Essay On Healthcare Inequalities

Health disparities in the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgender community that lack fair treatment. This population deals with many adversities due to their sexual orientation and gender identity. LGBT’s community consists of a diverse population of people who come from all walks of life ((Howard, 2016). Many LBGT’s will delay or not seek health care due to stigma and lack of fair treatment. In other words, they believe that they are discriminated against.

Regarding access to healthcare, transgender individuals often face the most obstructive barriers when attempting to receive care. Whether they are seeking access to hormones, therapy, general health services, reproductive healthcare, or specialty healthcare, transgender patients typically cannot get what they need without jumping through many hoops or hiding their identities. This occurs especially so in cases of intersecting identities -- where an individual is not just transgender, but is transgender and a person of color, disabled, gay, indigenous, undocumented, poor, etc. These intersecting identities interact in multifaceted ways to produce even more barriers for trans individuals seeking healthcare due to healthcare provider bias, insurance requirements, and doctors’ general unwillingness to help coupled with inaccessibility founded on racism, transphobia, homophobia, mental illness stigmatization, etc.

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) falls within societal minority groups such as low income, people of color, and disables (AHRQ, 2011). Due to their gender identity, discrimination, violence, and even denial of human rights and healthcare services is a common challenge among LGBT population. LGBT still faces many health disparities primarily related to the historic bias of healthcare professionals anti-LGBT manners even though society acceptance has been favorable. According to Ard and Makadon (n.d), “until 1973, homosexuality was listed as a disorder…, and transgender still is.” This stigma prevents healthcare professionals to openly ask questions in a non-judgmental manner related to sexual identity. On the other hand, if the patient senses that the healthcare environment is discriminating they may be reluctant to disclose important information as their sexual orientation; thus, missing important opportunities of been educated about safety and health care risks.

These health disparities are persistent and need to be addressed in order to reduce the disparities and improving the health industry. Correspondingly, many Latinx suffer from poor quality of mental health care, therefore, are discouraged to seek for treatment. In particular, many LGBTQI Latinx and Latinx in general receive, “negative experiences, related to language barriers, discrimination, or poor treatment, impact a person’s confidence in the ability of services to meet their needs (Rastogi, 2012). This emphasizes on the fact, that structural and cultural competency is needed in order to fix these gaps in the health industry and supply a marginalized population with appropriate mental health care in order to help improve health outcomes and quality of care which will eliminate the racial-ethnic gap in the health sector and reduce the linguistic and cultural barriers of patient care. Thus, health provider, physicians, and hospitals are required to become culturally competent in order to improve the quality of care of a growing population with distinct needs. Additionally, there are structural barriers that reduce the amount of LGBTQI Latinx utilizing mental health services. For instance, “Latinos who come from low socioeconomic backgrounds are at higher risk for

Of the study’s 25 participants, 20 were female-to-male. The authors determined the main problem for the participants was the struggle to find transgender-sensitive health care. The subjects described discrimination by healthcare systems, lack of knowledge and hostility by providers, and lack of health insurance to cover transgender-specific healthcare needs. Some of the FtM participants who had problems with pelvic pain, abnormal uterine bleeding, and a history of abnormal Pap tests kept their gender as female on their insurance so they could still get the care they needed. Using a national cross-sectional survey data set, Shires and Jaffee (2015) reported similar findings. Of the 1,711 FtM participants included in this study, 41.8 percent reported verbal harassment, physical assault, or denial of equal treatment in a doctor’s office or

In “Prevention is Primary” (2010), health disparities are described as “conditions that are avoidable, unjust and unfair” (p. 36). The situation in Florida, with pain clinics on every corner of Broward County handing out prescriptions and/or dispensing copious amounts of extremely potent pain medications, is certainly avoidable. Today our national pain medication abuse has reached epidemic proportions forcing our president to declare a national emergency. As highlighted in the film, the OxyContin Express, anyone is susceptible to the lure of abusing prescription drugs. Todd, a younger, white male, had been abusing oxycontin for years despite the loss of both his brother and wife. The availability and sheer number of pills with little restrictions or regulations in place has brought unfavorable conditions to Florida that promote abuse (Foster, Tanner, & Van Zeller, 2009). The fact that anyone can walk into a clinic and purchase an MRI, have strong medications to regulate “pain” prescribed, and walk out with copious, deadly amounts of drugs speaks to the fact that anyone can and is impacted by health inequalities.

