportunities they need to
maintain good health. This phrase highlights the importance of addressing
Equal Access Equal Outcomes The Importance of Health Equity.pdfSayed Quraishi
Equal Access, Equal Outcomes: The Importance of Health Equity is a phrase that refers to the idea that all individuals should have an equal opportunity to achieve good health and receive high-quality healthcare, regardless of their background. Health equity means that everyone has the same chance to live a healthy life, regardless of their race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, and geographic location. This phrase highlights the importance of ensuring that all individuals have access to the resources and opportunities they need to maintain good health, and that healthcare outcomes are not determined by one’s background or socioeconomic status. The phrase emphasizes the importance of addressing and reducing disparities in health outcomes and access to care among different populations, and promoting health equity as a fundamental right.
Building a More Equitable Healthcare System.pdfSayed Quraishi
Building a more equitable healthcare system is a process of creating a system in which all
individuals have the same opportunity to achieve optimal health, regardless of their social
or economic status. This involves addressing and reducing healthcare disparities that occur
as a result of factors such as race, ethnicity, income, education, and geographic location.
Promoting Health Equity in Diverse Communities.pdfSayed Quraishi
Promoting Health Equity in Diverse Communities is a phrase that refers to the idea of addressing and reducing disparities in health outcomes and access to healthcare among different populations, particularly in diverse communities. These communities can include people of different races, ethnicities, socioeconomic status, sexual orientations, and geographic locations, each facing unique barriers to accessing healthcare. The goal of “breaking barriers” is to ensure that all individuals have an equal opportunity to achieve good health and receive high-quality healthcare, regardless of their background by breaking down the barriers such as cultural and linguistic competency,
Closing the Gap Achieving Health Equity for All.pdfSayed Quraishi
Closing the Gap: Achieving Health Equity for All is a phrase that refers to the idea of addressing and reducing disparities in health outcomes and access to healthcare among different populations. The “gap” refers to the difference in health outcomes and access to care between different groups, such as those based on race, ethnicity, socioeconomic
Health for All The Role of Equity in Public Health.pdfSayed Quraishi
Health for All refers to the goal of ensuring that all individuals have access to the resources and services they need to achieve optimal health. The concept of Health for All is rooted in the belief that health is a human right, and that everyone should have the opportunity to live a healthy life, regardless of their social or economic status.
The document discusses health disparities in the United States. It states that disparities exist between racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups in terms of health status, access to healthcare, and treatment within the healthcare system. Discrimination has led to poor health and even death for many minorities and disadvantaged groups. While laws like the Civil Rights Act prohibited discrimination, disparities have still negatively impacted healthcare for many Americans. The causes of disparities are complex with many social and economic factors contributing.
Cultural diversity in health promotion.pptxSanaAqeel8
Cultural diversity in health promotion recognizes that different cultures have unique health needs, perspectives, and approaches to well-being. Health promotion initiatives should strive to be culturally competent by understanding cultural norms, values, and language barriers to provide effective health information. Cultural diversity can lead to barriers in health promotion such as language barriers, low health literacy, religious or traditional beliefs, and lack of representation. Effective health promotion involves tailoring interventions to specific cultural groups through adapted health materials, culturally appropriate language, and respect for cultural traditions.
Achieving Health Justice Addressing Disparities in Healthcare.pdfSayed Quraishi
Achieving Health Justice: Addressing Disparities in Healthcare is a phrase that
refers to the idea that all individuals should have access to high-quality and
equitable healthcare, regardless of their background. Health justice is a concept
that encompasses the idea that healthcare is a basic human right and that all
individuals should have access to the resources and opportunities they need to
maintain good health. This phrase highlights the importance of addressing
Equal Access Equal Outcomes The Importance of Health Equity.pdfSayed Quraishi
Equal Access, Equal Outcomes: The Importance of Health Equity is a phrase that refers to the idea that all individuals should have an equal opportunity to achieve good health and receive high-quality healthcare, regardless of their background. Health equity means that everyone has the same chance to live a healthy life, regardless of their race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, and geographic location. This phrase highlights the importance of ensuring that all individuals have access to the resources and opportunities they need to maintain good health, and that healthcare outcomes are not determined by one’s background or socioeconomic status. The phrase emphasizes the importance of addressing and reducing disparities in health outcomes and access to care among different populations, and promoting health equity as a fundamental right.
Building a More Equitable Healthcare System.pdfSayed Quraishi
Building a more equitable healthcare system is a process of creating a system in which all
individuals have the same opportunity to achieve optimal health, regardless of their social
or economic status. This involves addressing and reducing healthcare disparities that occur
as a result of factors such as race, ethnicity, income, education, and geographic location.
