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The purpose of this assignment is to discover how social determinants affect the health of a particular population.
The first step of this assignment is to choose a location and disease process from the following list: An emergency department in New Orleans; addiction, hypertension management A rural tribal clinic in northeast Arizona; addiction, diabetes management A children's clinic in McAllen, TX; obesity, diabetes management
Describe the setting of your facility.
Describe the chosen population. Explain how social determinants affect the population's health status. Analyze how this health status affects the demand for health care. Provide one or two ways this health issue can be addressed.
how social determinants affect the health of a particular population.
Social determinants of health care in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, and age that affect a whole group of health, functioning, and quality-of-life expectations and risks.
A rural tribal clinic in northeast Arizona; addiction, diabetes management
Service centere are located across central Arizona, northern Nevada and Northwestern Utah.
Clinical set-up
The clinics are operated between 5am to 5pm on weekdays. An emergency department is open around the clock in the area to treat accidental emergencies. And well occupied with doctors and nurses
Describe the chosen population
Native American Indians are mainly utilise this fecility here . They are from the same vicinity.each community has 6000 approximate population is reported.
Explain how social determinants affect the population's health status.
They go hand in hand. If social determinants are positive like quality education, living conditions, quality of life, peaceful neighborhood and no substance abuses can promote the health status of a particular population and vice versa.
Provide one or two ways this health issue can be addressed.
Delivery of great health care is a responsibility of the governments. In order to ensure quality health care the social determinants must be favourable. Educate and train illiterate community and we can sort this problem out. Follow up on this issue can reduce the bitter outcomes to a minimal level.