Vulnerable Population in the Workplace Back in 1999 the U.S. Health Department set a goal to, “eliminate disparities in health and in access to service for minorities,” for Healthy People 2010 (Crist, 2002). 2010 has come and gone, and although there have been improvements that goal continues to be in place for Healthy People 2020. Some vulnerable populations are still at risk and face many barriers preventing them access to proper healthcare. Attempting to overcome these barriers will often fall
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illegally. Some come to the United States hoping for a better paying job, a better education, or better health care. Immigrants would have the ability to give themselves and their children a better education than they could get from their own countries. Many immigrants are tired of getting paid less when they can go to the United States to earn a better wage. In the homeland of immigrants, they have poor health care compared to the United States. Similarly, the protagonist Lourdes, from the novel Enrique’s
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America was founded and built by the hands of immigrants from across the globe. Irish, German, British, Jewish, Catholic, Russian, Polish, Swedish- the list goes on. But where did we draw the line? At what point were immigrants considered “illegal” and obligated to obtain citizenship? Why is immigration at its highest? Most immigrants are in desperate search of the “American Dream” and the freedoms that our country offers. But the toll it is taking on the American people and our pockets is terrifying
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HCA 430 Vulnerable Population Summary and Proposed Program The first of your two written assignments for the course will provide a beginning framework that you will utilize in the development of your Final Project: a proposal for a community-based program in your area. For this first written assignment, you will select one of the vulnerable groups identified in the text that will serve as your target population of interest throughout the duration of your next written assignment and Final Project
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employers in many service industries contend that the absence of immigrant workers would cause a major catastrophe in the U.S. economy. These groups, specifically, refer to the absence of the unauthorized workforce (Caulfield, 2006). Undocumented workers are estimated to fill 25% of all agricultural, 17% of office and house cleaning, 14% of construction, and 12% of food preparation jobs. Estimates suggest that about 850,000 unauthorized immigrants enter the U.S. annually, and have done so since 1990, for
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Katelyn Dew Field Experience #5- Visit a health agency Nutritional- Name of agency- Health and Human Services Department (HCHHS) Address- 8000 North Stadium Drive, Houston, TX 77054 Website- http://www.houstontx.gov/health/Community/nutritionpage.html Phone number- 713-794-9090 Hours- 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Services- Counseling by: Registered Dietitians Licensed Nutritionists Graduate level Nutritionists/Dietitian Abuse Prevention- Name of agency- Harris County Child Abuse Task Force Address-
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marginalization and thereby prevent their criminalization. The denial of resources often provokes them to find an alternative source of resources. The most common alternatives chosen by them are to get involved in illegal activities that make them vulnerable to be marginalized. A child bought up in such a setup would rather loot others than be an educated professional. This
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llegal immigrants in the United States (US) have long been a topic of debate for policymakers and the public. The rationale about them is that they do not pay taxes; they add to the costs of taxpayers and use up funds in resources meant for assisting citizens and legal immigrants (the legal citizens). Therefore, they are perceived as a threat to the US economy. The true impacts of illegal immigrants on the US economy are discussed by debating over the economic benefits as well as economic costs of
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disproportionately poorer health outcomes among the Latinx community. “Delays in receiving treatment, coupled with the need for larger numbers of effective medical interpreters and culturally and linguistically competent providers, make Latinos more vulnerable and potentially more expensive to treat than other racial and ethnic groups with better English-language proficiency” (Ortega et al., 2016.) It is vital to understand the nuances of how these socioeconomic factors influence healthcare accessibility
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citizens of one state to another, a period termed as the age of Diasporas (Helman, 2007). The research will focus on immigrants, mainly asylum seekers and refugees with particular emphasis on the 72 asylum seekers from Lebanon who perished off the coast of Indonesia while heading to Australia. The research will address the plight of asylum seekers as one the most vulnerable populations. Migration to another country may be voluntary or voluntary. The involuntary migrants include asylum seekers, refugees
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