Promoting Health Equity in Diverse Communities.pdfSayed Quraishi
Promoting Health Equity in Diverse Communities is a phrase that refers to the idea of addressing and reducing disparities in health outcomes and access to healthcare among different populations, particularly in diverse communities. These communities can include people of different races, ethnicities, socioeconomic status, sexual orientations, and geographic locations, each facing unique barriers to accessing healthcare. The goal of “breaking barriers” is to ensure that all individuals have an equal opportunity to achieve good health and receive high-quality healthcare, regardless of their background by breaking down the barriers such as cultural and linguistic competency,
Closing the Gap Achieving Health Equity for All.pdfSayed Quraishi
Closing the Gap: Achieving Health Equity for All is a phrase that refers to the idea of addressing and reducing disparities in health outcomes and access to healthcare among different populations. The “gap” refers to the difference in health outcomes and access to care between different groups, such as those based on race, ethnicity, socioeconomic
Health for All The Role of Equity in Public Health.pdfSayed Quraishi
Health for All refers to the goal of ensuring that all individuals have access to the resources and services they need to achieve optimal health. The concept of Health for All is rooted in the belief that health is a human right, and that everyone should have the opportunity to live a healthy life, regardless of their social or economic status.
The document discusses health disparities in the United States. It states that disparities exist between racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic groups in terms of health status, access to healthcare, and treatment within the healthcare system. Discrimination has led to poor health and even death for many minorities and disadvantaged groups. While laws like the Civil Rights Act prohibited discrimination, disparities have still negatively impacted healthcare for many Americans. The causes of disparities are complex with many social and economic factors contributing.
1) The document discusses cultural, socioeconomic, and behavioral factors that influence childhood obesity, specifically in Harlem.
2) It identifies factors such as income level, access to healthy foods, physical activity levels, and culture/family values as contributing to obesity rates.
3) The document proposes ways for public health nurses and community clinics to address obesity through programs that promote healthy behaviors while being sensitive to the diverse needs of the community.
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Cultural Sensitivity
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Cultural sensitivity refers to the awareness as well as the sensitivity to culture and other practices. Cultural sensitivity can encompass examining different cultures and how they should be accurately approached in the health care. It also includes how to communicate according to within the health care setting. Cultural sensitivity is important area because it can impact the way people work in the health care facilities. It also encompasses valuing differences so as harassment and discrimination, either intended or not, do not happen. Culture is a fundamental and complex concept with consist of broad aspects of people in the health care setting (Campinha-Bacote, 2003). It includes the concepts of sexual orientation, gender, faith, age, disability, race, ethnicity, profession and socioeconomic status. Cultural sensitivity stems from this understanding in that; it is must encompass interpersonal skill as well as the knowledge that will allow the providers of health care, appreciate, understand, and work with individuals from different cultures other than theirs. It also consists of acceptance and awareness of the people’s cultural differences, knowledge, self-awareness of the cultures of the patient and adapting to the skills. Many cultural groups, including lesbian and gay people, individuals with disabilities, lower socio-economic groups and ethnic minorities, for example, African-Americans (Campinha-Bacote, 2003). Cultural sensitivity is considered one of the reasons peoples do not access quality health care services because people are not aware as well as understand the effects attached to one’s culture and how it may be perceived by others. An individual's culture should not appear to be dominant in the place of work.
Healthcare Disparities and How they Relate to Cultural Sensitivity in the Healthcare Setting
Health care disparities, by definition, refer to the differences in health as well as healthcare between population groups. It typically involves a higher burden of illness, mortality experienced in the health care setting, disabilities, and injury by one population group about another. Moreover, it refers to the differences between groups in the health care facilities regarding provision of care services, its access, and quality given. This issue are related to the people’s cultural sensitivity in that the issue surrounds this concept are based on socioeconomic status, gender, sexual orientation, age, and disability status. Similarly, cultural insensitivity arises from disparities that in return causes care limit as well as continued improvement in overall quality of cares (Campinha-Bacote, 2003). Health care disparities can be exacerbated by looking at some things that comprise specific health conditions, provider biases, differences in access to care, poor patient-provider comm ...
The document discusses concepts of cultural diversity and spirituality in India. It notes that India has a diverse population with over 82% following Hinduism and smaller percentages following other religions like Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism, and Jainism. It defines key concepts like culture, ethnicity, race, acculturation, assimilation, and discusses how culture can influence health beliefs and practices. It emphasizes the importance of cultural competence and respect for diverse populations when providing nursing care.
Health Care for Underserved Populations.pdfNative World
This article focuses on health care for underserved populations, exploring the factors that contribute to health disparities among these groups, the consequences of these disparities, and approaches to improving health care for underserved populations.
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Many variables exist that could create a vulnerable population. Vulnerable populations are subsets of people from the larger community who experience disparities in health and healthcare due to racial, ethnic, economic, and chronic health conditions (Joszt, 2020). Additionally, social issues such as disability, homelessness, geographical location, sexual orientation, extreme youth, and older age are all factors that create sensitivity towards healthcare disparity (Joszt, 2020). Being part of a vulnerable population can mean many things, but it can also mean that one is part of a group that faces discrimination and reduced access to care in healthcare.
