Ethnic and Racial Health Care Disparities and DiseaseResources
- Ethnic and Racial Health Care Disparities and Disease Scoring Guide.
The Department of Health and Human Service (DHHS) Healthy People 2010 framework made a statement about a nation’s concern for health. The two goals established were to increase quality and years of healthy life, and to eliminate health disparities.
This assignment asks you to identify, reflect on, and build awareness about disparities in health and diseases between ethnic and racial groups. The following activities or considerations are important in preparing to submit your assignment:
- After completing the studies in this unit, visit the CultureVision Web site, HealthyPeople.gov, or similar sources. Select two ethnic or racial groups, and use one or both Web sites to study illnesses and related issues, health promotion, or other health disparities for this assignment.
- For your course project, you will be selecting ethnic groups to develop a Cultural Competence Development Plan for an organization that you choose. With this in mind, consider using this assignment to begin your research on the ethnic group you plan to use for your project.
- Locus of control is an important factor when considering how much control different groups and individuals have over their own health. For example, Richard L. Daft (2008) discusses those who have internal locus of control (they have control) or external locus of control (left to fate or outside influences).
In a 2–3 page paper, address the following:
- Select two ethnic or racial groups. Identify and discuss in detail at least one illness or disease for which this group shows a high incidence rate. Include your explanation, or hypothesis, for the possible reasons involved.
- For the two groups you select, consider one health care disparity for each. Identify possible explanations for the disparity in relation to each group. As you think about locus of control, to what extent do you think each ethnic or racial group has control over decreasing health care disparities?
- Place yourself in the role of a health care leader. Imagine that your hospital had a significant aging population among patients. How important would it be for your staff to understand disease prevention and health promotion for the aging, and how might you lead this effort?
Review the Ethnic and Racial Health Care Disparities and Disease Scoring Guide to see how you will be graded on this assignment.
Submit your Ethnic and Racial Health Care Disparities and Disease paper in the assignment area by Sunday of this week.
Ethnic and Racial Health Care Disparities and Disease Scoring Guide
Due Date: End of Unit 2.
Percentage of Course Grade:5%.
Identify high-incidence diseases in particular ethnic or racial groups.
25%Does not identify high-incidence diseases in particular ethnic or racial groups. Identifies one high-incidence disease in a particular ethnic or racial group. Identifies high-incidence diseases in particular ethnic or racial groups. Identifies high-incidence diseases in particular ethnic or racial groups and identifies apparent patterns.Describe the values, beliefs, and behaviors of a particular cultural group in relation to impact on quality of health care.
25%Does not describe the values, beliefs, and behaviors of a particular cultural group in relation to impact on quality of health care. Describes a value, belief, or behavior of a particular cultural group in relation to impact on quality of health care. Describes the values, beliefs, and behaviors of a particular cultural group in relation to impact on quality of health care. Describes and analyzes the values, beliefs, and behaviors of a particular cultural group in relation to impact on quality of health care.Identify and describe health care disparities in particular ethnic or racial groups.
25%Does not identify or describe health care disparities in particular ethnic or racial groups. Identifies, but does not describe health care disparities in particular ethnic or racial groups. Identifies and describes health care disparities in particular ethnic or racial groups. Identifies, describes, and attempts to explain health care disparities in particular ethnic or racial groups.Provide examples of the impact of locus of control on health care disparities.
25%Does not provide examples of the impact of locus of control on health care disparities. Provides an example of the impact of locus of control on health care disparities. Provides examples of the impact of locus of control on health care disparities.
Provides examples of the impact of locus of control on health care disparities and describes the dynamics involved.
