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SOCW04 week 1 return to my posted discussion #1
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Learning Resources to be used as references to support your answers.
Note: To access this week’s required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus.
Required Readings
Gehlert, S., & Browne, T. (Eds.). (2012). Handbook of health social work (2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
· Chapter 7, “Community and Health” (pp. 143–163)
Gehlert, S., & Browne, T. (Eds.). (2012). Handbook of health social work (2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
· Chapter 4, “Public Health and Social Work”
· Section: “History of Public Health and Social Work” (pp. 65–67)
· Section: “Common Values” (pp. 70–75)
Coren, E., Iredale, W., Rutter, D., & Bywaters, P. (2011). The contribution of social work and social interventions across the life course to the reduction of health inequalities: A new agenda for social work education? Social Work Education, 30(6), 594–609.
Note: Retrieved from Walden Library databases.
Errickson, S. P., Alvarez, M., Forquera, R., Whitehead, T. L., Fleg, A., … Schoenbach, V. J. (2011). What will health-care reform mean for minority health disparities? Public Health Reports, 126(2), 170–175. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3056029/
Nguyen, D. D., Ho, K. H., & Williams, J. H. (2011). Social determinants and health service use among racial and ethnic minorities: Findings from a community sample. Social Work in Health Care, 50(5), 390–405.
Note: Retrieved from Walden Library databases.
Robinson, L. M., Dauenhauer, J., Bishop, K. M., & Baxter, J. (2012). Growing health disparities for persons who are aging with intellectual and developmental disabilities: The social work linchpin. Journal of Gerontological Social Work, 55(2), 175–190.
Note: Retrieved from Walden Library databases.
Optional Resources
Department of Health and Human Services. (n.d.). HHS action plan to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities. A nation free of disparities in health and health care. Retrieved from http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/npa/files/Plans/HHS/HHS_Plan_complete
Catherine this post is NOT a WORK it is read only this is my posted discussion for SOCW 04week 7 discussion #1 from which the students made the comments.
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Disparities in Health Care across Race and Ethnicity (title of work #1)
An explanation of health care disparities in a specific minority population.
In spite of the important developments in the identification and treatment of the numerous chronic diseases, there is evidence that ethnic and racial treatment of numerous chronic illness tend to obtain lower quality of care compared to the non-minorities and that, patients of marginal ethnicity experience larger injury and transience from diverse chronic illness than non-minorities (Gehlert, & Browne, 2012). Black African Americans experience health disparities. In the year 200 census, 36.4 million people, nearly 12.9% of the U.S. populace, recognized themselves as Black or African American; of these people, 35.4 million recognized themselves as non-Hispanic. For several health status, non-Hispanic blacks abide an unequal burden of disease, injury, death, and incapacity (Coren, Iredale, Rutter, & Bywaters, 2011). However, the top three incidences, and the seven of the 10 utmost death sources are the same for the non-Hispanic whites and non-Hispanic blacks (the greatest racial/ethnic populace in the USA), the risk aspects and occurrence, illness, and mortality rates for these illnesses and injuries often are larger among blacks compared to the whites. Similarly, three of the 10 main causes of death for the non-Hispanic blacks are not amidst the main causes of death for the non-Hispanic whites: homicide (sixth), human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) illness (seventh), and septicemia.
Identify three nonbiological factors (e.g., public health policy) that might be associated with health care disparities in the population you selected.
There are numerous of non-biological factors which may be related to the health care disparities in the Black African Americans population. Numerous factors lead to racial/ethnic health differences comprising of the social economic factors for example education employment and revenue. The lifestyle conducts for example physical actions and alcohol consumptions, and the social setting for example educational and economic chances, ethnic and racial discrimination and neighborhood and work status, and admittance to precautionary health-care actions (e.g., cancer screening and vaccination) (Gehlert, & Browne, 2012).
Current immigrants similarly can be at a raised risk of chronic illness and injury basically those who lack eloquence in English and familiarity with the U.S healthcare organization or who have diverse cultural attitudes concerning the application of traditional versus conventional medication.
Explain medical social worker roles in addressing the three factors to eliminate health care disparities in the population.
The medical social worker should advocate Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care confrontation (Errickson, Alvarez, Forquera, Whitehead, Fleg, Schoenbach, 2011). Raise the proportion of underrepresented minority groups in the health-care staff, incorporate cross-cultural education into health-care drill, and enhance research efforts to recognize sources of inequalities and encouraging intrusions.
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Gehlert, S., & Browne, T. (Eds.). (2012). Handbook of health social work (2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. Chapter 7, “Community and Health” (pp. 143–163)
Coren, E., Iredale, W., Rutter, D., & Bywaters, P. (2011). The contribution of social work and social interventions across the life course to the reduction of health inequalities: A new agenda for social work education? Social Work Education, 30(6), 594–609.
Errickson, S. P., Alvarez, M., Forquera, R., Whitehead, T. L., Fleg, A., … Schoenbach, V. J. (2011). What will health-care reform mean for minority health disparities? Public Health Reports, 126(2), 170–175. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3056029/
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Work #1
Return to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting.
1. Note what you have learned and/or any insights you have gained as a result of your colleagues’ comments.
WORK #1 Cara Colantuono
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Regardless of political affiliation, most Americans can recognize that unhealthy options are marketed towards residents of low-income neighborhoods in America. Many of these residents are non-whites, and thus, become a target of big tobacco, alcohol, and fast food (Coren, Iredale, Rutter, & Bywaters, 2011). Low incomes and high unemployment rates in the inner cities correlate to high uses of alcohol and tobacco along with a an over utilization of unhealthy food choices.
What role does the marketing and sales community have on low-income residents that contributes to startling rates of heart disease and diabetes found in the non-white population? Could social work provide community advocacy programs to help reduced these negative variables?
Reference
Coren, E., Iredale, W., Rutter, D., & Bywaters, P. (2011). The contribution of social work and social interventions across the life course to the reduction of health inequalities: A new agenda for social work education? Social Work Education, 30(6), 594–609.
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Work #2
Return to this Discussion in a few days to read the responses to your initial posting.
2. Note what you have learned and/or any insights you have gained as a result of your colleagues’ comments.
WORK #2 Muldrow
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Thank you for bringing light to health disparities for blacks. Watts (2014), also shared that employed blacks can have jobs with rigid work schedules. This makes it difficult for them to be able to take off from work to seek medical treatment (Watts, 2014). By not being able to seek medical treatment, they miss opportunities to participate in preventative screenings and result in having to utilize emergency rooms when the health problem has exacerbated. This can then lead to conditions that could have been treated but now may require more time away from work decreasing their wages and causing financial strain.
Reference
Watts, M. (2014). African American history and health disparities. University of Michigan Prevention Research Center. Retrieved from
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