...is one that fits into one of the following criteria: “Individuals with disabilities; individuals from economically disadvantaged families, including foster children; individuals preparing for nontraditional training and employment; single parents, including single-pregnant women; displaced homemakers; and individuals with other barriers to educational achievement, including individuals with limited English proficiency ("Special Populations", 2014).” Many of the homeless fall into more than one category of Special Populations. The National Healthcare for the Homeless Council (2014) adopts the U .S. Department of Health and Human Services’ definition of what it means to be homeless stating a homeless person is, “ an individual who lacks housing (without regard to whether the individual is a member of a family), including an individual whose primary residence during the night is a supervised public or private facility (e.g., shelters) that provides temporary living accommodations, and an individual who is a resident in transitional housing.” Homelessness does not discriminate against age, adults and children are homeless. The most common causes of homelessness is a lack of affordable housing, poverty, unemployment, substance abuse, and mental illness ("Facts And Figures: The Homeless", 2010). As of 2009, one in 50 children in America were homeless, or approximately 1.5 million ("Facts And Figures: The Homeless", 2010). According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness...
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...The Healthcare Plight of the Hispanic Population in the United States Joanne Cortez Grand Canyon University March 13, 2016 The Healthcare Plight of the Hispanic Population in the United States Disparities in healthcare for Hispanic communities in the United States remains an alarming trend. Social and political inequities bare much of the responsibility of this humanitarian and economic crisis of healthcare. The burden of poverty, prejudice, racial discrimination, immigration status, language barrier, and lack of education are not easily solved and will continue until greater understanding of the complexities of Hispanic communities are better understood. With greater knowledge of the diverseness of this group and the application of social programs and awareness driven by stakeholders and Hispanic consumers of health, will divides be bridged and progress towards a healthier population be realized. This discussion will shed light on the rise of the Hispanic population and the continued barriers to equitable healthcare fostered by social and political disparities. This document will also outline an up and coming group with a potential for political leverage and a brighter future enabling future generations of Hispanics access to all levels of primary, secondary and tertiary care. Population and health status of Hispanics The Pew Research Center compiled findings from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2011 American...
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...Cost of U.S. HealthCare Lauren Tucker Strayer University Health Services Administration November 2015 Dr.Becky Foster Overall Impact on U.S. Economy The economy of the United States is made up by one sixth in health care dollars. In accordance with the CDC, in the year 2005, the U.S. had healthcare expenditures of 2.2 trillion dollars. At that time, the United States led all other nations in healthcare spending with an average of $6,700 per person. Now, in 2015, the total spending has reached 4 trillion dollars. These figures indicate that the U.S. is clearly leading all other nations in total healthcare spending. In accordance with the Dept. of Health and Human Services (2005), this growth in healthcare costs affects employment and inflation. This can also push the government to raise taxes, cut funds from other areas in the economy such as education or vital services (police, fire, ,etc.) and affect other human services. The high cost in healthcare can cause...
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...health care system? Are discrimination acts or indifferences in cultural diversity, poverty or classification asset level, unaware or in alerted to public safety and health services, uninform of current illness or diseases affecting society their signs or symptoms of this medical conditions. Also lack of communication barriers and challenges, and lack to access to health care and medical treatment because of inefficiency and miscommunication or misinform do to communication barriers and cultural differences. These effects are community, society and populations in many ways because many deaths could be avoided or prevented if we would reach out to the underprivileged or underclass and set aside our indifferences or disbelief and treat them as any other human being with respect , integrity, and dignity. all humans deserve to be informed ,treated equally and with fairness. "Promote High-Value, Safe, and Effective Health Care,Secure and Expand Health Insurance Coverage, Eliminate Health Disparities Promote Prevention and Wellness, Help Americans Achieve and Maintain Healthy Weight,Prevent and Reduce Tobacco Use Support the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, Put Children and Youth on the Path for Successful Futures, Promote Early Childhood Health and...
