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Running Head: ASSESSMENT OF COMMUNITY 1

Assessment of Community-Level Barriers

RaShea Lane

HCA 430 Special Populations

Prof. Betsey Morthland

August 26, 2013

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ASSESSMENT OF COMMUNITY

Assessment of Community-Level Barriers

The population chosen for analysis is vulnerable mothers and children. According to

Christine Ferguson (2007), “vulnerable populations include groups of people whose health care

needs exceed the average or who are ‘a greater risk [than the average person] for poor health

status and health care access” (p. 1359). Young mothers become vulnerable because they lack

education primarily to support themselves and their children, which then leads to other personal

barriers that make their situation worse. Due to the deficiency of schooling, single and

vulnerable mothers are not adequately equipped to take care of their children in a way that would

give them a good lifestyle. Research conducted by Flores, Bauchner, Feinstein and Nguyen

(1999) showed the key indicators of health, infant mortality rates and low-birth weight rates were

elevated when infants were born to mothers who were less educated. Clearly, this is the biggest

barrier affecting the health and well being of this group of vulnerable populations.

Vulnerable mothers are not as motivated and skilled to take on the challenges of life, and

as a result of this important barrier another arises on the micro-level; i.e. financial barriers.

McLoyd (1990) found that “poverty and economic loss diminish the capacity for supportive,

consistent, and involved parenting and render parents more vulnerable to the debilitating effects

of negative life events” (p. 311). As we think about this, the major reason for this cause and

effect is the mental stress that lack of finances carries with it. This socioeconomic hardship

adversely affects the parents’ (mothers in our case) behavior towards the children, hence giving

way to their vulnerable position.

The third barrier is on the macro-level that is also intertwined with the micro level

barrier. Low socioeconomics can influence health outcomes through having access to and

availability of health care. It becomes an obstacle, as most of the welfare policy makers do not

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Running Head: ASSESSMENT OF COMMUNITY Assessment of Community-Level Barriers RaShea Lane HCA 430 Special Populations Prof. Betsey Morthland August 26, 2013 1 ASSESSMENT OF COMMUNITY 2 Assessment of Community-Level Barriers The population chosen for analysis is vulnerable mothers and children. According to Christine Ferguson (2007), “vulnerable populations include groups of people whose health care needs exceed the average or who are ‘a greater risk [than the average person] for poor health status and health care access” (p. 1359). Young mothers become vulnerable because they lack education primarily to support themselves and their children, which then leads to other personal barriers that make their situation worse. Due to the deficiency of schooling, single and vulnerable mothers are not adequately equipped to take care of their children in a way that would give them a good lifestyle. Research conducted by Flores, Bauchner, Feinstein and Nguyen (1999) showed the key indicators of health, infant mortality rates and low-birth weight rates were elevated when infants were born to mothers who were less educated. Clearly, this is the biggest barrier affecting the health and well being of this group of vulnerable populations. Vulnerable mothers are not as motivated and skilled to take on the challenges of life, and as a result of this important barrier another arises on the micro-level; i.e. financial barriers. McLoyd (1990) found that “poverty and economic loss diminis ...
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