Hhs-200 Individual Health Disparities Proposal

Individual Health Disparities ProposalNameCourseTutor’s NameDateIndividual Health Disparities ProposalRacial disparity in health care and health outcomes should be understood within the context of racial inequities within the United States. Racial disparity might arise from systematic discrimination, institutional policies or unconscious bias based on racial stereotypes. Individuals coming from disadvantaged minority backgrounds are most vulnerable to racial disparity in health. According to National Center for Health Statistics, (1998) in the past 50 years, according to most indicators of physical health, health disparities are manifested in black popularion by higher rates of disease and mortality than white population. Other minority groups such as Hispanics and American Indians suffer elevated morbidity and death rates ffrom multiple conditions. Race is therefore a social category that appropriates differential access to healthcare and medical services in the United States.Racial variances in access and quality of healthcare have been identified as likely contributors to racial disparities in health. In a study on health insurance and utilization of health services among minority groups, Trevino et al., (1991) found that more than a third of the Mexican-American population, a quarter of the Cuban-American, a