Vulnerable populations are groups that are not well integrated into the health care system because of ethnic‚ cultural‚ economic‚ geographic‚ or health characteristics. This isolation puts members of these groups at risk for not obtaining necessary medical care‚ and thus constitutes a potential threat to their health. Commonly cited examples of vulnerable populations include racial and ethnic minorities‚ the rural and urban poor‚ undocumented immigrants‚ and people with disabilities or multiple chronic
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Caring for Vulnerable Populations Rebecca Bennett Legal Nurse Consulting/Phase 2 IP 1 Colorado Technical University Online August 27‚ 2011 Vulnerable Populations When referring to vulnerable populations‚ it means there are different subpopulations that sometimes have a higher risk for being unhealthy‚ and having very little access to health care (Stanhope & Lancaster‚ 2008). The community is trying to help these vulnerable populations get proper health care‚ but needs to identify factors
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Vulnerable Population in the Workplace When diagnosed with breast cancer‚ “Older women face a range of issues that differs greatly from those of younger women” ("Breast cancer issues for older women‚" 2011‚ para. 2). For example‚ older women often think about how to keep their remaining years more meaningful. Whatever choice for treatment is‚ when a member of this vulnerable population is diagnosed‚ there is the strong possibility that she may not have a sufficient support system. This paper
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The Elderly‚ a vulnerable population Nina Brown BSHS 301 Introduction to Human Services September 20‚ 2011 University of Phoenix Alberto Reynoso The Elderly‚ a vulnerable population Many segments of the population can fall prey to the abuses of others‚ it can be physical‚ mental‚ sexual‚ and even financial; the elderly are a vulnerable group. The elderly can be susceptible to influences that can be devastating to their well- being
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Vulnerable Population Paper – Premature Infants University of Phoenix Vulnerable Population Paper – Premature Infants The word “vulnerability” stems from the Latin vulnerare‚ which means‚ “to wound”. (Oxford Encyclopedic English Dictionary‚ 1995) In a clinical setting‚ the term vulnerable can be applied to many different kinds of patients. The purpose of this paper is to address a vulnerable population within a community. The vulnerable population this author chose to focus on will be
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VULNERABLE POPULATION ASSESSMENT A woman presents to the Emergency Room(ER) in Leon‚ Iowa with her 2-year-old little girls who she states has had a cough for 1 hour. It is 2pm on a Tuesday and the Community clinic is open. Our community is the second poorest county in Iowa and we have a federally funded Clinic available to anyone regardless of insurance coverage. The patient also is notable wheezy. I ask the mom if she or anyone in the home smokes and she says yes. There are four people total
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Running head: Children: A Vulnerable Population Children: A Vulnerable Population Children: A Vulnerable Population When thinking of vulnerable populations‚ at first thought one thinks of culture and minorities. Regardless of race‚ gender‚ ethnic background‚ or age children are classified as being vulnerable. Children are dependent on adults for virtually everything and it is this aspect that makes them vulnerable. From health care‚ nutrition‚ emotional‚ and social
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Vulnerable Population: The Poor “A vulnerable population is a group or groups that are more likely to develop health- related problems‚ have more difficulty accessing health care to address those health problems‚ and are more likely to experience a poor outcome or shorter life span because of those health conditions.” (Maurer & Smith‚2009‚ pp. 533) Poverty is linked with marked deprivation of well-being of an individual due to inability to meet basic needs. It could be due to lack of income or
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Vulnerable Populations in Current Events • • What Discussing an event related to vulnerable populations. The Buddy System‚ by Maya Bell Published by MEDICINE‚ the Magazine of the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of medicine‚ the article address the role of community health workers in overcome the barriers to effective care for underserved populations in Miami‚ specifically HIV/AIDS population in Miami‚ where this disease is the principal death cause for
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considered homeless (“2016’s Shocking Homelessness Statistic”). Some unrealistic expectations for a growing homeless population are that it will go away on its own or the homeless will soon get the memo and magically rejoin us as contributing members of society. The problem with these expectations is that the only way the homeless population will decrease is by either dying off or receiving the needed resources to get back on their feet. Instead of creating unethical expectations for the homeless we‚ as
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