Question

Steps to Reduce Health Disparities

Using the Internet, research and read about a specific health disparity of interest to you. This can be based on gender, age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, etc.

Based on your research and data gathered, create a report in a 8 to 10 page paper that addresses the following:

What is the background of the disparity chosen?

Who does this disparity impact?

What are the determinants of this disparity?

What is the impact of this disparity?

Is there an intersection of multiple concerns related to race/ethnicity, gender, and sexuality related to this issue?

How and where would one seek to intervene to address this disparity in the context of the social ecological model?

How does this disparity affect the health of the population on a larger scale?

How does your race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or SES impact your ability to work within the community affected by this disparity?

Answer 1

Answer :

Health disparities : it is defined as differences in health and health care between population. Or it is a excess burden of illness, injury, disability, mortality or death experienced by one group to another.

Or

Differences in health status of different groups of people is called health disparities.

For example : Homosexuality in men's and lesbian women are having more disparities .

Men's are more to have or get sexually transmitted diseases, alcoholism, depression and suicidal tendencies due to homosexuality in men's these are health disparities.

Womenslesbians are having more smoking habits, alcohol abuse and stress, over weight these are the disparities in lesbians.

Q. No 1. Answer :

* The back ground of the disparity choose is gender that is males and females. And Homosexuality in men's and lesbians.

Q. No 2. Answer :

* the Homosexuality in men and lesbians done this disparity impact.

Q. No 3. Answer :

* It is an individual behavioral determinants, because here the Homosexuality in men and lesbians are showing their own behavior related to habits and sexual and mental behaviour.

Q. No 4. Answer :

* Due to this disparity morbidity and mortality rates may increases. And inability to cope up with their problems this is the impact of this disparity.

Q. No 5.

Some of the racial minorities and ethnicity show this type of health disparities.