Healthcare and the Feminization of Poverty: What examples have you observed?
Directions: In a one to two page essay, address the questions below. Your essay should be double spaced and use 12 point Times New Roman font (black).
- Describe what a health disparity is. What groups are at a higher risk of facing these? (minorities, elderly, etc.)
- Define the feminization of poverty.
- Summarize if income and demographics affect the quality of healthcare an individual may receive.
- Apply one of the three sociological perspectives to today's healthcare system (Conflict Theory, Functionalism, or Symbolic Interactionism)