Describe how the uninsured/underinsured are impacted by health disparities, limited resources, and access to care.

The uninsured and underinsured are at risk for health disparities related to postponement of medical treatment and the lack of consistent primary healthcare. In this forum, you will be discussing issues related to the lack of resources to pay for healthcare.
Upon successful completion of these activities, you will be able to:
Analyze trends and concerns facing uninsured/underinsured populations.
Resources
Textbook:Public Health Nursing: Population-Centered Health Care in the Community by Stanhope & Lancaster
Website: Healthy People 2030
Review the appropriate rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade.
In your textbook, Stanhope & Lancaster, read Chapter 5, “Economics for Healthcare Delivery.”
Visit the Healthy People 2030 website at https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data
Click on the links to learn more about leading health indicators and to read about the social determinants of health.
Examine the above componenets from the perspective of uninsured/underinsured populations.
Prepare to discuss the following prompts:
Describe how the uninsured/underinsured are impacted by health disparities, limited resources, and access to care.
Discuss how current trends in healthcare affect the uninsured/underinsured population, and how this population impacts the delivery of healthcare.
Identify how the population group that you are focusing on for this course is impacted in relation to insurance/resources to pay for healthcare.
Summarize your impression of the health concerns of population and brainstorm nursing strategies to meet these needs through collaborative efforts between the healthcare system and the community.
A minimum of two sources (2015-20210) should be cited and referenced in your response.
Whether written or spoken, interactions are expected to:
clearly and thoroughly address the prompt with meaningful information that shows critical thinking.
In discussions and on the papers, it is never appropriate to cite and reference Stanhope and Lancaster. You need to cite and reference the author of the chapter. If you were citing a journal article, you would cite the person whose name is written on the article. You need to do the same for chapters in a book.
You can also cite and reference from 2019/9th edition of te book

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