Question

What are examples of inequity in healthcare in the community

Answer 1

Health inequity in the community occurs based on socioeconomic status, geographical factors, environmental condition, and living conditions. The community faces a lot of challenges in the employment, public safety, housing, education etc. The main causes of inequities are

1. Intrapersonal, interpersonal, institutional organize and distribution of resources based on race, gender, age, sex.
2. Unequal allocation of resources. Ex: goods and services.
3. Social, political, and economic influence.

Examples of inequities in healthcare in the community

• structural Disparities in the community leads to inequities in the health outcomes within the society and between the society. For Ex: African American women give low-birth-weight babies more likely.
• Some systemic policies and practices sort of resources based on racism and socio-economic status. For Ex: access to good water, housing, in high-income group.
• Black women associated with poverty that affect their health.
• Social determinants of health lead to health inequities between rich and poor.
• Racial Inequities i.e whites are more prone to health conditions such as diabetes, chronic diseases, stroke, cancer, and AIDS.
• Children in the slum die before the age of 5 compared to children with sophisticated life.
• Colourblindness is more prevalent in the male than female.
• Health outcomes are poor in the low economic group due to unsanitary water, low-quality living conditions.
• Children are less immunized in the slum than the high-income class.
• Low economic and uneducated people are lack of awareness of preventive measures in the community.