Essay about Racism and Discrimination in Healthcare

America has had discrimination against minorities for a long time and it will continue to have it until people treat minorities with respect. Discrimination is when people treat minorities bad because of their skin color, ethnicity and the place they were born. For immigrants, the problems they had to arrive to America were not a good experience only by the struggle to gain acceptance among the population. Most immigrants came to the U.S. to have a better life and give education to their children. Almost all immigrants have experienced discrimination at some point in their life and even some are still experiencing it today. Most Latinos don’t have a choice but to deal with it because they know they are illegal and they can’t say anything

Throughout American history, relationships between racial and ethnic groups have been marked by antagonism, inequality, and violence. In today’s complex and fast-paced society, historians, social theorists and anthropologists have been known to devote significant amounts of time examining and interrogating not only the interior climate of the institutions that shape human behavior and personalities, but also relations between race and culture. It is difficult to tolerate the notion; America has won its victory over racism. Even though many maintain America is a “color blind nation,” racism and racial conflict remain to be prevalent in the social fabric of American institutions. As a result, one may question if issues and challenges

“The status of Indigenous health in contemporary Australia is a result of historic factors as well as contemporary socio-economic issues” (Hampton & Toombs, 2013, p. 1).

Australia is considered one of the safest and best countries to live (OECD, 2016). For instance, Australia exhibits higher life expectancies (80.3 years for males and 84.5 years for females), lower mortality rates (5.4 per 1000 live births), high-quality education and health practices and many employment opportunities (ABS, 2015). However, there are wide disparities in life expectancy, mortality rates, heath outcomes, education and employment for indigenous people (Holland, 2014).For example, life expectancy at birth for indigenous population is 10.6 years lower than that of the non-indigenous male population and 9.5 years for females (ABS, 2015). The mortality rate for the indigenous

This paper will examine the healthcare of Indigenous Australian peoples compared to non-indigenous Australians. The life expectancy gaps between the two are a cause for alarm when statistics show Indigenous Australian peoples die on average 17 years earlier than non-indigenous Australians (Dick 2017). This paper will examine the social determinants of health to explore these factors and what interventions are in place to improve health status and life expectancy gaps for equality. The Federal Government has seen the implementation of the Northern Territory Intervention and the Closing the Gap Initiative. This essay will examine these two strategies and discuss the effectiveness of both policies. It will explain the differences, similarities and look at the success so far to

The social determinants of health are described as the condition of daily living in which determines the individual’s chances of maintaining optimum health (Department of Health and Human Services 2015). In Australia, the health inequality between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians is noted by the World Health Organization (WHO) to have the largest disparity in the world (Markwick et al. 2014). Statistically, the life expectancy for indigenous Australians who are born in 2010-2012 is estimated to be 10.6 years lower when compared to non-indigenous Australians (Markwick et al. 2014). Social determinants such as employment and social exclusion may contribute to the major difference in the health status between the indigenous and non-indigenous Australians (Markwick et al. 2014). This essay will focus on discussing how having employment and social exclusion has led to the health inequalities between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians, and how indigenous healthcare nurses can address these determinants in the care they provide in the indigenous community setting.

one way to view these inequalities in health is by looking at projected life expectancy at birth. Aboriginal men, and woman live substantially shorter than the total population of Canada, approximately nine and six years respectively (Macaulay 2009, p.334; Statistics Canada, 2015, chart. 13), this is a huge disparity in health. The way I personally view this issue is that, despite other factors which influence health and disparities in health, nurses are playing a role in this disparity by not providing Aboriginal people with ethical care, the same way they do to NAC. This is important to address because it means nurses are not standing up to their CNA (2008) responsibility of providing ethical care to every patient we have, no matter what walk of life they come from (p.

Despite the commitment to provide universal access to high quality health care, access to primary health care in urban centers is of particular concern for Aboriginal people living in Canadian cities. The racial disparity in the Health Care System is the result of prejudice and discrimination of certain individuals based on their race. Canada`s colonial past has greatly influenced the way Aboriginal people receive health care. "‘Race’matters: racialization and egalitarian discourses involving Aboriginal people in the Canadian health care context" is an article written by Tang, Sannie Y., and Annette J. Browne that explores the complex process of racialization in the Canadian health care. The research finding indicates the process of racialization

Research into the impact of race/ethnicity on health is an important science because it will reveal why there are certain health disparities between certain races and why certain races always rate their health as being poor. For example, according to Sorkin, "racial/ethnic minorities are more likely to report receipt of lower quality of health care" (Sorkin 390). Furthermore, she also discovered that African Americans and Asian/Pacific Islanders are more likely than any other race to rate their health care on a lower tier than other races. Additionally, her research revealed that African Americans and Hispanics were more likely than other races to report discrimination. Lastly, Sorkin states that in response to discrimination, "patient perceptions of discrimination may play an important, yet variable role in ratings of health care quality across racial/ethnic minority groups" (Sorkin 390).

the problems and see why and understand these individuals choose to use violence to deal

As an African-American I have been in numerous situations when I felt uncomfortable in the workplace because of race. Institutional racism tends to be a bit more covert, however during socialization in the workplace it is easier to see the more overt manifestations. A recent example that comes to mind for me is sitting with a group of coworkers and discussing current events in the news. We were a group of about 8 people sitting together. I was the only minority in the group. I was not in tune with the conversation and was checking messages on my phone and only joined the conversation when a coworker said to me, “How do you feel about this Kymona? Even your people can’t possibly agree with this!” At the time I felt embarrassed, slightly angry

The central claim of the report is that the poorest people live in a context of recurrent cycles of violence whether criminal and political and in order to stop those cycles, legitimate institutions have to be implemented to ensure security, jobs and justice. The main idea then is to remodel institutions in order to reinforce people confidence. Those arguments are discussed by referring to the Post cold war political and criminal violence, with the explanation of their dramatic consequences on economic and social development. The report is influential in scope in a way that it attempts to rethink an international order but it is commonly critized that it provides only obvious conclusions and fails to engage with essential issues. Then,

Structural violence is the the systematic way in which social structures harm or give a disadvantage to individuals. Structural violence is often overlooked because it has no specific person who can be held responsible. Some examples of structural violence involve police, military, or other state powers committing violent acts; people can blame the soldier, but there are many factors that contribute to how this event occurred. As Dr. Paul Farmer stated, “structural violence is one way of describing social arrangements that put individuals and population in harm’s way... The arrangements are structural because are embedded in the political and economic organization of our social world; they are violent because it injures people. This phenomenon

Discrimination in the workplace occurs when an employee experiences harsh or unfair treatment due to their race, religion, national origin, disabled or veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Discrimination is one of the biggest problems people face in the workplace and it must be dealt with forcefully.

The term violence brings to memory an image of physical or emotional assault on a person. In most circumstances, the person affected due to violence is aware that a violent action has been performed on that person. There is another form of violence where the affected individual, in most cases are unaware of the violence inflicted upon them. These types of violence are termed as structural violence. Structural violence is a form of invisible violence setup by a well-defined system, to limit an individual’s development to his full potential, by using legal, political, social or cultural traditions (Winter and Leighton, 1).