Tag: Beyond socioeconomic status

Examine the influence of social and cultural constructs to sickness and healing while differentiating between preventive and curative services and the need for balancing these services from a financial perspective.

List and explain reasons why the health status of a country plays an important role in its economic status.

Create a table that shows how the access, quality, and cost of health care are influenced by the low-income, middle-income, and high-income status of an economy.

Assignment Objectives
Examine the influence of social and cultural constructs to sickness and healing while differentiating between preventive and curative services and the need for balancing these services from a financial perspective.

What responsibilities do key public health stakeholders have, if any? As a health educator, what type of prevention activities and detection of chronic disease you are recommending?

Reflection 3 – Four Years Old and 101 Pounds

Chidhood obesity has both immediate and long-term negative effects on health and wellness. Over the last thirty years, childhood obesity has grown to epidemic proportions, with childhood rates almost doubling, and adolescents almost quadrupling.

After watching the video below, reflect on childhood obesity, and how lack of knowledge and skill, attitudes towards food, socioeconomic environment, and culture can affect eating behaviors.

What responsibilities do key public health stakeholders have, if any?

Based on the case presented in the video, what nutritional and physical activity plans would you recommend? Be specific – Do not just say the child needs to “eat better.”

As a health educator, what type of prevention activities and detection of chronic disease you are recommending?

Four years old, 101 pounds

What are the central concepts being explored (e.g. pain, grief, etc.)?Are most of the references recent (less than 10 years old)? YES NO

Research Question(s) in the article:

What are the central concepts being explored (e.g. pain, grief, etc.)?

Are most of the references recent (less than 10 years old)? YES NO

What is the research design (historical research, case study, grounded theory, phenomenology, etc.)?

What are the characteristics of the participants who were included in and excluded from the study (e.g. age, health status, gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic, education, etc.)?

Do you think the methods used to select the participants for the study biased the results? YES NO
Why?

Did the researcher critically examine his/her own role, potential bias, and influence?
YES NO UNSURE

Did many participants refuse to participate, withdraw from the study, drop out or die?
YES NO NOT STATED

Were there any co-existing influences that could have affected the participants’ behavior?
YES NO
If YES, what were they?

What method(s)/tool(s) were used for data collection? (circle as appropriate)

How were the data were recorded (tape recorder, field notes, video, etc.)?

Were methods used to ensure rigor of the data collected; if so, what were they?

What was the environment where the data was collected?
Do you think the data collection methods biased the results?
YES NO

Was informed consent obtained? YES NO

Was the client reasonably able to participate? YES NO

Was the study potentially/actually harmful to client/other? YES NO

List any ethical principles ignored (e.g. truth, confidentiality, etc.)

What methods of data analyses were used? How were categories/themes derived?

What were the main findings of the study? (the major concepts/themes that emerged)

Were any statistics used? YES NO NOT APPLICABLE

Were there clinically significant findings?

If yes, what were they?

DISCUSSION:

Do you agree with the investigator’s opinion? YES NO
If not, why not?

Are the results consistent with past research? YES NO NOT APPLICABLE
If not, why not?Overall, what is the risk of bias in this study?

Does the bias influence your confidence in using the results?

Are the results transferable?

What disability disparity is the author referencing. What can you do as a nurse to address the disparity and ensure a positive outcome for patients? Consider Lewis’ model. What biases might act as barriers to access to care for members of culturally diverse groups?

Discussion 3&4

Discussion Question: Dicussion #3

Like healthcare disparities, disability disparities refer to the differences in service delivery, disability experiences, or clinical outcomes based on one’s membership in a particular group such as age, race, culture, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status (Kersey-Matusiak, 2019).

Conduct a literature search to locate a journal article related to disability disparities. What disability disparity is the author referencing. What can you do as a nurse to address the disparity and ensure a positive outcome for patients? Consider Lewis’ model. What biases might act as barriers to access to care for members of culturally diverse groups?

What is the comparison in health outcomes between the United States and other highly developed countries? What does the role of policy seem to be? Be sure to cite the text at least once.

TV Media and Reality: An Observation

What are some ways that gender, race, and the interaction between them affects health above
and beyond socioeconomic status? What might this suggest in terms of possible policies? Be
sure to cite the text at least once.

What are some (at least 2) existing policies you can think of that connect to health in the United
States? Suggest at least one new health-relevant policy that should be considered? Explain the
benefit(s) of this proposed policy. Be sure to cite the text at least once.

What is the comparison in health outcomes between the United States and other highly
developed countries? What does the role of policy seem to be? Be sure to cite the text at least
once.