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HIV/AIDS and Mental: The Interaction in sub-Saharan Africa
(2011)
In the battle against HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa, disparity in mental health care plays a key part in stopping the spread of the deadly disease. Currently it is believed over 50 percent of persons living with HIV/AIDS ...
The Unexamined Link: Type II Diabetes and Poverty
(2012)
. . . diabetes is considered to be the nation’s fastest growing health problem. The impact is largely on those of low socioeconomic status (SES), who have less access to resources and healthcare. . . . Unfortunately, the ...
The Asthma Epidemic: Decreasing Incidence and Increasing Resiliency among Low-Income Children
(2008)
My sister is an asthmatic. . . .
While my sister’s illness was a tremendous burden, she was also fortunate. She benefited from supportive parents, excellent health care, limited allergen exposure, and a pollution-free ...
The Multi-Dimensional Effects of Poverty on Children With Asthma
(2005)
Childhood asthma is a complicated disease caused by numerous, interrelated factors. It disproportionately affects minority and impoverished communities in a multidimensional manner, through variances in healthcare, ...
[Healthcare Policy Reforms for the Uninsured and Underinsured]
(2008)
Contemporary means of healthcare for both the uninsured and underinsured lead to insufficient access to medical resources and disproportionately poor health outcomes for both groups. Current obstacles to access include ...
[Access to Health Insurance]
(2008)
To isolate and examine the consequences of insurance coverage, we can study how insurance impacts a patient’s access to medical information and treatment. Although we most often think of medicine in terms of intervention ...
Can Universal Insurance Ensure Access to Healthcare?
(2012)
. . . providing health insurance does not ensure equitable access to care. Moreover, all health insurance programs are not alike and the minimal packages may not suffice. There are several types of access problems, including ...
Malaria as a Cause of Poverty: Poverty as a Contributor to Malaria
(2007)
Malaria remains to be a huge problem in developing countries. We cannot ignore this problem as we try to eradicate global poverty. Malaria causes a downward spiral of poverty without effective interventions. It causes huge ...
Reproductive Health Care: The Role of Medicaid
(2003)
Through my research, I found that Medicaid’s coverage throughout time has expanded and contracted, placing different emphasis on different aspects of reproductive health care. However, reproductive health care ethics ...
Reducing teen pregnancy: Neighborhood influences overlooked by PRWORA
(2008)
The increase in teenage sexual activity, STDs, and pregnancy are a great concern within the United States, and are rightly so. The negative consequences are astounding. Teenage mothers and their children are more likely ...