Disproportionate Burden of Healthcare Against Racism

Due 11/18 9am at Eastern Time.
I’ll upload everything you will need by this Sunday.
Also remember to relate each question to your personal experience. (I am Chinese)
Individual Reflection #4
Material covered: Health and Culture (Ch. 8); Mental Health and Culture (Ch. 9); Building Multicultural Competence (Ch. 10), Supplemental Readings (Jones’ Gardner’s Tale) and Worlds Apart Videos
1. As we talked about in class, the health and health care disparities in this country are extensive and well-documented. Based on the various contributors to disparities discussed in class and in your book, what do you believe is the most likely way to ameliorate some of these disparities?
2. The racial/cultural disparities seen in physical health (higher rates of disease among ethnic minorities) are OPPOSITE when we examine the rates of psychological disorders among Whites and other racial/ethnic minority groups (lower rates of disease among ethnic minorities). This is somewhat unexpected given the psychological difficulty in dealing with discrimination and racism? Why do you believe that the direction of mental health disparities is opposite to physical health disparities?
3. Given the totality of things you have learned, heard, or discovered in class, what types of things do you think you can personally do to help become more multiculturally competent as you go on in your career and life.