Explain the advocacy roles a medical social worker might play

Week 7 Disparities in Health and Health Care

Paper 2: Eliminating Health Care Disparities

To prepare for this Assignment, select a public health issue of interest to you (e.g., obesity, diabetes, cancer, HIV/AIDS, mental health).

In a 5- to 7-page report:

1. Describe the specific population(s) (e.g., ethnic or racial group, homosexuals, veterans, women, children, adolescents) affected by the health issue you selected. Explain how this population is discriminately affected by the health issue you selected.

2. Explain the primary determinants of the health issue. Then, explain how these determinants contribute to the disparities in care for the population.

3. Explain what specific social work interventions you might implement to address this health issue, reduce or eliminate disparities, and improve health outcomes.

4. Identify some challenges you may encounter when implementing the interventions. Then, explain the strategies you might employ to address these challenges.

5. Explain the advocacy roles a medical social worker might play in addressing the disparities in health care for the health issues and population you selected.

6. Cite your response using external scholarly resources.

Week 7–Choosing Topics for the Health Inequities Paper

Posted on: Tuesday, July 14, 2020 10:14:58 AM EDT

Hello Class,

Here are some resources that might guide you in choosing a population AND health issue for your upcoming paper. I choose the elderly and my public health issues is COVID-19

https://www.nimhd.nih.gov/about/publications/

https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives

https://www.healthypeople.gov/

https://fenwayhealth.org/the-fenway-institute/education/the-national-lgbt-health-education-center/

https://www.va.gov/healthequity/

https://www.hrsa.gov/rural-health/index.html

Dr. Peterson