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...Health Care Reform for Children Valerie L. Briner HCAD 620 Professor Schutz Abstract Advancing toward universal health care has the possibility to improve access to care and better the health and wellbeing of uninsured children. This paper will discuss children and what medical coverage they may have and how healthcare reform should help get almost all children some type of healthcare. Currently, if a child is not covered under private insurance, Medicaid and CHIP can assist in covering the vulnerable groups, mostly because they are likely to be poor, belong to racial or ethnic minority groups or who have chronic health care problems. While both public and private insurance fail in meeting the needs of children, public coverage has been more persuasive than private coverage at providing managed health care to low-income children. Ideally health care reform could cause certain steps to promote the emotional, cognitive, and physical health of children, enable them to maximize their full potential. Such a focus would create application to such policy changes that could define solutions for failures in the current system and decrease discrepancy in access, quality, and outcomes. Healthcare Reform for Children The plan is set in place to overhaul the nation’s health care system. The goals of the health care reform proposals include moving the nation toward universal coverage, improving quality of care, and slowing the rate of...
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...Available online at www.sciencedirect.com Children and Youth Services Review 30 (2008) 774 – 786 www.elsevier.com/locate/childyouth The well-being of children in foster care: Exploring physical and mental health needs Dana J. Sullivan ⁎, Michiel A. van Zyl 1 University of Louisville, Kent School of Social Work, Louisville, KY 40292, United States Received 20 June 2007; received in revised form 22 July 2007; accepted 9 December 2007 Available online 17 December 2007 Abstract A census of children in foster care provided valuable insight into the well-being of children in one state. CHAID analysis on differences related to physical and mental health needs among various groups of children in foster care revealed a number of significant differences that are often overlooked in other types of analyses. Children's medical needs differ significantly by length of stay and emotional needs were more profound among children of certain ages. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Keywords: Foster care; Well-being; Mental health; Physical health; CHAID 1. Introduction Historically, social workers in child welfare have focused primarily on keeping children safe from abuse and neglect, and helping them return home safely or find new adoptive homes. However, Altshuler and Gleeson (1999) described the emphasis on safety and permanency, to the exclusion of well-being, as a triangle that can only be completed when well-being becomes a focus of child welfare services. In response to this emerging...
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...Provision- Introduction to Essay- During this essay I will be discussing the overall structure of social care provision in England. I will outline the different types of care provided by social services and what barriers may occur to prevent one from being able to use them. I will be analysing the structure of both the new and old social care provision, and discussing the changes which have been put in place. Lastly, I will concentrate on primary and secondary care, and looking at different types of regulation methods to ensure that social services are up to the government’s standards. The Structure of Social Care Provision- The Office of the Director is the central office at NIH (National Institutes of Health). It is responsible for setting policies, managing, planning and coordinating all of the activities for all of the NIH components. The Office of the Director is directly in charge of the Children’s Division, the Family Support Division, the MO HealthNet Division, the Division of Youth Services and the Information Technology Services Division. However, it holds responsible for all Divisions. The Children’s Division looks after children and young people; it includes services such as adoption services, foster care, abuse and neglect investigations and the child welfare manual. The Family Support Division helps to ensure that families achieve an appropriate level of self-support and care through needs based services. The MO HealthNet Division is...
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...choose the secular route of marriage by a justice of the peace, documentation of said marriage, while elective, is an important legal step in sanctifying a union in the eyes of any governing body. In effect, obtaining a marriage license is far and away more beneficial than simply remaining married under common or religious law. The greater goal of any marriage is, in retrospect, is relatively noble. One individual marries another in order to foster a child or children with their significant other, to produce a family. There are many benefits to this, physical, psychological and economical. The economic benefits of obtaining a marriage license are the extended provisions afforded the newly-wed couple when it comes to combination of assets; when a marriage takes place, under the law, both persons involved yield their individual right to any and all of their assets. This means that your potential husband’s debt is now yours, your potential wife’s income now compliments your own and any purchases you make, financial agreements you sign or children you conceive are given equal parts ownership between the two of you. This is imposed by the terms of the marriage license, and is not something that would be anywhere near as widely practiced if not for said imposition of the law, specifically because it means sharing your property and assets, liquid or not, with another person, indefinitely. While this may seem like something that would be a foregone conclusion when two individuals decide...
