Factors Contributing to Health Disparities

Factors Contributing to Health Disparities

There are a variety of factors involved with unequal and unjust treatment of vulnerable populations. This Discussion asks you to describe those factors and how culture influences disparities of particular populations. To prepare for this Discussion, consider possible explanations for disparities between populations with respect to (HIV )patients

The article at least 250 words in length to the following questions. · What socio-ecological factors contribute to the existence of health disparities? Examples include socioeconomics and education. · Give an example or examples of how populations experience unequal treatment and disparity in healthcare. Provide some statistics to help illustrate this point from the CDC, the textbook, your Resources this week, or another reliable source. · How might one's culture serve as a barrier to equal treatment when it comes to healthcare? Give an example. (Note: Please remember that culture is not skin color. Please review the definition of culture before preparing your response. Articles relating to how culture impacts treatment in healthcare are posted in the Doc Sharing area under Week 3 helpful articles). Draw on your, resources found in the Resources area of the course, and any credible documentation you find in the library or online to compose your response. Be sure to paraphrase in your own words and credit your sources in your post parenthetically as well as reference them at the end in correct APA format. Refer to the in-text citations and reference list are correct.

Resources :

Institute of Medicine. (2002). Unequal treatment: What healthcare providers need to know about racial and ethnic disparities in health-care: Shaping the future for health. Retrieved from http://www.iom.edu/~/media/Files/Report%20Files/2003/Unequal-Treatment-Confronting-Racial-and-Ethnic-Disparities-in-Health-Care/Disparitieshcproviders8pgFINAL.pdf

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America. (2008). Health currents: America's health starts with healthy children: How do states compare?

United Nations. (2009). The Millennium Development Goals report 2009. Retrieved from http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/pdf/MDG_Report_2009_ENG.pdf

Copyright 2008 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Commission to Build a Healthier America. : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (2008). National healthcare disparities report, 2007. Retrieved from http://archive.ahrq.gov/qual/qrdr07.htm

· KFF State Health Facts http://kff.org/statedata/

· WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS) http://www.who.int/whosis/en/