- Explain in your own words what health disparities and cultural competence mean.
- Choose one minority group and discuss the following questions and/or concerns.
What are major health issues?
What are major risk factors/leading causes of death or injury?
How do health disparities and other specific problems impact these health issues?
Identify community health strategies that may prevent or improve #1 or #2? Identify these strategies in terms of primary, secondary or tertiary prevention levels.
The following are videos about health disparities and health equity. If you want, include them in your discussions, although not required.
http://www.cdc.gov/minorityhealth/strategies2016/index.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBNWaQM2JrE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehKXuYqjHbA
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