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According to Thornton et al. (2016), “Despite improvements in medical care and in disease prevention, health disparities persist and may be increasing for chronic conditions such as obesity, cardiovascular disease, and cancer” (p. 1416), but health policy can serve as a form of intervention to address these health disparities. Whether the policy is directed at funding, education, or specific healthcare practices, identifying the health disparities, why they exist, and to whom they impact is a necessary component to improving overall public health.

During the next week, you will explore the how healthcare policy can help to address disparities that impact vulnerable, marginalized, or stigmatized populations. You will continue to explore the population you identified in Week 1 in order to determine a specific policy advocacy priority.

Reference:
Thornton, R. L. J., Glover, C. M., Cené, C. W., Glik, D. C., Henderson, J. A., & Williams, D. R. (2016). Evaluating Strategies For Reducing Health Disparities By Addressing The Social Determinants Of Health. Health (Project Hope), 35(8), 1416–1423. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2015.1357

 

 

Identifying barriers and challenges that impact vulnerable and marginalized groups is an important first step, but advocates cannot stop there. What can be done to address the inequities, the challenges, and the barriers? How might an advocate use policy to enact change?

The Allegory of the Orchard required you to consider the barriers and challenges of specific vulnerable or marginalized populations. In our Week 1 Discussion, you identified a specific population connected to your practice, organization, or experience. This week you will explore that population further by determining a specific advocacy priority for the population.
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Review your selected population discussed in the Module 1, Week 1 Discussion: Allegory of the Orchard. ( political determinants of health negatively impact the health outcomes of underserved, vulnerable, and marginalized populations, and communities )

 

Healthcare questions

 

 

 

 

 

-Discuss the forces that led to the rise in outpatient services.
-What is the impact of the uninsured population on hospitals and long-term care facilities and their ability to remain profitable?
-What is the impact on rural communities from the reduction in access to hospitals and physicians due to hospital closure or reduction of services whenever physicians leave a rural community?
-What are some of the reasons that the demand for health care services has increased despite its rising costs?
-Discuss some of the measures that the government has implemented to control the costs of health care.

 

 

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1. Compare and contrast acute pain and chronic pain in the pediatric patient

2. Distraction involves having the child focus on another stimulus. Identify 5 methods of distraction for the pediatric patient

3. Identify 2 indications for the use of EMLA cream on the pediatric patient

4. Identify 2 benefits to using the same pain assessment tool when evaluating pain in the pediatric patient