...Minority Health Care Joseph A. Campbell University of Phoenix Minority Health Care Americans would prefer to believe that as a society there has been progress concerning equality among the sexes and races. Over the years there have been huge strides such as women gaining the right to vote, and the passage of the equal rights bill. Unfortunately, with all the good that has transpired over the years there are still parts of American society that are still heavily influenced by race; health care is one of those areas. “A large and growing body of research indicates that race/ethnicity continues to matter in the U.S. health care system. About 1 in 3 residents of the United States self-identify as either African Americans, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian/Pacific American, or Latino” (Kaiser Family Foundation, 2011, p1). The reality for many of these Americans is that when comparing their health indicators against the rest of the population (White Americans) the results are a higher rate of illnesses and deaths from health conditions such as stroke, heart diseases, diabetes, specific cancers, asthma, HIV/AIDS, diabetes, and hepatitis-b (Office of Minority Health, 2010). Many Americans have access to needed health care; however there are certain barriers that make it very hard for much of the population to receive the help they need. Lack of insurance and the inability to access health care providers are some of the barriers that face many Americans. ...
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...STaCS Submission Front Sheet | | | |STUDENT/ REG No | | |33267992 | | | | | |PROGRAMME | | |NAME & YEAR | | |BA Social Work 2013/2014 | | | | | |MODULE CODE: | | |SW51020A | | | | ...
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...1. There are many challenges faced by minorities in regards to the health care system, for example insurance I inaccessible to undocumented citizens without insurance their ability to pay for medical help is virtually nonexistent. The price of medical care and the threat of deportation keep many undocumented citizens from seeking out medical help. Those who live in poverty run a higher risk of contraction of diseases such as HIV and Aids and are even more likely to be uninsured this often leads to a patient being unable to afford medical care and vital medications. 2. Another struggle minorities face is the language barrier. If they are unable to communicate in the common language of the land it becomes increasingly more difficult to seek...
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...Mental Health Care Disparities: Consequences of Ineffectiveness and Lack of Access for Minorities Ebony Marinnie RN Rowan University Mental Health Care Disparities: Consequences of ineffectiveness and lack of access for minorities For ages mental illness has been seen as the ultimate curse. The mentally ill were seen as possessed, hidden from society, and never talked about. In America, it is estimated that 26.2 percent of people ages 18 and older suffer from a diagnosed mental disorder in a given year (Kessler,Chiu, Walters, & Demler, 2005). The aforementioned statistics reflect those that have sought or been forced into treatment. There are many left uncounted due to lack of access and ineffective treatment secondary to a number of reasons. Considering history, discrimination, personal perception, socioeconomic status, educational backgrounds and a host of other reasons many minority groups are reluctant to seek out treatment in what many may consider a system of mental health created and sustained primarily for the middle and upper-class White America. In fact, 60 percent of people with mental illnesses do not receive treatment (Kessler et al., 2005). The purpose of this paper is to discuss mental health care disparities in minority populations within American society, and to suggest some needed changes to close the gap in America. One quarter of all Americans meet the criteria for having a mental illness and a quarter of those have a disorder that significantly...
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...I never understood why minority groups suffered from poor health, I suspected it was because they had poor access to health care. However, it was really shocking to read about the environmental racism that exists in our society. That the reason for poor health among minority groups was due to the environment and conditions of the neighborhoods they lived in. Unfortunately the reason for their poor health status was due to the segregation of minorities forming ghettos. The “ghettos” were often underfunded, polluted, and unsanitary. It makes sense how a person’s daily environment can impact their health. Yet, these environments and the segregations of people all occurred institutionally. Everyone deserves to live in clean and healthy environment. There is enough evidence to show the correlation between health and living conditions, so the question remains why hasn’t anyone done something about it. Well, there lies another problem with the institutional racism; these minority groups concerns are not being represented and their voices are not heard. Even more so, if people are not aware of the problem at hand then there only so much they can do....
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...P5 The role of the Public Services in promoting Equality and Diversity .The methods used by Public Services to ensure they have a diverse workforce Are the following: * Bullying and Harassment at work Policies * Policies designed to prevent bullying * They state what should be done if it happens * State responsibility is up to the individual Policy / procedures to prevent discrimination and promote equality and diversity: * Equal opportunities procedure * Grievance procedure * Bullying and harassment * Anti-discrimination * Complaints procedure P5 Georgia Johnson S188918 Citizenship assessment Equal opportunities - These policies are set out to say how employees should be treated in terms of recruitment selections, training or promotion. The policies are mostly based on codes of practice issued by Equality and Human rights commission Complaints procedure- Each ups service will have a complaints procedure to follow , and to be able to use my general public or other organisations to report poor service or any other issues that they may have or concern. For example the police complaints commission deals with complaints against police officers or for the behaviour and conduct in one or more officers during incidents or arrests. Grievance procedure – Is a standardised list of procedures and steps which should be taken when an employee has an issue or a problem which cannot be solved on an informal basis, e.g. unfair treatment...
