HCM 340 Milestone_One_Topic_Selection.docx HCM 340 3-2 Final Project Milestone One: Topic Selection A gap in equity related to theaccess to mental health initiatives, or the lack thereof, for veterans across nations
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HCM 340 Milestone_One_Topic_Selection.docx HCM 340 3-2 Final Project Milestone One: Topic Selection A gap in equity related to theaccess to mental health initiatives, or the lack thereof, for veterans across nations is a notion that affects these same established and long-servingpeoplein more ways than one. More specifically, a disparity that will more clearly and concisely draw the conclusion that the gap in equity between the access to mental health and the overall wellbeing of our veterans existsis the concept of race and other socioeconomic factors that largely affect military veterans after the duration of their service (Tsai et al., 2014). Alongside the above-mentioneddisparity, notions of PTSD, or post-traumatic stress disorder, are also conceptualizations that factor around the reintegration into civilian life. Both the disparities in relation to one™s socioeconomic and racial background, as well as how PTSD will affect a veteran™s mental health, are justifiable reasons in how each will affect specific demographics within a population. According to the Department of Veterans Affairs Mental Health Services, roughly 72% of veterans are under the age of 50, the most common group being between the ages of 30 to 39 years old, 21% of this demographic being female(Department of Veterans Affairs, 2018). Out of the previously mentioned range, 66% of veterans are of the non-Hispanic descent, 13% of the population being of the non-Hispanic black descent, and 9% of the demographic being of the Asian, Pacific Islander. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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