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Case: As health care professionals, we have an obligation to understand the overall picture of how health care in the US performs and what factors influence that performance. In this activity, think about how the various populations, their activities and behaviors impact health care delivery in this nation.
"Vulnerable populations" is an overused, and sometimes poorly understood, phrase. Let's talk about what it means to each of us within the context of health care, and come up with a framework that we can use as we go into the readings for this week. (Hint: Try to think beyond the obvious and find more specific groups and settings.)
This first question is asking for your opinion, so jump in early!
Tell us about a population that you think is 'vulnerable' in regards to getting health care. Why do you consider them vulnerable? Do you encounter this vulnerable group in your daily life? Do you provide any services to your identified group of vulnerable people?
Now that you have done some research of your own and discuss the following:
How have programs and interventions for promoting healthy behavior changed over the past 40 years? Do you think they are more successful or less?
How have personal health behaviors impacted public health and as a consequence impacted the cost of health care in the United States? (Identify specific health behaviors in your discussion).
Recommend and discuss ways that we, as a nation, can improve delivery of health care services to vulnerable populations? Support your ideas with any of your own discovered resources.