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...lack of consensus across many sectors of healthcare about which “acts” are defined as abuse. One study outlines the associated interpersonal characteristics (such as boundary violations, betrayal, sexual traumatization, stigma, and secrecy) result in developmental consequences not associated with other forms of maltreatment (Noll). This is due to the highly stigmatized nature of the abuse and the multiple barriers that exist that are both individual and systemic in nature. There are many types of intervention options that are conflicting in nature; some promote a clinical setting while others tout community-based approach involving many types of adults in raising awareness. Studies show that cumulative exposure to multiple forms of victimization represents a substantial source of mental health risk and costly health care costs from high utilization rates. There is a $103.8 billion cost of child abuse and neglect of more than $33 billion in direct costs for foster care services, hospitalization, mental health treatment, and law enforcement while indirect costs of over $70 billion include loss of productivity, as well as expenditures related to chronic health problems, special education, and the criminal justice system (Tanzer). In 2008, nearly 3.3 million referrals for alleged child abuse and neglect of approximately 6 million children were filed with child protection service agencies (NCANDS). Among the most prominent barriers of diagnosis are nondisclosure and delays...
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...Study Guide Chapter 2 1. What is a nuclear family? Male and female partners with their children living with them 2. What is an extended family? People outside the immediate family related by blood 3. What is a married-blended family? Formed as a divorce and remarriage, unrelated family members joined to create a new household 4. What is a cohabiting-parent family? Children live with two unmarried biological parents or two adoptive parents 5. What is a single-parent family? Unmarried biologic or adoptive parent who may or may not be living with other adults 6. What is a homosexual family? Lesbian or gay with or without children 7. What is a no-parent family? Children who live independently in foster or kinship care, living with a grandparent 8. What does culture have a direct effect on? Healthcare-seeking behavior and response to treatment 9. What is acculturation? Changes in one’s cultural pattern to those of the host society; may retain parts of their own culture while adopting cultural practices of the dominant society 10. What is assimilation? Becoming in all ways like the members of the dominant culture 11. Ethnocentrism refers to what? The view that one’s own culture’s way of doing things is best 12. What inconsistencies present a significant barrier to effective health care? Language of clients and the language of providers 13. According to Purnell and Paulanka (2008), cultural competence involves what? Cultural competence involves respecting...
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...Introduction to Health Services Management Course Project/ HSM310 April 21, 2014 Dr. Becky Foster OUTLINE TITLE I. Executive Summary * II. Haiti Healthcare Status A. Population without healthcare insurance B. Mortality, Infant mortality data, causes of death C. Healthcare Insurance available to the poor III. Availability of Health Services A. Fundamental Life Insurance B. Red Cross C. Medicaid IV. Expenditures A. Who pays for the healthcare B. Total cost for the healthcare overall C. The Government V. Influences on the health care system A. Cultural influence B. Does society have anything to do with Haiti healthcare? C. What does politics have to do with Haiti healthcare VI. Summary A. What are the biggest healthcare problems in Haiti B. United States healthcare system compared to Haiti healthcare C. What opportunities can be offer to help Haiti healthcare * VII. Conclusion Abstract By every measure found Haiti is known to be the poorest country in the Western hemisphere and that makes they have the worst healthcare system. The can only afford around $85.00 or less per person for healthcare and the population is around 8 million (Whyte, 2010). Healthcare in Haiti is like nonexistent over half the population is unemployed and the ones that are employed cannot afford healthcare insurance due to the fact that their employer is poor and cannot provide the workers...