One thing a public health nurse could do to serve vulnerable populations better is to seek out federal grants that would assist in providing the needed care (grants.gov). To better serve these populations, public health nurses should first educate themselves about the available services for those populations; that way, they can inform others. One of the more significant barriers vulnerable populations face in receiving adequate healthcare is their economic status. The working poor and the uninsured often delay or neglect seeking medical care entirely (Duquesne University, 2020). Replacing the existing economic model with one that facilitates care for those that aren’t financially able to cover the costs would ultimately lead to improved health and the enhanced ability of those from vulnerable populations to return to work.
I think the vulnerable populations of the United States could be better served by being given preventative education, awarded grants that would enable the facilitation of care, and receive improved medical coverage. These three actions could theoretically place those from vulnerable populations in a position to rise above that status and live healthier lives.
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Vulnerable Populations
The vulnerable populations refer to the individuals having a higher likelihood of facing difficulties as far as health statuses are concerned; they have limited access to resources to take care of themselves compared to other members of the society. Generally, the low resilience of the vulnerable populations to health risks is exacerbated by poverty and the limited access to social, physical, and environmental resources that they require to enjoy the same level of quality of life as other demographics in the society (Palley, 2016). Additionally, vulnerable populations such as teen mothers and migrant workers are more susceptible to various health risks because of their low levels of education, illiteracy, and low-level skills. These factors prevent them from gaining access to the economic opportunities and income necessary to maintain health and well-being. The literature has also discovered that one of the reasons for the high sensitivity of the vulnerable population to health risks is their separation from core elements of society, such as the high r ...
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Emerging Standards of Care
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Define Cultural Competency is a well set of congruent or harmonious behaviors, policies, and attitudes that come together in a professional, system, or among agencies that enables actual work in cross-cultural circumstances (HHS, 1997). In our world increasing population growth dealing with cultural and ethnic and racial communities, every people have their own health profiles and cultural personality, so for these things it creates a great challenge for US health care system (Behn J D & Gonwa T, 1992). In United States Cultural Competency is most important to the health care because it’s the best way doctors and patients discuss about health related matter without any cultural differences distressing the conversation but simultaneously enhancing it (HHS, 1997). For a health care organization cultural competency has more benefits. Such as it increases trust, increases respect, decrease unwanted surprises, increases creativity, helps the defeat fear of mistakes, increase involvement from other cultural groups, and promotes fairness and inclusion. Health care organization can show cultural competency by writing a good mission statement that bind to cultural competence as portion of the organizations behavior.
Emerging Standards of Care
According to the United States department of DHHS Office of Minority Health, Incorporated health care attitude must obey the entire person, work diagonally the lifetime, include early intrusion methods and prevention method, and be person-centered, recovery focused and strength-based" (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2000). In the model of healthcare, patient must be treated or cared not only according to usual nursing practice but respect for the people’s belief system with their culture and integrate into the care.
Providers that esteem the languages, cultures, and people’s worldviews they serve are more victorious in activating and engaging individuals, communities and families to be an effective accomplice in their own health care (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2000)
By integrating into people’s care beliefs and requirements, the professional can make rapport with the people in such a good way that must be encourages the people to be functioning or more active in their own health care decisions based on the individual's belief system and professional's medical understanding. Culturally competent care is care that responsive or respectful to an individual's health requirements, beliefs, and practices. This particular type of care is responsive to the individual's religious and cultural beliefs as well as ethnic beliefs that have been revealed to engage individuals into share or in some cases participating in their healthcare.
The skill to provide culturally competent care is most important for all nurses. Those nurses who work in high-stress or high-acuity heal ...
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Health inequity is a serious healthcare problem that negatively affects everyone. This problem worsens the health outcomes of the population it directly impacts and those with resources and power. For instance, health disparity makes it hard to control, contain and treat infections illnesses, like the Covid-19, therefore putting everyone at risk of contracting the disease regardless of their socioeconomic class. Culture plays a critical role in patient care and health outcomes and affects our perception of others, health behaviors, and expectations during care delivery. This paper discusses health inequalities, advocacy for families, patients, and community, and cultural competencies. Comment by lola siyanbola: Can you explain how?
Health inequalities involve differences in health resources' distribution of health between different population groups resulting from social conditions in which members of the population are born, live, grow, work and age. The inequalities are basically the systematic differences in the status of health between population groups (Marmot, 2017). The inequalities have substantial economic and social costs to both persons and communities. Social factors including employment status, education level, gender, ethnicity, and level of income affect an individual's health status, therefore creating health disparities among populations due to variations of the social factors (Malbon, 2019). Lower socioeconomic status is associated with poor health outcomes. The appropriate combination of government policies can address these health disparities. Comment by lola siyanbola: This is a fact can you rephrase or cite Comment by lola siyanbola: This is too vague, can you elaborate a little?
