Essentials of Health and Diversity

Primary Goal: Understanding people and reducing disparities relying on information from American Public Health Association.

What Every Citizen should know

Health Disparities

This country has been developing with politics driven by social influence. Since the Pandemic we believe policy and law will be centered more around the Health and Wellness of individuals i.e. communities.

The focus is reducing health disparities on a wider scale. Although the formation of health insurance has greatly improved patient outreach, we must understand that hospitals have benefited since.

The growth of hospitals has played a key in our advancement of healthcare technologies. The question is how can this be translated to communities directly?

Phenomenology-

-ology- prefix that refers to the study of

As a philosophical investigation of experience -- the philosophical investigation and description of conscious experience in all its varieties without reference to the question of whether what is experienced is objectively real.

The creation of health insurance has indirectly increased the price of treatment. Which put those who are not insured in a position not to receive treatment. This has led Hospitals to take the initiative with Medical Missions and communal help. The major issue with Medical Missions is that they do not solve the bigger-picture issues at hand. Medical Missions are a form of treatment that does not affect the direct policies that are affecting patients. Creating a culture of treatment when a health issue arises. Neglecting preventative health to communities that do not have insurance. If culture involves subjectivity and interpretation, it is very much about what people receive, and Medical Missions do just that. Giving those of privilege to not concern themselves with the overall health of the Community, but to refuel a medical moral. Mission don't just give purpose but is the driver to many emotions why folks engage their time to a given community.

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Positivism: Theory that knowledge can be acquired through direct observation and experimentation, and not through metaphysics or theology

Empiricism: The Philosophical belief that all knowledge is derived from the experience of the senses

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"The body is thus not simply an 'entity', but is experienced as a practical mode of coping with external sources and events"

- Urban anthropologist Anthony Giddens (in Modernity and self-identity: Self and society in the late Modern age, 1991)

When a patient or client arrives with neglected health concerns it is the lack of response from within the community. This poses a risk to those individuals, further increasing the health disparities between Insured and uninsured populations.

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To prompt a question: What is the definition of an American?

American politics have been influenced by many factors. We as individuals are more fortunate to have the education to prevent health issues. It is in our liberty to help those in positions less fortunate than ours. The environment of an individual is less out of their control because socioeconomic I️issues Not having a voice that advocates on behalf of their experience is outrageous. To be American is to be an Advocate, let's simplify what it means to others.

"An ounce of application is worth a ton of abstraction." -Booker T. Washington (1856-1915)

Philosophy and Advocacy

• Promoted the idea of self-help and self-reliance among African Americans.

• Believed in gradual social change through education and economic progress.

• Engaged in public speaking to advocate for the rights and education of African Americans.

Legacy and Impact

• Influenced generations of African American leaders and educators.

• His approach to education and self-improvement continues to be studied and debated.

• Left a lasting legacy through the institutions he established and the principles he championed.

  
  

  Though faced with many challenges in his day and the Atlanta Compromise contributed to how he adjusted in times of civil unrest and advocacy. Being the one of the founding fathers of Tuskegee Institution as a leader educator. Advocating on more than just economic self-reliance but addressing improper civil tension. Booker T. Washington promoted practical training in trades and agriculture to help African Americans achieve economic independence and gain respect from the white community at the time, which was not granted easily due to social stigma and Jim crow laws.

The Code of Ethics for Nurses is a great lead for those who want more understanding of the responsibilities we have as individuals. Caring about the lens that capture our individuality. Though at the time, efforts were paced slowly and much happened in the American History timeline these were monumental to how social concepts are used today.

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