Barriers to Healthcare for Women and Minorities

Poverty and lack of education are two big barriers to healthcare for women and min" rel="nofollow">inorities. Low levels of education are associated with low life expectancies and high mortality rates. People livin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">in poverty often lack education about when, why, and where to access healthcare. There have been various legislative activities in" rel="nofollow">in the US to improve public health.On the basis of your understandin" rel="nofollow">ing of the access to healthcare facilities and impacts of barriers to healthcare access, answer the followin" rel="nofollow">ing questions: Explain" rel="nofollow">in at least three public health campaigns targetin" rel="nofollow">ing access to healthcare for women and/or min" rel="nofollow">inorities. Describe at least two aspects of their advertisin" rel="nofollow">ing strategies that have addressed in" rel="nofollow">income and education. Abortion has been the subject of numerous legislative activities in" rel="nofollow">in the United States. How have various legislations affected low-in" rel="nofollow">income and min" rel="nofollow">inority women? Describe the legal battle over birth control devices in" rel="nofollow">in the United States. Include how access to healthcare has been affected by the legal decisions. Describe the legal barriers to healthcare access for low-in" rel="nofollow">income immigrant min" rel="nofollow">inorities. Review the articles, "Ethnic and gender disparities in" rel="nofollow">in needed adolescent mental health care, and "Overlooked and underserved: Improvin" rel="nofollow">ing the health of men of color". Explain" rel="nofollow">in what it means to be "overlooked" by the healthcare system. Discuss at least two examples that illustrate why min" rel="nofollow">inorities are often overlooked in" rel="nofollow">in the healthcare system. Do you agree or disagree with these reasons, why or why not? Despite the fact that school-based psychological counselin" rel="nofollow">ing is available to all students, Thomas et al., report that ethnic disparities in" rel="nofollow">in mental healthcare access and utilization still persist. Explain" rel="nofollow">in why this disparity exists. What can be done to decrease mental health access and utilization barriers for low-in" rel="nofollow">income and min" rel="nofollow">inority students? What strategies does former U.S. Surgeon General, David Satcher, M.D., discuss that will decrease the potential for min" rel="nofollow">inorities to be overlooked by the healthcare system?