Discussion Forum 5 - Strategies for Engaging the Vulnerable Groups in Healthcare (300 minutes)
In this activity, you will identify a health issue or problem of a specific vulnerable population and suggest at least 3 strategies that may be implemented to engage the group in health care using the concepts of social justice and human rights.
Step 1. Review
Review the case scenario below.
You are the scriptwriter of an on-going documentary series about vulnerable populations in a particular locality. The theme of your next episode aims to show the challenges and issues faced by populations with substance use disorders in health care and how these resulted in their disengagement and apparent exclusion.
As this is a major documentary series, you are working in correspondence with the regional health program director of the locality that you are shooting. The regional health program director wants you first to draft an initial expository that details the realities mentioned above and some strategies that may be implemented to address the issue of disengagement and exclusion before working together to produce a script.
Step 2. Read and Analyze
Read the entirety of this article and reflect on the following:
- Why is this considered a marginalized and vulnerable population?
- What are the main barriers to involving this population in decision-making?
- What are the authors’ recommendations to address the problem?
Step 3. Write
Draft a 300-500 expository correspondence to the regional health program director that details the following:
- The target vulnerable group
- Their health issues and challenges
- Impact of these health issues and challenges to the group
- Strategies where principles of social justice and human rights can be applied to engage back the vulnerable populations.
- Advantages of using these strategies through examples.
- The impact of using the strategies not only to the vulnerable population but also to the global healthcare workforce.
Note: Your response should demonstrate values and communication skills that exhibit respect for and awareness of the unique cultures, values, of the target population along with your competence in global health.
Step 4. Share
To share your work, click on the “Add a new discussion topic” button under this post and paste your work in the “Message” box. Make sure to reference others’ intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).
OPTIONAL Step 5: Interact (10 minutes)
If you would like to, you can reply to your peers' posts in a respectful and professional manner. Ensure that your post engages your peers' ideas by including a reflection on their comments, sharing ideas of other potential difficulties and parties involved, or asking thought-provoking questions. If a peer comments on your posting, please reply. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “Post to forum.”