Assignment Task: Healthcare Discrimination During the Pandemic
Prior to beginning work on this assignment
- Review Chapter 4 in Diversity, Cultural Humility, and the Helping Professions: Building Bridges Across Difference, and investigate the issues of structural racial discrimination that subcultures face when seeking medical assistance associated with social, economic, and environmental
- Read the article Opportunities to Tackle Structural Racism and Ethnicity-Based Discrimination. Recovering and Rebuilding From the COVID-19 Pandemic.
- Watch the video How Covid-19 Is Highlighting Racial Disparities in America's Healthcare | Deep Dives | Health
During the COVID-19 pandemic, there were various media reports that highlighted the racial and ethnic healthcare disparities of minority and marginalized groups. Limited access to COVID testing, vaccinations, and treatment options were reported. Some healthcare professionals engaged in negative treatment against various members of minority groups while neighbors and community members promoted xenophobic, scapegoating, and harassment of Asian Americans. In your paper, you will explore these issues of discrimination and provide solutions using theoretical perspectives and models.
In your paper,
1. Identify the categorization of exclusion associated with racial and ethnic discrimination found in the article.
2. Examine the impact of colonialism, xenophobia, and stigmatization of marginalized groups and structural racism (i.e., Native and African Americans).
3. Discuss the solutions associated with anti-discrimination policies that can encourage healthcare workers and administrators to promote equitable and inclusive interactions with both non-White and White patients.
4. Describe the way that language can be utilized with public messaging and communication to reduce structural racism in healthcare.
5. Select three models of health disparities that can be associated with the factors of discrimination against different subcultures in U.S. society.