HTW 309 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Health Professional, Social Inequality

• School: Syracuse University
• Department: Health and Wellness
• Course: HTW 309
• Professor: M.Thompson

Document Summary

Cannot deny you the right to purchase. Ex: microsoft better medical insurance -- higher productivity in the workday. The benefit of keeping their staff healthy -- company does better. Factors that contribute to use of health services: Enabling factors: structural or material resources that are facilitators to seeking care -- the absence of these factors present barriers to seeking care. Higher rates of uninsured among low income, aa, and hispanic populations. Sufficient number of healthcare facilities and health professional. Areas designated as having a shortage of primary medical dental care or mental health providers. Shortage of health care facilities or professionals exist. Lack of familiarization patient to health provider and visa versa. Impairs the development of patient trust in health provider and health system. Access measures: differences by incomes and race/ethnicity. Strategies to improve access: increase number of providers. Increase numbers with health insurance: health care reform or not. Increase capacity of healthy care workforce to care for diverse populations.