Racial Inequity in Health Care
The care received by black people from their providers contributes significantly to their high morbidity and mortality rates. Numerous studies have been conducted looking into racial inequity in health care, and the studies have all established similar findings. However, the study results are shelved, and the recommendations' implementation is rarely done. Black people still do not receive the same quality of care that their white counterparts receive, shortening their lives. According to Gollust et al. (2018), there is widespread consensus that health care providers contribute towards racial health care inequalities, and they can play a vital part in its elimination. The problem is that few providers will acknowledge they are at fault, and instead, they tend to push the blame on patients. Another research example is one conducted by Cogburn (2019), where the author analyzed the implication of racial inequity on population health. Due to racial inequity, efforts targeting improvements in population health are less effective since a part of the population does not receive adequate care. Siegel et al. (2021) posited that structural racism is the root cause of increased Black-White disparity in COVID-19 mortality. The majority of the Black people who died because of COVID-19 could have been saved had they received adequate care.
Potential Barriers...
Structural racism is the most significant factor that prevents improvements from occurring and limits policy changes. For a long time,...
…health care facilities, they provide solutions that could be implemented, but there is never supporting evidence that the recommendations work. Due to a lack of supporting evidence on the efficacy of the recommendations, most organizations will read the data and ignore it. However, if an evidence-based approach is used, the recommendations made will include how to implement the evidence to suit the particular organization. Evidence-based research is done mainly by
employees who want to recommend changes to practice or policy. Research is done to uncover the cause or prevalence of a problem. The research results could be used to modify the
public policy or have a significant social impact if implemented. However, implementation is dependent on each organization, and there is no guarantee that health care organizations would be willing…
