Assignment: Disparity Analysis HLT 205

Assignment: Disparity Analysis HLT 205

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This is a benchmark assignment.

As a health care professional, it is important not only to be aware of underserved populations but the similarities and differences among these populations. In this assignment, you will create a chart in Microsoft Word that profiles two minority populations, which can be selected from the options on the Office of Minority Health (OMH) website:

The Office of Minority Health

The Office of Minority Health

The Office of Minority Health

http://minorityhealth.hhs.gov/omh/browse.aspx?lvl=2&lvlid=26

Your profile for each population needs to contain information for the following categories:

Demographics: How large is the group’s population size within the United States? What is the age range that comprises the largest segment of the population?

Cultural Norms: Lifestyle and diet habits that may have a significant impact on health.

Religious and Spiritual Beliefs: Are there belief systems that may impact health-related decisions?

Primary Insurance Coverage: What portion of the population has coverage?

Education: What is the average education level for this population?

Medical Conditions: Are there medical conditions common to the population?

Outreach: What efforts have been made to increase medical access to the population?

Based on the chart’s information, write a 800-1,000 word  paper that discusses the following:

The similarities and differences of these two groups with regard to accessing health care.

As health care professionals, could we address these factors so as to increase trust in these populations?

What role do you believe cultural proficiency among health care professionals may have in mitigating the challenges in providing service to these groups?

While GCU style format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using GCU documentation guidelines, which can be found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.