Healt disparities can be reduced by taking certain interventions,for example
(1)Vaccination programmes for vaccine preventable diseases like hepatitis and other infectious diseases.
(2)Screening for health conditions with long natural course diseases and subclinical diseases like cervix cancer, diabetes, etc.
(3)Health care supplementation programmes like mid day meal, ICDS, janni surakshya yojana etc.
(4)Education about common health problems and how they can be prevented and health care awareness.
(5)For sexually transmitted diseases,safe sex,free condoms, sex education etc can be done.
Obstacles-
Social and demographic factors such as
poverty,
education status,
race and ethnicity,
gender,
Insurance status,
Ability to obtain and utilize healthcare,
health and healthcare outcomes.
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