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BI232 Human Anatomy & Physiology II assignment about health care disparities
BI232 Health Disparities Assignment
Assignment:
Submit a brief report on a specific example of a health disparity. Full instructions
Topic examples: gum disease and poverty, PTSD and veterans, maternal mortality rate and race, diabetes mellitus and race, depression and nonbinary gender, reproductive health and gender, inadequate sickle cell anemia treatment and race, cancer from environmental factory pollution and poverty, etc.
Image from cover of Reducing Health Disparities: Research Updates from the Field
First step: Research your disease in a medical reference book
- Human Diseases and Conditions (Gale)Recommended by your instructor!
- Gale Ebooks (formerly GVRL) This link opens in a new windowIncludes multiple encyclopedias and specialized reference sources in many disciplines, including health and medicine.
Recommended government websites
- Health Disparities - MedlinePlusFrom the U.S. National Library of Medicine
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health DisparitiesFrom the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Recommended health organizations
- Health DisparitiesFrom the American Heart Association
- Rural Health DisparitiesFrom the Rural Health Information Hub
- Health Disparities: Disease-Specific Research and InformationFrom the Massachusetts Medical Society
- Strategies for Reducing Health DisparitiesFrom the Center for Disease Control
- Reducing disparities in health careFrom the American Medical Association
Recommended news articles
- America is a world leader in health inequalityWashington Post, June 5, 2017
- Emergency Medical Responders Confront Racial BiasNPR, Jan. 3, 2019. An Oregon research study shows that black patients were 40 percent less likely to get pain medication than their white peers.
- How 'Bad Medicine' Dismisses And Misdiagnoses Women's SymptomsNPR, March 27, 2018
- The Impact of Racism on Children’s HealthNew York Times, Aug. 12, 2019