Nurs11168 Determinants Of Health Care Assessment Answer

Aim

The aim of this assignment is to present your understanding of the relationship between social determinants of health and health outcomes, and the relationship between health inequities, health literacy and health outcomes forindividuals, families, and communities.

Background

‘Direct to you’ – primary health care (PHC) outreach service.

(This is a fictional health service. However, it is based on many similar services).

‘Direct to you’ offers confidential and non-judgemental health care services to people who use drugs in a potentially harmful way. It is based in Sydney’s CBD and other inner suburbs. ‘Direct to you’ targets a hard-to-reach population who would not usually seek health care from mainstream health services such as GP clinics. While the major group it targets, those who use drugs in potentially harmful ways, this group often have other vulnerabilities, including being homeless, sex workers, part of the LGBTQIA community or living with mental illness. The ‘Direct to you’ buses park in areas that these groups of people are likely to frequent, set up BBQ and table, and provide barbequed food to anyone who arrives. While people are eating and socialising with others, the health professionals offer support and advice relating to accommodation services, nutrition, social security, child protection and family violence. The bus also offers everyday facilities such as a shower, toilet laundry facilities, a computer and a telephone. The health practitioners provide many health services, including:

.general health checks like testing for STIs and blood borne diseases in addition to vaccination; and

.safe sex products, needle and syringe exchange, antenatal care and referral, counselling on harm minimisation strategies and overdose prevention (naloxone packs).

Task description

1. Construct a case scenario of a person who is likely to visit this outreach service.

2. Discuss how this person’s particular social determinants of health may impact upon their health outcomes and health literacy.

3. Discuss how this type of primary health care outreach service may affect this person’s health outcomes and health literacy and reduce health inequities generally for the types of population groups that may attend this service.