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For this research study, barriers to health care for Ethiopian women will be in placed of the Ethiopian healthcare framework by which the community provides care for women who lives in rural communities or other community setting. The responsibility of care for the Ethiopian women is assumed by the governmental authority. Healthcare is a fundamental human needs for the Ethiopian people. If care is available, many health epidemics may be reduced. The study is crucial because it may require further information on healthcare barriers, which can be, addressed to the local government, public healthcare providers, and external organizations, specifically the importance of focusing on areas such as primary health needs, awareness for women and reproductive health concerns for women.
Furthermore, it is crucial to the Ethiopian women because it may help them learn more about the importance of accessing care that they need by improving their health status, and it may reduce the oppression they face. Socio-demographic and cultural factors that affect Ethiopian women's health may help them by allowing the women access to care.
Likewise, it is also necessary to the healthcare providers, as a result of improving the delivery of healthcare for the rural women of Ethiopian, raising awareness for the women, lowering communicable diseases transitioning from traditional subsistence farming to market-oriented agriculture and urbanization setting, and prioritizing the availability of medical resources to better improve the lives of women.
Also, this study is significant to the Ethiopian government; it will help them identify specific issues that they can reflect on their healthcare policies. The discovery that will be analogize...
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Ethiopia is a country located at the horn of Africa and home to a variety of cultural and linguistically diverse population. Ethiopian history dates back 3000 years and is rich with culture and values. The World Bank (2013) statistics reports Ethiopia as the second densely populated country in Africa as well as the poorest. As such, 38.7% of Ethiopians live below poverty line and the countries per capital income is estimated to be $410 (World Bank, 2013). Still, the Ethiopians are recognized as a friendly and gracious people. In Ethiopia guests are respected and treated well. When an Ethiopian greets others it is with a smile and a warm hand shake. As well they expect to be treated with warmth and respect when they meet others. In addition Ethiopians have a hierarchal respect system in which the elderly are given the utmost respect (Center for Cultural Learning, 2009). Other cultural distinctions noticed are Ethiopians do not like to divulge their illness to others and physicians rarely tell a terminal patient that his or her illness is terminal because of the belief that sharing such devastating news would discourage the patient from the will to live. Instead the news is shared with loved ones so that they can provide emotional support (Mabsout, 2011). Lastly Ethiopia is a Black country and so there is no color distinction associated within the population. Thus an Ethiopian who migrates to America faces a variety of societal differences within the United States. In this paper the author will discuss the author’s cultural and ethnical background and discuss how the author’s cultural value influenced the nursing experience.
The Social Determinants of Health are certain circumstances that have an effect on the health and overall well being of humans and their own commonalities in terms of financial and societal situations. The reason why it is essential for us to pass beyond considering women’s health and access to health care as individual or biological problems is because women bear unique health needs yet so much health systems are not even acknowledging them. There are situations only females experience that have bad health affects, such as childbirth and pregnancy, although they aren't diseases, physiological and social tactics carry many health jeopardies depend upon health care. Gender based inequalities
The videos depicted the reality of life in poor developing countries where the basic necessities of life are unavailable and inaccessible resulting in high infant/maternal mortality rates, diseases, and disability. The experience also broadened my knowledge in terms of how to communicate and educate this population of women who are so ingrained in the existing traditional, harmful practices and beliefs that cause unsafe health outcomes for themselves. Cultural awareness and communication will be key components to prevent early marriage, childbirth, and obstetric fistulas. The activity also increased my awareness of the limited resources, information, and support available for the low income population to meet their daily needs and health necessities. As trained health care providers, we are an important source of information, aide, and support system for our vulnerable clients especially during hard times. Based on this course learning, I will continue to make an effort to provide accessible health information (e.g., treatment, monetary resources, medications, etc); basic self care needs (e.g., ADLs); and socio-psychological support to my patients in my nursing practice.
The absence of cultural competency in some health care providers, lack of community perspective integration in health care facilities, and low quality health care received by women in developing countries.These are the three most pressing health care concerns that need to be addressed in our ever changing world. The first of the issues I’ll be discussing is the lack of cultural competency amongst health care providers, as well as the shortage of education and training in cultural competency. As we all know and see the United States is a racially and ethnically diverse nation which means our health care providers need to be equipped with the necessary education and training to be able to provide for diverse populations. As an East African
Health means different things to different people. But it should mean same goal to gov-ernments worldwide: the best obtainable health for all. World Health Organization (WHO) and its departments (Unicef, UNAIDS, Unifem etc.) play major role in global health politics as leaders and policy makers. Women issue in health is much more than maternal health. Gender plays a significant role in one’s life and health. Women’s needs, challenges and sickness are different from men’s. Globalization and urbanization are new challenges for women’s health. Immigration, urban poorness, work related health, transportation, light-ning, sanitation, unhealthy food and substance abuse are risk to women’s health in urban surroundings. Health policies should be gender mainstreamed in order to take gender in notice and make difference.