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...Teeth is a novel written by Zadie Smith that tells a story about how culture and power coexist. Smith closely examines how culture and power play a part of everyday life. White Teeth takes place in London, UK, and it focuses on the lives of many individuals with different backgrounds and cultures. In the London from White Teeth there is a strong relationship between culture and power and it shows how they intersect. In the London portrayed in White Teeth power can dominate cultures, and dominant cultures can oppress and make other smaller cultures feel unwelcome. Culture and power can be conflicting towards one another. Throughout this novel we can see how power clearly dominates over culture. Cultures can be often disregarded if it is a minority from where they are located. This novel illustrates how power often defeats culture. One way to show the superiority of power over culture is how culture plays a role in one’s community. Samad, a character from the book, is a Muslim from Bangladesh; he has been living in London since the end of World War 2. Samad has two twin boys, Magid and Millat, and they attend school in London. While they were in school they were supposed to participate in The Harvest Festival. Samad was unhappy about this because he wanted his children to be able to participate in other Bangladesh cultures and holidays that pertained to his religion. Samad brought up his unhappiness at a parent meeting at the school that the lack of different cultures was unfair and...
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...fine each of these terms? aTe two key terms in okin's arlrcle' How does she de- originallypublisheditlheBostonReview,october/November199?'ReprintedinsusanMollerOkin'IsMulticulc' Nussbaum (Princeton: PrinceMatthew Howard' and Martha turalism Bad for women? edited by Joshua cohen, Press, 1999). ton UniversitY Chapter 7 . Gender 287 2. Why, according to Kymticka, do certain minority groups deserve special group rights? 3. \Mhat is the liberal response to Okin's crlttque?'Nhatrejoinder does Olcrn offer to this response? Until the past few decades, minority groups-immigrants as well as indigenous peoples-were typically expected to assimilate into majority cultures. This assimilationist expectation is now often considered oppressive, and many Western countries are seeking to devise new policies that are more responsive to persistent cultural differences. The appropriate policies vary with context: Countries such as England with established churches or state supported religious education find it hard to resist demands to extend state support to minority religious schools; countries such as France...
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...discuss care for clients wrestling with homosexual preference. It will also discuss care for clients trying to find their sexuality. The paper will discuss disputes and ethical issues for working with sexual minority clients. It will also discuss embracing multicultural concepts when working with sexually minority clients. It will discuss the importance of informed consent when working with sexually minority clients. It will also discuss the referral process when working with clients. Then the author will discuss what the chapter means to them. They will discuss different ideas and concepts taken from the chapter. Lastly, the author will discuss the action they will take as a result of the information learned in the chapter. Summarize This chapter focuses on treating people who are confused with their sexuality or those with the homosexual preference as a Christian clinician. A Christian clinician must focus on ethical guides to treat clients. “Those guides include competence, integrity, client well-being and respect for client autonomy.” (Sanders, R. K. 2013) In order to become competent in treating sexual minority clients you must become knowledgeable of history, cause and research related to the topic. You will then be able to apply the knowledge to the mental health needs of the client. You will want to learn if their sexual identity is the cause of their mental distress or if it is unrelated. If it is the cause of the mental distress they are likely to bring it up. They...
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...Minorities in Prison, Why So Many? Jennifer A. Spry ENG 122: English Composition II Ava Hardiek January 7, 2013 Minorities in Prison, Why So Many? Introduction Racism has been a part of history for many years and is a very real problem in the world, not just in the United States. For example, New England colonists fled to a new land, later to be known as America, for religious freedom from European dictators, early settlers of the United States enslaved African-Americans, Adolf Hitler murdered millions of Jewish people, and Middle Eastern Muslim terrorists destroyed the World Trade Towers killing thousands. In the United States, before the Civil rights movement, African-Americans were severely discriminated against. They were not allowed into certain restaurants, they were given restrooms and water fountains that were only used by “colored people”, and they were forced to sit in the back of the bus. Schools and neighborhoods were segregated and interracial relationships were forbidden. Racism was considered socially acceptable and the judicial system upheld arrests and convictions of those that did not conform to the laws. It was impossible for a person of color to receive a fair trial. Today the judicial system is designed to punish criminals for the crime not their minority status, but the truth can still be twisted by racism. Some people argue that the law is flawed and the courts are biased because we are judged by a group of people who are randomly selected to decide...
