Disparities In Vulnerable Populations
Identify a vulnerable population that you see in your caseload or that lives in your community.
Describe the effect of disparities of health services to that population on health-promotion outcomes.
The effect these disparities have on health-promotion outcomes is significant as lack of access to quality medical care increases risk for chronic physical and mental illnesses that could otherwise be prevented or managed more effectively with earlier intervention and treatment. This can lead to poorer prognosis overall, greater financial burden associated with long-term management costs, decreased quality life individuals within community potentially leading displacement homelessness even suicide attempts filling emergency rooms instead usual preventative visits.
By creating initiatives aimed at tackling these issues such providing interpreters certain hospital departments nonprofits which offer free help navigating insurance programs aid connecting low income people resources needed maintain safe housing there great potential reduce disparity between refugees immigrants rest population ultimately promote healthier outcomes across board when comes promoting healthy lifestyles better access quality healthcare services available those who need them most!