The ability for individuals to seek and obtain medical care when they need it is of profound importance to their health and their community. Access to health care can be limited for a variety of reasons. Socio-economic factors can result in health disparities and access to health care. Healthy People 2030 initiatives notes that, social determinants of health, of which health care access and quality, is one of the 5 components, can impact the quality of an individual’s well-being (health.gov,2022). According to Nuako et al (2022), access to healthcare was limited for individuals who live in rural areas, who have fewer numbers of providers in the area and for those who have limited access to transportation. Other reasons such as inability to afford medications and lack of insurance, were of economic nature according to Nuako et al, 2022. Another reason why patients were unable to have access to a provider was because of limited number of providers in the areas, especially in rural ones. This resulted in delayed scheduling of patients for appointments. Nuako et al (2022), notes that this could have resulted in contributing to diagnoses that could have been prevented.
2.Select an objective related to your assigned social determinant from the Healthy People website linked above. Identify the status of the objective and the population to whom the objective applies
Healthy People Objective: Increase the proportion of adults who get recommended evidence-based preventive healthcare- AHS-08
This objective is aimed at adults. According to Healthy People, this objective has not shown any improvement since it was initiated (Health.gov,2022).
3.Provide at least three appropriate questions related to the chosen objective that the NP could incorporate into the health history and interview to assess the client and family?
To provide evidence-based preventive healthcare to adults as recommended by Healthy people Initiative, the NP can incorporate the following 3 questions into the health history and interview that will aid in assessing the client:
1. What is the specific clinical need of this client?
2. Where can the highest quality of answers come from?
3. Is the information obtained sufficient?
(accessmedicine-mhmedical-com.chamerlinuniversity).
4.Identify at least two online, national, or local resources and explain how the resources could help meet the chosen objective for at risk clients or families