I would advocate for patients by connecting them with resources outside and inside the hospital to support their wellbeing and double-check for errors to identify, stop, and correct errors to ensure their safety (Doucette et al., 2018). I would educate the patients on the best way to manage their health conditions and improve their quality of life. Protecting patients' rights and giving them a voice, particularly when vulnerable, is key to safe and quality patient care. I would advocate for families by utilizing my expertise to persuade the hospital authorities about the economic position of the family, their educational level, and their cultural values about patient care. I would advocate for the community by working to ensure community members are adequately and fairly treated in all matters of health.
The first Implicit Association Tests (IAT) reveals that I hold a moderate automatic preference for Arab Muslims with 26% over Other People. This means that I am likely to respond moderately respond faster to the care needs of patients from the Arap Muslim compared to other patients. ...
Cultural competence in health and social care refers to the ability of healthcare providers and professionals to understand, appreciate, and effectively respond to the unique cultural beliefs, values, practices, and needs of individuals and communities they serve. It involves developing knowledge, attitudes, and skills to provide culturally appropriate and responsive care.
This document provides an overview of transcultural nursing concepts and cultural competence in healthcare. It defines key terms like culture, ethnicity, religion, and discusses Giger and Purnell's model for assessing cultural variations. The document also summarizes Madeleine Leininger's Culture Care Theory, which focuses on discovering culturally appropriate caring behaviors. It outlines the basic assumptions and key concepts of the theory, including cultural diversity, universality, and the need to interface generic and professional care to provide culturally congruent nursing.
Supporting Strategies From The White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, a...Tim Maurer
A food ordering app that provides nutrition information and incentives can help address several goals from the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. Specifically, it can help improve food access and affordability, integrate nutrition and health, empower consumers to make healthy choices, support physical activity, and enhance nutrition research. The app would allow users to order healthy foods from various venues and provide rewards for ordering healthier options. It could also track users' nutrition habits and health metrics over time. The app is designed to address nutrition insecurity, diet-related diseases, and health disparities, in line with federal strategies and research advocating a Mediterranean-style diet for its benefits.
Food Ordering and Nutrition App To Addresses Health, Disparities, Costs and M...Tim Maurer
A food ordering app that incorporates nutrition support and behavior incentives can help address issues of food security, nutrition, diet-related disease, and health equity by supporting the 5 pillars of the Administration's health strategy. It would do this by enabling healthy food access and driving traffic to participating food vendors, providing nutrition data to help with healthier buying, and using rewards/incentives tied to healthy foods. Tracking cumulative nutrition and health stats could also help impact outcomes and reduce racial disparities that were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Implementing incentives modeled after a successful SNAP pilot has potential for significant cost savings and prevention of chronic diseases like cardiovascular disease.
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Social Determinants of Hispanic/Latino Health
Daniel Santibanez, MPH, RD, University of North Florida
September 23, 2005 - UNF Hispanic Health Issues Seminars
This is part 8 of an 8 part series of seminars on Hispanic Health Issues brought to you by the University of North Florida’s Dept. of Public Health, College of Health, a grant from AETNA, and the cooperation of the Duval County Health Department.
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Supporting Strategies From The White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, a...Tim Maurer
A food ordering app that integrates nutrition support and behavioral incentives can help address issues of food security, nutrition, diet-related disease, and health equity by supporting the 5 pillars of the Administration's health strategy. It can improve access to healthy foods, integrate nutrition into healthcare, empower consumers to make healthy choices, support physical activity, and enhance nutrition research. By enabling online/mobile ordering and loyalty programs, providing nutrition data, and using rewards/incentives tied to healthy foods, the app can specifically help drive traffic to healthy food retailers and venues. It also aims to address racial disparities in health outcomes by leveraging the app and evidence-based nutrition initiatives within healthcare through integration with electronic health records and incentives programs like SN
A food ordering app that provides nutrition support and incentives can help address several goals from the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. Specifically, it can help improve food access and affordability, integrate nutrition and health, empower consumers to make healthy choices, support physical activity, and enhance nutrition research. The app would allow users to order healthy foods from various venues and provide nutrition information, rewards for healthy orders, and tools to track health progress. This could help reduce health disparities and diet-related diseases while supporting federal nutrition programs and research efforts.
Diversity as a Multicultural Social Concept.docxwrite5
Diversity refers to differences among people in age, gender, culture, religion and other attributes. It makes society more complex with many faces of diversity beyond simple characteristics. To understand diversity fully is impossible but healthcare aims to recognize differences and care for all patients with cultural sensitivity. Several models can help healthcare professionals develop awareness of their own biases and skills to address diversity with care, knowledge, encounters with different groups, and desire to overcome barriers. The goal is not expertise in all cultures but showing respect and understanding differences in beliefs, behaviors and lived experiences of marginalized patients.
Social Workers in Healthcare and Social Factors Discussion.pdfstudywriters
Social workers in healthcare address challenges based on a holistic approach to individual needs. Two key social factors influencing health are socioeconomic status and race/ethnicity. Lower socioeconomic status limits access to resources promoting health, while certain races face barriers like language issues. Social workers can intervene through education and ensuring access to healthcare addresses social determinants of health inequality.