During my numerous trips to Nigeria to visit my extended family, I saw firsthand how international health disparities can affect communities. It is often challenging to make the highest standard of care available to all groups and individuals here, and I became increasingly motivated to devote myself to the mission of reducing health disparities in African countries. People in my family, regardless of societal class, suffered from various illnesses including HIV/AIDS, malaria, and polio because of poor access to quality healthcare services. My goal is to return to underserved communities in both the United States and Nigeria after being armed with the training from the University of Michigan School of Information and the School of Public Health
Based on World Health Organisation (WHO) report, difficulties in accessing to the health services are the most important factors of inequity in health (Clark et al., 2014). Although most countries are aware of the impact of these factors and try to decrease the gap between health statuses of different groups in their society, the inequity still exists (Rumbold & Dickson-Swift, 2012). Data from a cross-sectional study on African refugee’s health in Melbourne, Australia, indicates that 50% of participations had difficulties in accessing to health services with mentioning communication as the most important one (Neale, Ngeow, Skull & Biggs, 2007). There are also some evidence that proves the differences in health outcome for refugees and migrant population as a case in point, refugee workers in Australia are more likely to be hurt at work (Shaw, Dorling & Smith,
Pharmaceuticals account for the bulk of OOP payments (66%). Private funding of pharmaceuticals was ETB 6.7 billion in 2011 and reached ETB 12.1 billion in 2014, approximately 64% of total pharmaceutical expenditure and mostly out of pocket. CBHI is designed to cover the full cost of members’ medical and pharmaceutical bills (ENHI-Scale-Up Assessment, 2016). The findings showed that the risk of being impoverished by OOP health expenditure is 7 percent for CBHI members and 19 percent for non-members at the 15 percent threshold and is 3 percent for members and 9 percent for non-members at the 25 percent threshold. This shows that CBHI members have a lesser risk of being impoverished as a result of OOP payments than non-members. The evidence in Ethiopia therefore shows OOP payments in general have an impoverishing impact on households, but the impact on CBHI members is much less than on non-members( EHIA, CBHI Evaluation, 2015). Thus, we can see that out of pocket expenditure for heath is a very impoverishing problem. However, does this pilot woredas finding is the same in scale up woredas where this research study to be conducted? The problem will be addressed in this
Access to health services plays an imperative role in preventing disease, promoting and maintaining the wellness of an individual. As an individual it can be difficult to promote health when there is a lack of access to insurance coverage, managed time of care, and health services availability. To maintain and to have unlimited access to health services requires the influence of money. Funding influences every aspect health care. Without funding patients are often face with barriers such as structural barriers, financial barriers, and personal barriers. Specifically, uninsured women are likely to attain a lower standard of care which leads to poor health outcome.
The practice of gender seclusion makes it difficult for women to access services outside their homes and it is difficult for female health workers to travel alone or in company of men in certain areas of country. Change in concepts and attitudes is required and that can only come through education of entire society, both men and women.
In many parts of the world that are considered lower or middle-class countries, health disparities are cause of major concern that leads to unnecessary disease and possible death. Many variables affect how and why many citizens of lower and middle-class countries struggle to obtain adequate healthcare. One region of the world classified as a lower socio economic territory is Ethiopia. Many factors contribute to the lack of health care in Ethiopia such as access to care, high cost of care, and being uneducated, to name a few. One idea that hinders many citizens in Ethiopia to attain healthcare is the access to the healthcare system. This research project will entail the issue of access to the health care system; ways it is affecting the lives of those living in Ethiopia, and measures that can be taken to possibly increase the availability and attainment of healthcare.
Ofcansky, Thomas, and LaVerle Berry. 2011. A Country Study: Ethiopia. Washington D.C.: The Library of Congress. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/ettoc.html.
Healthcare system is complex and convoluted for so many ordinary citizens to understand and make use of when the need arises. Many people use healthcare services for different reasons depending on the nature and urgency of their health problems. Some health problems mature slowly without warning signs while some will have an insidious onset and can be detrimental. During the lifetime of any individual, an individual would develop some form of sickness that would necessitate seeking healthcare services. Health problems that would prompt an individual to seek medical care include but are not limited to heart disease, lung disease, cancer, prenatal care, injuries, diabetes, infertility, mental health and immunizations. Every race and ethnic group
Yao, J., Murray, A.T. and Agadjanian, V., 2013. A geographical perspective on access to sexual and reproductive health care for women in rural Africa. Social Science & Medicine (1982), 96, 60
An important area for the development of a country is definitely the health sector, but in countries like Nepal where the Human Development Index(WHO, 2012) is only 0.463, a lot of people do not even receive any health provisions. The ethnic groups such as Dalit and Janajati in Nepal, are much affected by the unequal access and use of state- provided public health resources, facilities and services. In many cases, even among all these, it is the women and children (especially girls) who suffer the most as they are discriminated based on gender, caste and ethnicity. That being said, through this research I will be focusing on the health issues among the women in Nepal and how various factors such as the gender inequality, caste system, and traditional beliefs contribute to affect their health.