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HEALTH INEQUITY, African American, and Black Hispanics, ESSENTIAL, image,…
HEALTH INEQUITY
Historical Aspects
Slaves (1619)
Violent medical/experimental treatment
Bodies were exploit in the name of medicine
Anatomical material
Buried bodies used for dissection
Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis (1932)
African Americans males
Lied about receiving treatment
1947 Penicillin was withheld
Eugenic laws (1907)
Targeted
The disable
Mentally ill
The poor
Community of color
Prisoners (2006-2010)
Involuntary, coercive sterilization
Henrietta Lacks & her HeLa Cells (1951)
Involuntary medical experimentation
Used of her cells without her knowledge
What Is It?
Difference in quality of care across racial, ethics & socioeconomic groups
Contributing Factors
Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)
Lack of health insurance
Mistrust on the medical establishment
Lack of health literacy / cultural competence
Language barriers
Immigration
Segregation
It persist because the SDOH are not address
Emergent groups
Provide Quality Health Services
Acknowledge patients diversity
Have a diverse workforse
Have a cultural competent system
Provide patient-centered care
Use adequate linguistic services
Assess patient's health literacy and adjust teaching based on it
Provide wholistic care, where SDOH are addressed
African American, and Black Hispanics
Largest death rates from hearth disease & strokes
Largest infant death rates
Largest prevalence of HTN
Highest death rates from homicide & violence
ESSENTIAL
Prevention
Targets the root causes of health issues, therefore prevent disease
Equity
Addressing the SDOH, will reduce health inequity
Sustainability
Develop policies that address SDOH will lead to long term savings in healthcare services, because will reduce costly medical treatment
Reduce barriers to access healthcare services
Improve the community health outcomes
Barriers to access healthcare
Poor health outcomes
Done Without
Native American, African American, and Puerto Rican
Are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, and work. Including socioeconomic status, education, environment, employment, social support networks, access to health care
All these contributing factors are:
