Module 13 Flashcards
Cultural Attitudes
Perspectives about individual responsibility for health and well-being are influenced by prevailing cultural attitudes
What things influence attitudes toward vulnerable groups?
Attitudes
Beliefs
Media communication
What sort of people ted to be at higher risk for health problems
lower incomes and less education (lower socioeconomic status)
What sort of topics are encompassed in US goals to include the elimination of health disparities by expanding access of healthcare to vulnerable or at risk populations
oral health
neglect and abuse
incarcerated
What is the main vision of HP2020
A society in which all people live ling, health lives
HP2020 overarching goals
Attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death.
Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups.
Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all.
Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all life stages.
Vulnerability
susceptibility to actual or potential stressors that may lead to an adverse effect
Results from the interaction of internal and external factors that cause a person to be susceptible to poor health
Vulnerable Populations
those groups with increased risk for adverse health outcomes
More likely than the general population to suffer from health disparities
Risk
is an epidemiologic term that means some people have a higher probability than others - like those with factors of:
poor or lacking policy
social hazards
environmental hazards
biological or genetic makeup
Health Disparities
the wide variations in health services and health status among certain population groups
What is the difference between Health and healthcare disparities
Health Disparity generally refers to a higher burden of illness, injury, disability, or mortality experienced by one population group relative to another group.
Health Care Disparity typically refers to differences between groups in health coverage, access to care, and quality of care
Disparities are commonly viewed through the lens of …
race and ethnicity
but it can occur across many dimensions like socioeco status, age, location, gender, disability status, sexual orientation, pregnancy
T or F: Health care disparity refers to higher burden of illness experiences by on population group relative to another group
False
Disparities in health and health care limit continued improvement in overall ___ ___ ___ and ___ ___ and result in ___ ___
disparities in health and health care limited continued improvement in overall quality of care and population health and result in unnecessary costs
Hp2020 social determinants of heatlh
Education
Economic Stability
Social and community context
neighborhood and built environment
health and health care
food
Examples of Vulnerable Populations
Homeless
Low Educational Attainment
People of Color
LGBTQ
Migrant Workers and Immigrants
Poor healthcare access
persons with communicable disease and those at risk
The poor
pregnant adolescents
malnourished
illiterate
developmentally delayed
those with severe mental illness
the uninsured
children
elderly
persons with substance abuse disorder
abused people
victims of violence
high exposure to toxins
incarcerated
those with chronic disease
Vulnerability results from the combined effects of…
limited physical, environmental, personal resources, and biopsychosocial resources
What sort of things are vulnerable people more likely to have occur or are sensitive to
More likely to develop health problems as a result of exposure to risk
More likely to have worse outcomes from those health problems than the population as a whole
More sensitive to risk factors because they are often exposed to cumulative risk factors
More likely to suffer from health disparities
Outcomes of vulnerability can be __ or __
negative or positive
it is positive if funding is coming in and aiding in issues
Cycle of Vulnerability
when sometimes when one problem is solved, another quickly emerges
leads to feelings of hopelessness
Poverty (Absolute Poverty/Destitution)
Poverty is the condition of lacking basic human needs such as nutrition, clean water, health care, clothing and shelter because of the inability to afford them. This is also referred to as absolute poverty or destitution.
Relative poverty
the condition of having fewer resources or less income than others within a society or country. In general, the U.S. has some of the highest relative poverty rates among industrialized countries, reflecting the high inequality of incomes.
How are poverty measures still gleaned?
amount of income spent on food
Why is the way poverty measured unfair?
its gone from 1/3 to 1/7 of average family expenses and has not adjusted for substantial variation in cost of living between areas and some income sources are or are not included unfairly (like assistance counts as income)
Factors affecting the growing number of poor persons
Decreased earnings
Increased unemployment rates
Changes in the labor force
Increase in female-headed households
Inadequate education and job skills
Inadequate antipoverty programs and welfare benefits
Weak enforcement of child support statutes
Dwindling Social Security payments to children
Increased numbers of children born to single women
How does poverty influence health across the lifespan
Higher rates of chronic illness
Higher infant morbidity and mortality
Shorter life expectancy
More complex health problems
More significant complications and physical limitations resulting from chronic disease
Hospitalization rates three times more than for persons with higher incomes
Persistent Poverty
county level measure where 20% or more of populations lives in poverty over the last 30 years, measured by the US census
Groups at disproportionate risk of health disparity
Hispanics
blacks
American Indians and Alaskan natives
low income individuals
uninsured whites
What are groups are disproportionate risk for health disparity exactly at risk for
being uninsured
lack access to care
receive poorer quality care
experience worse health outcomes
People of color frequently report higher prevalence of health conditions like …
diabetes, asthma, and heart disease
What are some health status indicators
Infant Mortality
Immunizations
Children with Oral Health Problems
Child and Teen Deaths
Life Expectancy
Mental Health
Mental Illness
Alcohol and Drug Use, Dependence, and Treatment
Opioid Overdose Deaths
Oral Health
Suicide
Education - on time high school graduation
Social Security Act of 1935
created largest federal support program for elderly and poor americans
Social Security act amendments of 1965, Medicare, and Medicaid
provided for health care needs of elderly, poor,. and disabled persons
health insurance portability and accountability act of 1996
intended to help people keep their health insurance when moving from one place to another
Title XXI of the social security act 1997
provides for the state children’s health insurance program (SCHIP) to provide funds to uninsured children
Balanced budget act of 1997
influenced the use of resources for providing health services
Patient protection and affordable care act of 2010
provision for reducing the growth of future medicare expenditures
The HHS Disparities Action Plan
establishes a vision of “a nation free of disparities in health and health care” and sets out a series of priorities, strats, actions, and goals to achieve the vision
the HHS Disparities action plan builds off of what
existing USDHHS initiatives such as health people
How does the ACA impact health and health care disparities
advances efforts to reduce disparities and to improve health and health care for vulnerable populations.
The ACA health coverage expansions will significantly increase coverage options for low- and moderate-income populations and particularly benefit vulnerable populations.
The ACA also includes provisions to strengthen the safety-net delivery system, improve access to providers, promote greater workforce diversity and increase cultural competence, strengthen data collection and research efforts, and implement an array of prevention and public health initiatives.
Current Trend in Nursing Approaches to Care in the community
trend toward providing more comprehensive family centered services when treating vulnerable population groups; family centered “one stop” services in locations where people live and work
Wrap Around Services
comprehensive health social and economic services either directly or through referrals
social and economic services that will help ensure effectiveness of health services are “wrapped around” clients in the community
What are comprehensive services
health services that focus on more than one health problem or concern
What are important nursing approaches to care in the community
Trends
wrap around services
comprehensive services
advocacy
social justice
culturally and linguistically appropriate health care