This document discusses social and cultural determinants of health and provides examples of how culture impacts health behaviors and healthcare. It defines culture and lists its key elements. It distinguishes between collectivistic and individualistic cultures and how they differ in communication styles and decision making. The document outlines factors healthcare providers should consider regarding patients' views of health, illness, treatment, and interactions with providers to provide culturally competent care.
This document discusses health promotion in vulnerable populations. It begins by defining vulnerable populations as groups at greatest risk for poor health outcomes. It then lists seven learning objectives related to addressing health inequities and promoting cultural competence. The document goes on to discuss determinants of health disparities like socioeconomic factors and approaches to promote health equity through multilevel interventions and community empowerment.
Mobile health, also known as mHealth, refers to the use of mobile technology, such as smartphones and tablets, in healthcare. This technology can be used to collect health data, deliver health information, and provide clinical care remotely. Telehealth applications, also known as telemedicine applications, are a subset of mHealth that specifically refer to the use of telecommunication and information technologies to provide clinical health services remotely.
Empowering Communities The Key to Achieving Health Equity.pdfSayed Quraishi
Empowering communities is a critical aspect of achieving health equity. Health equity refers to the principle that all individuals have the opportunity to achieve optimal health, regardless of their social or economic status. Empowering communities involves providing them with the resources and tools they need to improve their health outcomes and take an active role in addressing health disparities.
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Cultural sensitivity refers to the awareness as well as the sensitivity to culture and other practices. Cultural sensitivity can encompass examining different cultures and how they should be accurately approached in the health care. It also includes how to communicate according to within the health care setting. Cultural sensitivity is important area because it can impact the way people work in the health care facilities. It also encompasses valuing differences so as harassment and discrimination, either intended or not, do not happen. Culture is a fundamental and complex concept with consist of broad aspects of people in the health care setting (Campinha-Bacote, 2003). It includes the concepts of sexual orientation, gender, faith, age, disability, race, ethnicity, profession and socioeconomic status. Cultural sensitivity stems from this understanding in that; it is must encompass interpersonal skill as well as the knowledge that will allow the providers of health care, appreciate, understand, and work with individuals from different cultures other than theirs. It also consists of acceptance and awareness of the people’s cultural differences, knowledge, self-awareness of the cultures of the patient and adapting to the skills. Many cultural groups, including lesbian and gay people, individuals with disabilities, lower socio-economic groups and ethnic minorities, for example, African-Americans (Campinha-Bacote, 2003). Cultural sensitivity is considered one of the reasons peoples do not access quality health care services because people are not aware as well as understand the effects attached to one’s culture and how it may be perceived by others. An individual's culture should not appear to be dominant in the place of work.
Healthcare Disparities and How they Relate to Cultural Sensitivity in the Healthcare Setting
Health care disparities, by definition, refer to the differences in health as well as healthcare between population groups. It typically involves a higher burden of illness, mortality experienced in the health care setting, disabilities, and injury by one population group about another. Moreover, it refers to the differences between groups in the health care facilities regarding provision of care services, its access, and quality given. This issue are related to the people’s cultural sensitivity in that the issue surrounds this concept are based on socioeconomic status, gender, sexual orientation, age, and disability status. Similarly, cultural insensitivity arises from disparities that in return causes care limit as well as continued improvement in overall quality of cares (Campinha-Bacote, 2003). Health care disparities can be exacerbated by looking at some things that comprise specific health conditions, provider biases, differences in access to care, poor patient-provider comm ...
The document discusses concepts of cultural diversity and spirituality in India. It notes that India has a diverse population with over 82% following Hinduism and smaller percentages following other religions like Islam, Christianity, Sikhism, Buddhism, and Jainism. It defines key concepts like culture, ethnicity, race, acculturation, assimilation, and discusses how culture can influence health beliefs and practices. It emphasizes the importance of cultural competence and respect for diverse populations when providing nursing care.
Health Care for Underserved Populations.pdfNative World
This article focuses on health care for underserved populations, exploring the factors that contribute to health disparities among these groups, the consequences of these disparities, and approaches to improving health care for underserved populations.
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Many variables exist that could create a vulnerable population. Vulnerable populations are subsets of people from the larger community who experience disparities in health and healthcare due to racial, ethnic, economic, and chronic health conditions (Joszt, 2020). Additionally, social issues such as disability, homelessness, geographical location, sexual orientation, extreme youth, and older age are all factors that create sensitivity towards healthcare disparity (Joszt, 2020). Being part of a vulnerable population can mean many things, but it can also mean that one is part of a group that faces discrimination and reduced access to care in healthcare.
One thing a public health nurse could do to serve vulnerable populations better is to seek out federal grants that would assist in providing the needed care (grants.gov). To better serve these populations, public health nurses should first educate themselves about the available services for those populations; that way, they can inform others. One of the more significant barriers vulnerable populations face in receiving adequate healthcare is their economic status. The working poor and the uninsured often delay or neglect seeking medical care entirely (Duquesne University, 2020). Replacing the existing economic model with one that facilitates care for those that aren’t financially able to cover the costs would ultimately lead to improved health and the enhanced ability of those from vulnerable populations to return to work.
