I. (2000). Cultural Competency. Can Cultural Competency Reduce Racial And Ethnic Health Disparities? A Review And Conceptual Model. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Retrieved February 17‚ 2011 from http://brando.med.uiuc.edu/FacultyDev/ClinicalEnviron/CulturalCompetence/CCCModel ToReduceDisparitiesBrach.pdf Culturally Competent Nursing Care: A Cornerstone of Caring. (2007). The Office of Minority Health & Human Services. Retrieved February 17‚ 2011 from http://minorityhealth.hhs
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PREVENTATIVE CARE Community health centers offer preventive care to patients to help stop health problems before they start. CHCs comprehensive care often includes providing “dental‚ vision and behavioral health services‚ community-centered services and care integration - including health education and case management” (NCSL). Nearly three-quarters of children who are treated at CHCs receive all recommended immunizations by their second birthday. As of 2010‚ immunizations‚ physicals‚ and other
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individual attitudes‚ beliefs‚ biases‚ and behaviors that may influence patient care can help nurses improve access to care and quality of care and‚ ultimately‚ improve health outcomes for their patients. Changing demographics have created new challenges for the provision of care and have positioned cultural competency as a national health concern. As nurses continue caring for an ever-changing racially and ethnically diverse population‚ it is important to gain a deeper understanding of some of the trends
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Based on the health indicators of Healthy People 2020‚ how do you evaluate the outcomes of community health promotion interventions? The Healthy People 2020 initiative provides “science-based‚ 10-year national objectives for improving the health of all Americans. For 3 decades‚ Healthy People has established benchmarks and monitored progress over time in order to encourage collaborations across communities‚ empower individuals toward making informed health decisions‚ and measure the impact of prevention
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How can we define health care disparity? In a world in which we have set parameters‚ measurements and numbers‚ health care disparity is one of those concepts that are not easy to explain or to define‚ unless you have experienced it. As a minority myself‚ I have always wondered if this is a reality in our current health care system or just merely a difference in outcomes between races. The reality is that‚ there is a difference‚ as I have experienced it many times as a patient myself and in the work
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& Davis‚ 2006) Maori people were able to manage health by sound public health principles. They were able to preserve and store food‚ maintain clean water supply‚ have proper sanitation and waste disposal as well as isolating sick from the rest. They also had vast knowledge on medicines and remedies available locally. With these systems in place the Maori population was thriving and supporting population growth. To understand the health disparity and the lower socioeconomic status of the Maori
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It is important that one addresses health disparities in medically underserved communities because it can most importantly‚ improve quality of life as well as decrease health care cost nationwide. The decrease in health care cost will have an exponential effect on the economy by allowing more governmental funding opportunities to other important issues such as education‚ social security and other community services. By addressing health disparities within these communities it can allow for social
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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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Health Disparities Improving the health of the socially and economically disadvantaged is a major task. Many Americans are living with poor health because of their socioeconomic statuses and it has many negative effects on their long term health. Improving access to health care is not enough to help fix the lower death rates among low income families. Our social status in our economy has large effect on our lives including how we are able to live our lives and in tern it has large measurable effects
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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 word‚ this suggested that the average person and other ethnic minorities from a low income family is more likely to have health problems than a
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