A Case Study Mexican Health

Nebraska Catholic Health Initiatives is a non-profit organization and faith-based health system. This is a large corporate organization across the country. The reason why l chose this organization is because I am currently employed as a provider relations coordinator. This is a catholic based organization, moreover it’s the largest non-profit health system in Nebraska. It operates a total of ten hospitals across the state, one academic center in Omaha, home health agencies, nursing homes, and community health centers. This organization was formed in 1996 by catholic health system who had the same mission of nurturing healthy communities -across the nation where it provides care. CHI also provides

Trinity Community Hospital conducted a focused community health needs assessment centering on cancer, orthopedic and cardiovascular services. The information was obtained through a multitude of sources including: epidemiological surveys, focus groups, interviews with healthcare professionals and healthcare facilities’ planning guidelines.

Since 1980, the United States has taken on 10-year plans that outline certain key national health objectives set to be accomplished during a 10-year timeframe (Shi & Singh, 2015). These initiatives are founded on medical care with prevention services, health promotion, education, community health care, and increased access to integrated services. The initiative, Healthy People 2010: Healthy People in Healthy Communities, launched in 2000. The initiative emphasizes the role of community partners such as

Limited access to health care for Spanish Speaking populations is due to inability to afford services, difficulty with transportation, dissatisfaction with services, language barriers and inability to understand treatment plans. Health indicators of Spanish Speaking populations suggests that health outcomes continue to be behind other population groups, they also remain below goals established by Healthy People 2010 (Butler, Kim-Godwwin, & Fox, 2008). The US Spanish Speaking population represents a particular vulnerable subset of US Hispanics that have lower-income, less education, poor perceived health status and poor access to the health care System (Dubar & Gizlice, 2008).

The health issues resulting from health disparities present on the Latinos and Hispanics in America are diverse. In the Hispanic community, diabetes is one of the major causes of death and illness. The language barrier, hard access to health and preventive care and cultural barriers are factors that contribute to this disparity. (Ritter & Hoffman, 2010).

A community’s health can be established through a myriad of differing factors. Three specific factors that will help to determine the health of the county in which I live are community safety, disaster preparedness, as well as an analysis of the population. The community under review, Merced, is located in central California and made up of seventeen cities and communities whose individual populations do not exceed more than 75,000 and covers an area of approximately 1,972 square miles (United States Census Bureau, 2010) with a total population of approximately 255,793 people in 2010 (Merced County California, 2012).

Iannotta, Joah G. Emerging Issues in Hispanic Health: Summary of a Workshop. Washington, D.C.: National Academies, 2002. Print.

The information cited in this paper provides an insight into the health disparities that exist in the Hispanic population. It shows that Hispanics have increased rates of health problems when compared to other racial groups in the United States. These disparities have been shown to be connected to socioeconomic status. The information cited in this paper show that Hispanics have lower socioeconomic status than whites and their low socioeconomic status is implicated as a risk factor for health status. Furthermore, Hispanics face increased barriers to accessing care, receive poorer quality care, and ultimately experience worse health outcomes. For example, Hispanics have higher morbidity rates for diabetes, obesity, cancer, asthma and proliferative

There are many health problems that we face globally and each of them are important for us to be aware of and to take precautions and measures to prevent and treat such diseases that affect our global population. HIV/AIDS is a disease that is spread through direct contact with body fluids from a person who is infected with the virus, these fluids include blood, semen, rectal fluid, vaginal fluids and breast milk. There are an approximate 35 million people living with the disease globally as of 2015 and about 1 million of those people are children under the age of 15 (Aids.gov, 2016). There are approximately 1.2 million people in the U.S. living with the disease and of those individuals many became infected with HIV by needle or syringe sharing,

One of the highest health issues in America. It is the reason for 1 out of every 20 deaths. Mexican Americans have a 34% higher risk to suffer from a stroke that Whites in the US. Mexican-Americans are also likely to have a stroke at a younger age that their White counterparts. The average age for Mexican Americans to have a stroke is at 67, but for Whites in the US the age is 80. The effects after a stroke are more likely to disrupt overall health in Mexican Americans. They are more likely to have neurological issues, suffer from dementia, and have issues with comprehension and communication.

The United States is a melting pot of ethnicity, in which, the healthcare system and its benefits vary widely. Those who are able to obtain primary care insurance via a full time employer, typically have the benefits of full coverage care. However, for many minority groups, full time work alone is hard to acquire, along with the health benefits full time employment provides. Culturally competent care among the diverse populations helps increase health promotion and gain a cultural perspective. One of these mentioned groups is the Hispanic population which is steadily increasing within the United States.

Next on the MAPP four assessments is Local Public Health System Assessment. Local Public Health System Assessment focuses on all of the organizations and entities that contribute to the public 's health. The LPHSA answers the questions: "What are the components, activities, competencies, and capacities of our local public health system?" and "How are the Essential Services being provided to our community?"(NACCHO, 2017). Any organization or entity that contributes to the health or well-being of a community is considered part of the public health system. Ideally, a group that is broadly representative of these public health system partners will participate in the assessment process. By sharing their diverse perspectives, all participants will gain a better understanding of each organization’s contributions, the interconnectedness of activities, and how the public health system can be strengthened (National Public Health Performance Standards Program, 2017). Essentials services should be provided to the community through community outreach programs. Community outreach programs provide the community with many informational resources not just in the aspect of healthcare alone but the overall well-being of

Other than providing spiritual care to the community, FCN also provided counseling, active listening, referrals, education, advocacy, and prayer. Therefore, FCNs can promote community awareness related to health issues, and develop community collaborations to enhance health promotion. Breisch et al. (2013) established that advocacy for appropriate levels of care for susceptible populations and people with inadequate access to healthcare is a role that can be played by FCNs. In addition, FCNs are responsible for the provision of awareness among church communities with low-literacy skills to promote healthcare. Through the initiation of referrals for clinical treatment, providing assistance to access home care resources, assisting with extended care appointments, and providing support to healthcare consumers, FCNs can promote improved quality care.

Although, there is no universal health care system across Mexico their are three principal subsystems that provide health care to Mexico’s population. One of the three subsystems is a number of social security institutions created in 1943 that provides health services to those who are employed and are provided with coverage through work benefits by their employers. This system also provides coverage to the families of the employees on a very limited basis. Financing for this health care system is paid through the employer contributing to the cost, payroll taxes, as well as government contributions. The social security sector is comparable to the staff model Health Maintenance Organization in the United States commonly known as HMO. The social

The Arroyo Fresco Community Health Center Case Study was prepared for use in the 2006