Question

. What can or should be done when populations are disproportionately unhealthy or at higher risk for certain health conditions? Provide an example of a population that is disproportionately unhealthy or at higher risk for a particular health condition. Be sure to clearly identify the population and the condition. 2. What is cultural competence? Could the absence or presence of cultural competency be related to health disparities? 3. Is the concept of health disparities a new idea? How many years ago did people first start writing and speaking about health disparities?

Answer 1

The health of an individual is also the responsibility of the nation.When a group of individuals are unhealthy or at a higher risk of a certain disease it affects the growth and economy of the country.

• Therefore the government must implement laws on food and safety
• Make available necessary drugs
• Implement programs for disease control
• Identify the high risk group and provide necessary medical and financial assistance.
• Conduct regular surveillance
• Spread awareness through mass media
• Promote research

An example of a population that is disproportionately unhealthy or at higher risk for a particular health condition is the people from developing and under developed nation.They are at a very high risk on many infections communicable diseases also disease due to nutritional deficiencies.

Cultural competence is defined as the ability of providers and organizations to effectively deliver health care services that meet the social, cultural, and linguistic needs of patients.

Thee absence or presence of cultural competency is related to health disparities. For example in developing nations the urban areas receive good medicine facilities while the rural and remote area have no access to these services.

Health equity has long been an ideal, with roots in social medicine reaching back into the mid-nineteenth century when visionary public health leaders and social critics recognized that social and class inequalities led to inequities in health.