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Health Literacy and Health Disparities Paper_NSG 3200: Health Promotion_Galen College of Nursing

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Health Literacy and Health Disparities Paper Galen College of Nursing NSG 3200: Health Promotion November 16, 2022 Health disparities affect a large population in the US. Healthy People 2... 030 (n.d.) defines a health disparity as "a particular type of health difference closely linked with social, economic, and environmental disadvantage. According to the American Medical Association (AMA, n.d.), Recent studies have shown that despite the improvements in the overall health of the country, racial and ethnic minorities experience a lower quality of health care—they are less likely to receive routine medical care and face higher rates of morbidity and mortality than nonminority. As nurses, health literacy and health disparities are essential to nursing and the healthcare industry. Nurses can directly impact literacy and education by teaching patients at every encounter, from hospitals to private doctors' offices. I have chosen diabetes as my Healthy People 2030 topic, and reducing the number of diabetes cases diagnosed yearly as my objective for Health Promotion (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion [ODPHP], n.d.). Diabetes can directly be affected through education, or the lack thereof. In this paper, I will explain the health disparities concerning diabetes, strategies to minimize those disparities, and three evidence-based education strategies to help with literacy on diabetes. Health Disparities Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the US. There are many disparities among minorities that suffer from diabetes. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2022), across the United States, some racial and ethnic minority groups and groups with lower socioeconomic status have historically had higher rates of illness and death from diabetes than White people, and this gap has not substantially narrowed. These disparities directly affect the quality of care these groups receive. Due to a lack of insurance, these groups do not have access to monitoring supplies and costly medications needed to manage diabetes, therefore leading to complications and death from diabetes. According to Healthy People 2030 (n.d.), the highest groups of new diabetes diagnoses include minorities like non-Hispanics, Hispanics, Native Americans/Alaskan natives (not Hispanic), and people of two or more races (not Hispanic). These groups tend to have the [Show More]

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