PP Presentation

RIVERBEND CITY MISSION SUMMARY MSN6012 – COMMUNITY HEALTH MISSION LOCATIONS: In this mission you have visited various locations in the Shoals neighborhood in Riverbend City, which is home to Riverbend City’s thriving Hmong community.

MAJOR THEMES: In all the locations you visited, residents talked about various health issues, such as diabetes and hypertension. You have also witnessed behaviors that can contribute to health problems, such as poor understanding of nutrition and cultural barriers to care. It is difficult to say exactly how or why health disparities between ethnic and racial groups arise, but most research in this area points to three main areas: • Social determinants of health.

• Barriers encountered by vulnerable populations when trying to enter into the health care delivery system; and

• Differences in the quality of health care received by vulnerable populations. The effort to eradicate disparities in health and health care among racial and ethnic groups, socioeconomic groups, and other classifications such as urban and rural communities is a major feature of public health policy, as demonstrated by numerous health promotion and disease prevention programs such as Healthy People 2000/2010/2020.

RESOURCES: There are no downloadable resources associated with this mission.