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...Introduction Social health is the key to success, having the ability to have healthy relationships and interactions with people; it will be beneficial not only in your social life but also in your workplace. When it comes to thinking about your future having the capacity of adapting easily to new social situations and having appropriate daily behaviors will open many doors for you. It is important that each and every one of us is able to have a healthy and positive social health for the following reasons; Social health does not only create the ability to relate and network with people but also to express your feelings to others instead of just keeping it to yourself. It sustains health and wellness with positive reinforcement from family, friends, and even your neighbors. It is very important that as a community we build confidence and great self-esteem since it will give all of us the strength and guidance to be able to rely on each other and provide encouragement to live your lives in a healthy and happy manner. Problem Statement The lack of inequality with underrepresented students seems to be an issue for many years. We the underrepresented many times just let it go by, but it should not be that way. Being able to be successful in college also means good social integration. In a study done in the University of California Santa Cruz and University of Minnesota they mention in an article, “Identity and Academic Success among Underrepresented Ethnic Minorities: An Interdisciplinary...
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...Assess the view that ethnic minority pupil’s underachievement in education is the result of teacher labelling and racism (20 marks) A students ethnicity can be a large influencing factor on their education, many teachers are racist, labelling students on their ‘race’ or ethnicity. A person’s race is the biological differences from person to person, for example skin colour. Whereas ethnicity entirely depends on the individual. Ethnicity is influenced by numerous factors such as ancestry, experience of racism, language, geographical location, and so on. According to the question being of an ethnic minority causes underachievement, meaning that white British students should be achieving highest in the UK. This is not the case, many ethnic minorities achieve better results than white British students. According to government statistics, Chinese and Indian students received the highest percentage of grades of grades A* to C at GCSE in 2010/11. White British pupils are the mid achieving students, with Pakistani and Black Caribbean students achieving the lowest GCSE results. Many teachers label their students, due to stereotypical or racist viewpoints they hold and this can often to lead to underachievement. According to Gillborn and Youdell (2000), teachers are quicker to punish black students than others of different ethnicities for similar behaviour. This leads to many black students being anti-school, rejecting education and then underachieving. Mirza (1992) found after studying...
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...leaders acknowledge that workplace diversity and cultural competence are important to providing health services, as cited by (Davis, 1998). Perceptions of nursing managers related to workplace diversity and cultural competences have not been a focus of any research studies. There have been studies done on nurse job satisfaction which have focused on a range of aspects, there have only been a few that have focused on workplace diversity and cultural competence from the nurse managers’ perspectives. Health care settings as an organization commonly accept workplace diversity and cultural competence as a competitive edge, as cited by (Davis, 1998). There has not been many links to nurses eminence of work life and the factors related to workplace diversity and cultural competence. Value of work life is defined here as the individuals estimation of need fulfillment and enjoyment of one’s job and career. Nurses job satisfaction is considered a factor of quality of nurses work life. This paper will portray the need for a study to be done among Nurse Managers perceptions of workplace diversity, cultural competence and job satisfaction. This paper will also show that there is an under representation of racial and ethnic minorities in the nursing field and of how the need for more diverse nursing faculty is crucial....
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...Research Paper The experience of ethnic minority workers in the hotel and catering industry: Routes to support and advice on workplace problems Ref: 03/06 2006 Prepared by: Tessa Wright and Anna Pollert (Working Lives Research Institute, London Metropolitan University) Funded by Acas and the European Social Fund For any further information on this study, or other aspects of the Acas Research and Evaluation programme, please telephone 020 7210 3673 or email research@acas.org.uk Acas research publications can be found at http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=405 ISBN 0-9554830-0-X ISBN 978-0-9554830-0-4 The Experience of Ethnic Minority Workers in the Hotel and Catering Industry: Routes to Support and Advice on Workplace Problems Ref: 03/06 2006 Prepared by: Tessa Wright and Anna Pollert (Working Lives Research Institute, London Metropolitan University) Funded by Acas and the European Social Fund Acknowledgements The authors would like to thank the European Social Fund and Acas for providing financial support to the project, and Acas staff also for their guidance during the project, in particular Margaret Fox, Anthony Gould and Gill Dix. The project benefited greatly from the contributions of the Project Advisory Group, both in suggestions made on methodology, access and content at meetings, and help in accessing research participants. Many individuals and organisations helped us in gaining access to workers to interview...
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...Page 10 VI. CONCLUSION…………………………………………………..…….Page 11 VII. REFERENCES……………………………………………………..…..Page 12-13-14 VIII. APPENDICE…………………………………………………………..Page 15 I. ------------------------------------------------- INTRODUCTION The recent growth of new ethnic populations in Western societies raised lots of issues. In fact, the ethnic activity is not any more a question of historic interest; nor is it the concern of the company. Because new ethnic populations grew at the same time as Western economies, they are in a phase of slow growth and are facing the massive technological challenge; the ethnic adaptation and the mobility are central questions. (Waldinger 1990). In Europe, the activities managed by persons of minority ethnic groups were always present, but changeable historic circumstances increased jutting out to them and visibility during the last decades. First of all, the important immigration of former colonies of Southern Europe and North Africa led to a considerable migration. Secondly, thirty years of economic change caused a fundamental transformation of the labor market and a general change of the employment in big companies to the independent work in young companies. This tendency struck certain groups of immigrant much harder than the other native populations, which is reflected by the higher...
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