I think the vulnerable populations of the United States could be better served by being given preventative education, awarded grants that would enable the facilitation of care, and receive improved medical coverage. These three actions could theoretically place those from vulnerable populations in a position to rise above that status and live healthier lives.
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The vulnerable populations refer to the individuals having a higher likelihood of facing difficulties as far as health statuses are concerned; they have limited access to resources to take care of themselves compared to other members of the society. Generally, the low resilience of the vulnerable populations to health risks is exacerbated by poverty and the limited access to social, physical, and environmental resources that they require to enjoy the same level of quality of life as other demographics in the society (Palley, 2016). Additionally, vulnerable populations such as teen mothers and migrant workers are more susceptible to various health risks because of their low levels of education, illiteracy, and low-level skills. These factors prevent them from gaining access to the economic opportunities and income necessary to maintain health and well-being. The literature has also discovered that one of the reasons for the high sensitivity of the vulnerable population to health risks is their separation from core elements of society, such as the high r ...
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Define Cultural Competency is a well set of congruent or harmonious behaviors, policies, and attitudes that come together in a professional, system, or among agencies that enables actual work in cross-cultural circumstances (HHS, 1997). In our world increasing population growth dealing with cultural and ethnic and racial communities, every people have their own health profiles and cultural personality, so for these things it creates a great challenge for US health care system (Behn J D & Gonwa T, 1992). In United States Cultural Competency is most important to the health care because it’s the best way doctors and patients discuss about health related matter without any cultural differences distressing the conversation but simultaneously enhancing it (HHS, 1997). For a health care organization cultural competency has more benefits. Such as it increases trust, increases respect, decrease unwanted surprises, increases creativity, helps the defeat fear of mistakes, increase involvement from other cultural groups, and promotes fairness and inclusion. Health care organization can show cultural competency by writing a good mission statement that bind to cultural competence as portion of the organizations behavior.
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According to the United States department of DHHS Office of Minority Health, Incorporated health care attitude must obey the entire person, work diagonally the lifetime, include early intrusion methods and prevention method, and be person-centered, recovery focused and strength-based" (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2000). In the model of healthcare, patient must be treated or cared not only according to usual nursing practice but respect for the people’s belief system with their culture and integrate into the care.
Providers that esteem the languages, cultures, and people’s worldviews they serve are more victorious in activating and engaging individuals, communities and families to be an effective accomplice in their own health care (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2000)
By integrating into people’s care beliefs and requirements, the professional can make rapport with the people in such a good way that must be encourages the people to be functioning or more active in their own health care decisions based on the individual's belief system and professional's medical understanding. Culturally competent care is care that responsive or respectful to an individual's health requirements, beliefs, and practices. This particular type of care is responsive to the individual's religious and cultural beliefs as well as ethnic beliefs that have been revealed to engage individuals into share or in some cases participating in their healthcare.
The skill to provide culturally competent care is most important for all nurses. Those nurses who work in high-stress or high-acuity heal ...
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Health inequity is a serious healthcare problem that negatively affects everyone. This problem worsens the health outcomes of the population it directly impacts and those with resources and power. For instance, health disparity makes it hard to control, contain and treat infections illnesses, like the Covid-19, therefore putting everyone at risk of contracting the disease regardless of their socioeconomic class. Culture plays a critical role in patient care and health outcomes and affects our perception of others, health behaviors, and expectations during care delivery. This paper discusses health inequalities, advocacy for families, patients, and community, and cultural competencies. Comment by lola siyanbola: Can you explain how?
Health inequalities involve differences in health resources' distribution of health between different population groups resulting from social conditions in which members of the population are born, live, grow, work and age. The inequalities are basically the systematic differences in the status of health between population groups (Marmot, 2017). The inequalities have substantial economic and social costs to both persons and communities. Social factors including employment status, education level, gender, ethnicity, and level of income affect an individual's health status, therefore creating health disparities among populations due to variations of the social factors (Malbon, 2019). Lower socioeconomic status is associated with poor health outcomes. The appropriate combination of government policies can address these health disparities. Comment by lola siyanbola: This is a fact can you rephrase or cite Comment by lola siyanbola: This is too vague, can you elaborate a little?
I would advocate for patients by connecting them with resources outside and inside the hospital to support their wellbeing and double-check for errors to identify, stop, and correct errors to ensure their safety (Doucette et al., 2018). I would educate the patients on the best way to manage their health conditions and improve their quality of life. Protecting patients' rights and giving them a voice, particularly when vulnerable, is key to safe and quality patient care. I would advocate for families by utilizing my expertise to persuade the hospital authorities about the economic position of the family, their educational level, and their cultural values about patient care. I would advocate for the community by working to ensure community members are adequately and fairly treated in all matters of health.
