PSYC 3600 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Community Psychology, Community Organizing, Job Satisfaction
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Life expectancy and neonatal mortality rates the average us life expectancy is. Access to medical care easier in urban areas unequal access to health care. Benefits of living in us not evenly distributed: health advantages going to upper and middle class, white ethnic majority, those in urban centers + those with insurance. Health care reform needs to include: financing healthcare. Implementing appropriate public policy: working with healthcare providers, partnering with patients. Need to focus on economics of the situation, ability to access healthcare unil barrier is removed. Most patients go to emergency rooms (most costly) Patients who lack the financial and institutional resources to be proactive about their health may also begin to feel a sense of disempowerment about being in control of their health in general. Disempowerment may contribute to inequality in healthcare in us. Access issues of language, lack of health information, culturally based perceptions of the screening procedures stand as barriers to annual examinations.