Assignment

Select Maternal, Infant, and Child Health, and research for Colorado, and complete the following.

Health Disparities

For this discussion:

• Review Leading Health Indicators on the HealthyPeople Web site listed above.

• Select one of the health indicators and respond to the following: (Maternal, Infant, and Child Health)

- How prevalent is this issue in your community or workplace?

- What community health promotion strategies are in place to assist with this issue?

- What pharmacological agents are typically used to treat the issue? Is there a particular procedure performed in conjunction with the drugs?

- How do you educate the group of patients? -

What cultural factors or barriers contribute to the group's health disparity?

- Are the outcomes being measured? If so, how? If not, how might they be measured?

• Support your observations and strategies with information found in this week's reading assignment and the scholarly literature.

Minimum of 150 words. Needs at least 1 APA formatted reference throughout the assignment and one as a reference.