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Addressing Health Disparities in a Multicultural Society.pdf
1. Bridging the Divide: Addressing
Health Disparities in a
Multicultural Society
"Bridging the Divide: Addressing Health Disparities in a
Multicultural Society" refers to the effort to address and reduce
health disparities among different racial, ethnic, and cultural
groups within a society. Health disparities are differences in health
outcomes that occur as a result of social and economic factors such
as race, ethnicity, income, and education. A multicultural society is
one in which there is diversity in terms of race, ethnicity, culture,
and language, and addressing health disparities in such a society
requires an understanding of the unique cultural and linguistic
needs of different communities.
Addressing health disparities in a multicultural society requires
recognizing and addressing the social determinants of health, which
are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and
2. age. These conditions, which include things like poverty, education,
housing, and access to healthy food, have a profound impact on a
person's health outcomes, and addressing them is critical to
achieving health equity.
It also requires understanding the cultural and linguistic needs of
different communities, and providing culturally and linguistically
appropriate care. This means providing healthcare services that are
sensitive to the cultural and linguistic backgrounds of patients and
providing translated materials and interpretation services to make
sure that patients understand their healthcare options.
Another important strategy for addressing health disparities in a
multicultural society is to ensure that healthcare providers are
culturally sensitive and aware of the impact of social determinants
of health on health outcomes. This means providing education and
training for healthcare providers on the cultural and linguistic
needs of different communities, as well as on the impact of social
determinants of health on health outcomes.
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Understanding the Impact of Social
Determinants on Health Disparities in a
Multicultural Society
Health disparities refer to the differences in health outcomes that
occur as a result of social and economic factors such as race,
ethnicity, income, and education. In a multicultural society, these
disparities can be particularly pronounced, as different racial and
ethnic groups may face unique challenges related to the social
determinants of health. Understanding the impact of social
3. determinants on health disparities in a multicultural society is
crucial for developing effective strategies to address these
disparities.
Social determinants of health are the conditions in which people are
born, grow, live, work, and age. These conditions, which include
things like poverty, education, housing, and access to healthy food,
have a profound impact on a person's health outcomes. In a
multicultural society, these social determinants can vary
significantly between different racial and ethnic groups, leading to
disparities in health outcomes.
For example, poverty disproportionately affects communities of
color and immigrant populations. People living in poverty are more
likely to have poor health outcomes and die prematurely. They may
also have limited access to healthcare, nutritious food, and safe
housing, which can further exacerbate health disparities.
Education is another social determinant that can have a significant
impact on health disparities in a multicultural society. People with
higher levels of education tend to have better health outcomes and
live longer than those with less education. However, in a
multicultural society, different racial and ethnic groups may have
different levels of access to education and face barriers to achieving
higher levels of education.
Housing is also a social determinant that can have a major impact
on health disparities in a multicultural society. People living in
overcrowded or substandard housing are more likely to have poor
health outcomes, including respiratory problems, allergies, and
injuries. In a multicultural society, different racial and ethnic
groups may have different levels of access to safe and affordable
housing, leading to disparities in health outcomes.
4. Access to healthy food is another social determinant that can have
a significant impact on health disparities in a multicultural society.
People living in food deserts, or areas without access to healthy food
options, are at a higher risk of obesity and other diet-related health
problems. This is particularly prevalent in low-income
communities and communities of color.
Providing Culturally and Linguistically
Appropriate Care
Providing culturally and linguistically appropriate care is an
important strategy for addressing health disparities in a
multicultural society. This means providing healthcare services that
are sensitive to the cultural and linguistic backgrounds of patients
and providing translated materials and interpretation services to
make sure that patients understand their healthcare options.
Cultural competency is the ability of healthcare providers to
understand and respect the cultural and linguistic backgrounds of
their patients. It includes understanding the cultural beliefs and
practices of different groups, as well as being aware of the impact of
social determinants of health on health outcomes. This is
particularly important in a multicultural society, where different
racial and ethnic groups may have unique cultural and linguistic
needs.
For example, some cultures may have different beliefs about the
causes of illness and the role of healthcare providers. Some may
prefer traditional or alternative therapies, or may have different
attitudes towards mental health treatment. Understanding these
cultural beliefs and practices can help healthcare providers provide
more effective and appropriate care for patients from different
cultural backgrounds.
5. Linguistic competency is the ability of healthcare providers to
communicate effectively with patients who have limited English
proficiency. This includes providing translated materials and
interpretation services, as well as having staff who are fluent in the
languages spoken by patients. This is crucial for ensuring that
patients understand their healthcare options and can make
informed decisions about their care.
Providing culturally and linguistically appropriate care can also
help to build trust and improve patient satisfaction. It can also help
to reduce healthcare disparities by making sure that all patients
have access to the same quality of care, regardless of their cultural
or linguistic background.
One way to achieve cultural and linguistic competency is by
providing training and education to healthcare providers. This
includes training on cultural competence, cultural humility, and
linguistic competency. It also includes providing ongoing support
and resources to healthcare providers to help them to better
understand and address the cultural and linguistic needs of their
patients.
