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According to the U.S Department of Health and Human Services (Kassandra, A., 2015), the issue of health disparities have impacted many people’s lives in the community where the minority groups do not have equal access to the quality health care. These

I have made some progress regarding my action plan. I haven’t attended any open days as yet but planning to do so in June so far and completed my personal statement. My first action plan regarding higher education was to get distinctions in all my assignments. So

To be an effective leader who can recruit, hire, support their staff, one must have various skills and leadership styles. Having a visionary leadership style

Within the contemporary generation today, many fundamental factors such as social, environmental, biological and epigenetics play significant roles towards understanding the connection between humans and their health. For example, race-based health disparities can be witnessed within society especially considering different health related diseases such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease, stroke etc (Kuzawa and Sweet 2). Furthermore, prior to reading the article, Epigenetics and the Embodiment of Race: Developmental Origins of US Racial Disparities in Cardiovascular Health I was quite unfamiliar with the concept of health disparity within the racial norm of the society. For instance, an African American man in Harlem is less likely than

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) defines health care disparities as the “difference in the quality of care received by minorities and non-minorities who have equal access to care.” Health care disparities can be affected by how

Health disparities in populations and population subgroups deal with differences in overall health and the spread of disease and death (Almgren, 2013). There are several characteristics of a population or subgroup that make them more vulnerable to disparities in health and healthcare. These include race, ethnicity, sex, age, education, income, employment, and geographic location among other characteristics. Many of which are linked to social inequality within communities. On the other hand, healthcare disparities include access to care, quality of care, equity, and health care outcomes (Almgren, 2013, p.243). Disparities in both categories can be explained by the social determinants of health that affect many people’s health status and include environmental factors present in communities (Patel & Rushefsky,2014). All these factors are interrelated and seem to affect minority and low-income groups more disproportionately. Meyer et.al. (2013), use the World Health Organizations explanation of social determinants of health as being “mostly responsible for health inequities—the unfair and avoidable differences in health status seen within and between countries” (p. 3). This explanation is applicable to communities and population groups within the U.S. as

What does the term health disparities mean? Health disparities means that the value of equal health opportunity is not present. This means that all groups of race, socioeconomic, sexual orientation, gender, religion and ethnicity may be unequal in health status. groups should be equal in the way they receive care, thus should also relatively have the same level of health. Health disparities may vary depending of risky behavior during the adolescent phase.

Health disparities are the inequalities that appear in the arrangement of healthcare and approaches to healthcare across different racial, ethnic, sexual orientation and socioeconomic group.

Potter and Perry (2017) states, “Health disparities are preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury, violence, or opportunities to achieve optimal health.” Health disparity is experienced by social disadvantaged populations. These vulnerable populations can include race or ethnicity, gender, education, income, disability, and geographic location (Potter & Perry, 2017, p. 33). The Banes family

The disparities are prevalent and continue to grow in numbers among minority communities. Aggressive and general health inequalities are higher among the poorer disadvantaged populations for years. Health disparities predominantly defined by socioeconomic status, sex, age, level of disability, geography, sexual orientation, or gender identity. But majority of statistical research defines it based on race and ethnicity. Within the data that has been collected By the Office of Minority Health doesn’t accurately represent the minorities in numbers as per the flaws on certain data used by third party collectors. But to rectify the disproportions, preventative measures must be implemented at an early age to eliminate or at least lower the chances of the development of disease later as an

Health disparities and social determinants of health can have a significant impact on this type of patient population. According to Adams et al, the

Director of the Center on Social Disparities in Health at the University of California, San Francisco

It is without doubt that the United States has experienced throughout its history inequalities from racial tensions to current health disparities in rural and poverty parts of the country. Health disparities are inequalities that citizens and non-citizens alike face due to discrepancies of resources

Health disparities refer to differences in the health status of different groups of people, by factors of poverty, transportation, education, disease, access to healthcare and environmental threats. Likewise health inequalities mean the same thing as health disparities. The difference is in the presence of disease, health outcomes, or access to health care between population groups. According to PBHC, the social determainants of health are the places where we live, learn, work and play have a tremendous impact on our health. In society, health disparities and inequalities, affect most people in the minority groups. In America, African Americans are more susceptible to be affected by these inequalities, resulting in higher risk of disease, high blood pressure and low-birth weights. Consequently The cause of these inequalities comes from, racism and discrimination against African Americans.

Health inequality can be described by the similar but distinct concepts of health disparity, healthcare disparity, and social determinants of health (SDH). Health disparities are characterized by a disproportionate burden of disease among a particular population; these are often contributed to or caused by healthcare disparities, which refer to