Health Disparities- differences in morbidity, mortality and access to health among population group defined by factors such as socioeconomic status, gender residence, race and ethnicity.

According to the Center for Disease Control, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people face health inequities that often lead to poorer health outcomes compared with heterosexual people. Some of these inequities include stigma, a lack of healthcare access and difficulty finding doctors well-educated in LGBTQ health issues. If you are a member of the LGBTQ community, you may have encountered some of these challenges in your healthcare journey and may be seeking a comprehensive education on LGBTQ health issues. There are several easy ways to learn more about common LGBTQ health issues.

The health care system in the United States is complex, highly fragmented, and sometimes overly restrictive in terms of program eligibility. This leaves some people with disabilities with no health care coverage and others with cost-sharing obligations and limits on benefits that prevent them from obtaining health-preserving prescription medications, medical equipment, specialty care, dental and vision care, long-term care, and care coordination. Health and Health Disparities Research Dissonance is evident in the research goals and objectives of key agencies of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) between the longstanding public health goal of eliminating disability and disease

This study investigates the impact of income on the types of healthcare options available to individuals. Income inequality is growing with the exodus of manufacturing jobs from the country and an increase in low-paying jobs, part-time jobs and contract positions that usually lack health benefits (Shi, Starfield, Kennedy and Kawachi, 1999). In the absence of social policy that addresses income inequality, the promotion of primary care may serve as a palliative strategy for reducing the adverse effect of social inequality (Shi, Starfield, Kennedy and Kawachi, 1999). Even among higher-income adults, lack of health care insurance was associated with significantly decreased use of recommended health care services; increased income did not

Just like with every program, service, or systems in place, not all is perfect. There are many challenges that can make it an obstacle. For our nation, it is the gaps between the most susceptible citizens in regards to “illness, injury, risk behaviors, use of preventive health services, exposure to environmental hazards, and premature death” (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011).

For many individuals in the LGBTQ+ community, finding healthcare professionals who understand their identities and are receptive to their needs can be difficult. Many in the community feel that they have difficulties finding a practice that will respect their identity and provide them with effective and reliable care. For those specifically in the transgender community, these difficulties can increase exponentially, as many doctors are not properly trained to address the specific health needs that transgender individuals can often require. By his senior year, recent Keene State College graduate Kennedy Redden had noticed that both the staff of his school’s health center and the nearby Planned Parenthood had a distinct lack of knowledge about the needs of transgender students. Because of this, Kennedy decided to write a Transgender Health Manual for the school to use in the general education of its healthcare professionals as his senior capstone piece in Community Health.

While waiting to be seen by your doctor have you ever experienced firsthand how Gay/Lesbian individuals are treated upon entering any healthcare facility? I have experienced myself with a family member and it was heart-breaking. Among having these individuals sometimes think twice about going to any healthcare facility they also worry about insurance coverage. Truthfully, everyone stresses about healthcare coverage. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was the beginning and reduced rates of the uninsured and made the health system available for these individuals.

After reading the article “Addressing Health Care Disparities in the LGBT population”, I was so shocked and speechless. Honestly, I did not have an awareness of the health care disparities experienced by the LGBT population. To me, it is a disgrace to read in this day and age that human beings are experiencing health care inequalities by their health care providers simply because of their sexual preferences. As a nurse, I feel that it is of high importance to highlight and address these issues because as stated in the article not only can the LBGT negative experience and stigma have detrimental effects (depression and suicidal ideation) on this population, it can prevent them from ever seeking care regardless of the illness. Thus, hindering

In the United States (U.S.) health disparities continue to graphically-impact the lives of many Americans (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014). Access to health care remains inadequate for nearly 42 million of Americans that is 13.4% of the population with no health coverage (United States Census Bureau, 2013). In the Deaf and Hard (DHOH) population, health insurance deprivation may not be the only cause for the inadequate reason for the inaccessibility preventative cares. Therefore, mixed method approach provides a deeper insight into the possible underlining cause to inadequate care (Creswell, 2009). Combined qualitative and quantitative study designs enable a visual understanding of the inability to access preventable care than if the two study designs were conducted independently (Creswell, 2009). This form of study design through a set of data collection and