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Empowering Communities to Address
Health Disparities
Empowering communities to address health disparities is a crucial
strategy for addressing health disparities in a multicultural society.
Health disparities are differences in health outcomes that occur as
a result of social and economic factors such as race, ethnicity,
income, and education. Empowering communities to address these
6. disparities means giving them the tools and resources they need to
improve their health outcomes and reduce the impact of social
determinants of health.
One important way to empower communities to address health
disparities is through community-based interventions. These
interventions are often led by community members and
organizations and can include things like health education
programs, community gardens, and support groups. They can be
particularly effective in addressing health disparities and improving
health outcomes in marginalized communities.
Community-based interventions can help to improve access to
healthcare, healthy food options, and safe housing, which can have
a direct impact on health outcomes. They can also help to build
social connections and support networks, which can improve
mental health and overall well-being. Additionally, they can help to
raise awareness about health disparities and the impact of social
determinants of health, which can lead to advocacy and policy
change.
Another way to empower communities to address health disparities
is to involve them in the research process. This means partnering
with community members and organizations to identify research
questions, collect and analyze data, and disseminate findings. This
can help to ensure that research is relevant to the community and
addresses their specific needs, and can also help to build trust and
increase community engagement in the research process.
Empowering communities also means giving them a voice in the
policies and programs that affect their health. This can be achieved
through community engagement and participation in the decision-
making process. This can help to ensure that policies and programs
7. are responsive to the specific needs of the community, and that they
are implemented in a way that is culturally and linguistically
appropriate.
Cultural Competency Training for
Healthcare Providers
Cultural competency training for healthcare providers is an
important strategy for addressing health disparities in a
multicultural society. Cultural competency is the ability of
healthcare providers to understand and respect the cultural and
linguistic backgrounds of their patients. It includes understanding
the cultural beliefs and practices of different groups, as well as being
aware of the impact of social determinants of health on health
outcomes.
Cultural competency training can help healthcare providers to
provide more effective and appropriate care for patients from
different cultural backgrounds. This can include training on
cultural beliefs and practices, communication skills, and working
with interpreters. It can also include training on the social
determinants of health, which can help healthcare providers to
understand the impact of poverty, education, housing, and access
to healthy food on patient health outcomes.
Cultural competency training can also help to reduce healthcare
disparities by making sure that all patients have access to the same
quality of care, regardless of their cultural or linguistic background.
It can also help to build trust and improve patient satisfaction by
ensuring that patients feel understood and respected.
8. Additionally, cultural competency training can also help healthcare
providers to understand and address the unique cultural and
linguistic needs of different communities. This is particularly
important in a multicultural society, where different racial and
ethnic groups may have unique cultural and linguistic needs.
One way to provide cultural competency training is through
continuing education and professional development programs.
This can include online courses, workshops, and in-person training
sessions. It is important that this training is ongoing and regular, so
that healthcare providers can continue to develop their skills and
stay current with changes in the population they serve.
In addition, cultural competency training should be mandatory and
integrated into the curriculum of healthcare professionals, so that
they are equipped to provide appropriate care to diverse
populations. Furthermore, healthcare organizations should ensure
that their staff is culturally diverse, so that patients can receive care
from someone who is familiar with their culture.
Collaboration and Partnership for
Addressing Health Disparities in
Multicultural Societies
Collaboration and partnership is a crucial strategy for addressing
health disparities in multicultural societies. Health disparities are
differences in health outcomes that occur as a result of social and
economic factors such as race, ethnicity, income, and education.
Addressing these disparities requires a collaborative effort that
brings together different sectors, organizations, and individuals.
9. One important aspect of collaboration and partnership is bringing
together healthcare providers, community-based organizations,
and government agencies to address health disparities. Healthcare
providers can provide important medical expertise and resources,
while community-based organizations can bring valuable
knowledge of the community and its needs. Government agencies
can provide funding and policy support. Together, these groups can
work to identify and address the root causes of health disparities.
Another important aspect of collaboration and partnership is
involving the community in the process. This means engaging
community members and organizations in the identification of
health disparities, the development of solutions, and the
implementation of interventions. This can help to ensure that
interventions are relevant and appropriate to the community and
that they are implemented in a way that is culturally and
linguistically appropriate.
Additionally, partnership and collaboration can also be achieved by
involving researchers and academia in the process, to help identify
and address the root causes of health disparities and test the
effectiveness of interventions. Researchers can provide important
data and analysis, while academia can provide training and
education to healthcare providers and community members.
Partnership and collaboration also require ongoing communication
and coordination among all stakeholders to ensure that everyone is
on the same page and working towards the same goals. This
includes regular meetings, shared decision-making, and shared
accountability to achieve a common goal.
In conclusion, collaboration and partnership is a crucial strategy for
addressing health disparities in multicultural societies. It requires
10. the involvement of different sectors, organizations and individuals,
community engagement and participation, and ongoing
communication and coordination among all stakeholders. By
working together, we can create a more just and equitable society
where everyone has the same opportunities to live healthy, fulfilling
lives.