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...factors that contributed to one another’s perceptions of the situation. This was further complicated by stereotypical thinking and language barriers. Symbolic Interactionism and Communication Symbolic interactionism is a branch that came out of social constructionism and is used more in research and analysis of micro level work (Carter & Fuller, 2015). It focuses on how individuals create meaning of language and symbols through social interaction and experiences. We will first look at how language and the meaning of concepts, words, and phrases played a role in Lia’s medical care. Hutchison states that, “Communicators must share an understanding of the cultural norms and rules governing conduct for their interaction to proceed coherently (Hutchison, 2019).” Logically, if this is true, then the opposite must also be true. It seems as if the Lee’s and the Drs at MCMC could not communicate properly due to the language barrier. However, even when there was an adequate interpreter available, communication was still strained and detached due to the cultural differences of meanings attached to certain words or phrases. Lia Lee’s Dr, Dan Murphy, echoed similar sentiments when recalling his experience with the family, saying, “The language barrier was the most obvious problem, but not the most important problem. The biggest problem was the cultural barrier (Fadiman, 1997, p.69).” He goes on to say that the Hmong’s did not share the same anatomical and medical concepts that he did as many words...
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...Benefits of Diversity in Law Enforcement Author Note This paper was prepared for Managing Diversity, MAJ 6603, taught by Professor Wilson. Abstract In this paper we will discuss the advantages of diversity within law enforcement, its community and recruitment programs. We will review the benefits of implementing theories, concepts, and leadership skills throughout law enforcement to ensure that all personnel are treated with respect and dignity. Exploration of barriers could be broken through by developing a training environment, which ensures that those within their ranks can rise to the challenge. At the same time encouraging employees, both civilian and uniformed the ability to contribute to the framework of the organization. By allowing this to happen, we can help strengthen the moral fortitude of an agency, rich in ethical and cultural diversity for the community to benefit. As we discuss the importance of diversity within law enforcement, we will also look at formulating a recruitment program. This includes the community which they interact with on a daily bases with a focus on reducing negative connotations towards them. There are many programs that have been developed since the 1970s throughout the United, which have been implemented and developed into a positive interaction with the community, especially the immigrant families, allowing for a more positive feeling towards law enforcement. Keywords: Commitment, Diversity, Integrity, Communication ...
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...Doctors noticed that there was proof that the functioning of the human body can be affected by other factors such as stress and emotions which, can lead to diseases such as ulcers and high blood pressure. This model brought to light the realization that treating the human body is complex because when the physical body is not well the mentation of the patient is affected resulting in exacerbation of other diseases such as high blood pressure and ulcers. The third era, Body/Mind/Spirit model is an advancement of the Body/Mind model discovered in the 1990’s. The healthcare professionals realized that there is scientific evidence that supports the existence of a spiritual component that suggests that patient’s outcomes can be impacted by other people’s actions without their knowledge. In this third Era the patient’s health is impacted by their cultural and community affiliation and this present a challenge to the healthcare providers as they collaborate the care of the patient because there are some variables created by this intrapersonal relationship that is boundless and significantly affects the treatment plan and patient outcome unlike the second era which only dealt with the body-mind (Dossey, 1990). According to Weil (2004), components that contribute to wholeness include elements and forces that makes the human being a dynamic entity that is constantly destroying and re-creating its equilibrium. Models and Professional Presence The model that aligns with my professional...
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...Foster Care in the United States Sue King Liberty University Abstract The history of foster care in the United States started with orphan trains and the Children’s Aid Society founded by Charles Loring Brace. Recent research describes the child welfare system as an organization that provides service to helpless children in need. This paper will discuss foster care as it is relates to safety, permanency, and wellbeing of children in need The role of a foster parent and the process of loss, and grief after a child leave their biological parents will be discussed. Research suggests that Courts has the final decision whether a child will stay in foster care or return home. This paper will describe the developmental impact that foster care has on children after losing their biological family. There are several risk factors associated with poverty. This paper will discuss the significance of children reuniting with their biological parents and/or being adopted for permanency. Empirical evidence from recent research confirmed that hard times during childhood was related to health problems later in life. Foster care reform, educational outcomes, economic incentives for adoption, mentors and home visitation programs should be implemented to improve the foster care system. Keywords: foster care, developmental, health problems, orphan trains Foster Care in the United States The prevalence rate is high for foster care in the United States. The history...
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