Policy development/process (CDC)
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How does the policy address the problem, will it impact health
disparities/health equity? How? (Public health impact)
Should ask what are the current political forces? Who are the stakeholders,
including supporters and opponents? What are their interests and values?
(Feasibility)
, What are the costs? How much time is needed for policy to be enacted?
(Economic/budgetary impacts)
Minority Health Disparities
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Some minorities face unique health disparities. This has less to do with
genetic factors and more to do with poverty and low education levels that
contribute to the social conditions in which these disparities develop (ex:
unsafe areas, work in stressful environments, less access to healthful foods,
less opportunity for exercise, more likely to be uninsured).
Windshield survey
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Observation of a community while driving a car or riding public
transportation to collect data for a community assessment.
1. Boundaries
2. Housing and zoning
3. Open space
4. Transportation
5. Social service centers
6. Stores
7. Street people and animals
8. Condition of the area
9. Religion
10. Politics
11. Race
12. Health indicators
13. Businesses
, Education subsystem
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In community assessments, includes:
-Major school systems in the county
-High school grad rates
-School nurse availability
-Libraries
-Day care centers
-Adult education opportunities
-Rate of literacy
-Language barriers that may impact health/health promotion
Hospice care
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Holistic, compassionate care given to dying people and their families
(either in the comfort of their home or in hospital).
Introduced in the 1970s to provide more humane and sensitive care at the
end of life.
Program planning
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How does the policy address the problem, will it impact health
disparities/health equity? How? (Public health impact)
Should ask what are the current political forces? Who are the stakeholders,
including supporters and opponents? What are their interests and values?
(Feasibility)
, What are the costs? How much time is needed for policy to be enacted?
(Economic/budgetary impacts)
Minority Health Disparities
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Some minorities face unique health disparities. This has less to do with
genetic factors and more to do with poverty and low education levels that
contribute to the social conditions in which these disparities develop (ex:
unsafe areas, work in stressful environments, less access to healthful foods,
less opportunity for exercise, more likely to be uninsured).
Windshield survey
Give this one a try later!
Observation of a community while driving a car or riding public
transportation to collect data for a community assessment.
1. Boundaries
2. Housing and zoning
3. Open space
4. Transportation
5. Social service centers
6. Stores
7. Street people and animals
8. Condition of the area
9. Religion
10. Politics
11. Race
12. Health indicators
13. Businesses
, Education subsystem
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In community assessments, includes:
-Major school systems in the county
-High school grad rates
-School nurse availability
-Libraries
-Day care centers
-Adult education opportunities
-Rate of literacy
-Language barriers that may impact health/health promotion
Hospice care
Give this one a try later!
Holistic, compassionate care given to dying people and their families
(either in the comfort of their home or in hospital).
Introduced in the 1970s to provide more humane and sensitive care at the
end of life.
Program planning
Give this one a try later!
