THCP CASE 2

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Module 2 - Case

Women's Health

Case Assignment

For this two-part assignment, your task is to write an essay in which you address the following scenario:

A colleague of yours asserts that hispanic women face barriers to health care by virtue of their ethnicity.

  1. Define the term "Health Care Disparity" (one paragraph maximum).
  2. Explain why some women (in general) may face barriers to health care.
  3. Explain the types of evidence used to show that ethnic disparities exist in health care for women. The evidence should come from scholarly sources and be discussed in your own words based on the information you gleaned from your research.

Assignment Expectations

You will be expected to provide a scholarly basis for your response. Your opinions should be justified with evidence from the literature. References should be cited properly in the text of your essay, as well as at the end. Several scholarly references should be cited for this assignment. Please limit your response to 2–3 pages TIMES NEW ROMAN FONT DS

 

Module 2 - Background

Women's Health

The following articles/readings will provide great insight into Women's Health from a policy perspective. You should have a comfortable understanding of the material before your proceed to further research and the case assignment.

Required Readings

Salganicoff, A. (2007). Women's health policy: Are the times really a-changing? Women's Health Issues, 17, 274-276.

Nikiema, B., Haddad, S., & Potvin, L. (2012). Measuring women's perceived ability to overcome barriers to healthcare seeking in burkina faso. BMC Public Health, 12(1), 147. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-147

Washington, D., Bean-Mayberry, B., Riopelle, D., & Yano, E. (2011). Access to care for women veterans: Delayed healthcare and unmet need. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 26, 655-61. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11606-011-1772-z

Additional Readings (Optional)

Parish, S., & Ellison-Martin, M. (2007). Health-care access of women medicaid recipients: evidence of disability-based disparities. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 18(2), 109-116.

Trivedi, A., Radowski, W., & Ayanian, J. (2008). Effect of cost sharing on screening mammography in medicare health plans. The New England Journal of Medicine. 358(4), 375.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (2008). Women's Health. Retrieved from http://www.ahrq.gov/research/.

National Partnership for Women & Families. Research library. Retrieved from http://www.nationalpartnership.org/research-library/.

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (2008). Women's Health Policy. Retrieved from http://kff.org/womens-health-policy/

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