Question

Describe what a health disparity is.

What groups are at a higher risk of facing these? (minorities, elderly, etc.)

Define the feminization of poverty.

Summarize if income and demographics affect the quality of healthcare an individual may receive.

Apply one of the three sociological perspectives to today’s healthcare system (Conflict Theory, Functionalism, or Symbolic Interactionism)

Answer 1

A health disparity refers to a higher vulnerability of illness, injury, disability, or mortality experienced by one population group relative to another. In other words, it is the variation in rates of disease and disabilities between socioeconomic and/or geographically defined population groups.

Several disadvantaged groups of the community requirie utmost care, specific ancillary considerations and augmented protections in research. The vulnerable populations refers to but not limited to children, minors, pregnant women, fetuses, prisoners, military persons, terminally ill, comatose, physically and intellectually challenged individuals, elderly individuals, visual or hearing impaired, ethnic minorities, refugees, international research, economically and educationally disabled.

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