Public health and health care professionals must understand the unique issues and circumstances of special populations. This understanding must lead to advocacy and efforts to reduce health care disparities for populations at risk for poor health outcomes, especially for individuals from racial and ethnic minorities. In this paper, you will examine health care disparities and inequities for a population. Please answer all the following questions or issues in your paper 1) Select from the following list of racial and ethnic minority populations such as: Native American, African American, HispanidLatino, Asian and Pacific Islander; or those considered vulnerable or undeserved such as: The elderly, women and children, the poor or lower socioeconomic status, individuals with HIV/AIDS, individuals from rural or medically undeserved areas 2) Describe characteristics of this population, the health care disparities individuals from this population experience, and the health trends associated with this population. 3) What root causes in public health programs or health care system inequities contribute to these disparities? 4) In what ways do provisions of the Affordable Care Act serve to address these disparities?
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