Mistreatment in Healthcare

Disparities in Healthcare Simulation:

The link below will take you to a simulation designed to educate on the disparities in healthcare. Though this simulation covers various identities, there is always more to the story and more to learn. With this in mind, this simulation has the purpose to give an overview and a brief look into the consequences of being part of a minority group when receiving healthcare.

Click the Disparities in Healthcare Simulation Below:

https://sites.google.com/slu.edu/disparities-in-healthcare/home?authuser=1

Healthy People 2020 defines a health disparity as:

• Health differences closely linked to economic, social, or environmental disadvantage.

• They affect groups of people who systematically face obstacles due to their:

  • • racial or ethnic group,

    • religion

    • socioeconomic -status, (SES)

    • gender

    • age

    • mental health

    • cognitive, sensory, or physical disability

    • sexual orientation or gender identity

    • geographic location

    • other characteristics historically linked to discrimination or exclusion

Braveman P. What are health disparities and health equity? We need to be clear. Public Health Rep. 2014 Jan-Feb;129 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):5-8. doi: 10.1177/00333549141291S203. PMID: 24385658; PMCID: PMC3863701.