Community Health Action Plan Assessment

Question: Discuss about the Community Health Action Plan Assessment. Answer: Introduction Health care is a crucial necessity for the survival of human society and its unrestricted growth and development. The healthcare industry has advanced significantly by the virtue of progressive research and technological breakthroughs (Heaman et al., 2015). It helps to promote better quality of health among people of the community. For the health industry to work efficiently, people opt to work as a team to achieve the success. Collaboration helps to provide better quality of health service in the remote areas (Gottlieb, 2012). Lack of collaboration and cooperation among the healthcare is regarded as the main cause for poor quality of health care service. Some barriers can affect the effectiveness of the health industry. One may be due to the level of the literacy. In the rural setting, most of the individuals may not have the proper capacity to note or understand some concept. Some patients cannot express their health concern; they need to use gesture and other sign language in order to communicate with the healthcare workers and will be unable to give the various consent on the health procedures that may be required (Gottlieb, 2012). It is essential for the doctors to clearly inform to the patient family about the risks that are usually associated with the surgery and they must sign legal documents with the patient family before the surgery is conducted. In such situations, there must be an interpreter that will aid to the individuals understanding the information before the signing of the various documents. These processes will help in the process of providing better quality of health service (Gottlieb, 2012). Communication is the most important part that is needed in health care collaboration. It is the duty of the heath care workers to learn the local language of an area, which will help communication better. The only way around this will be the health individuals to be from the local area or the health personnel to learn the local language. It will enable healthcare workers to deliver the health process to the local individuals. The other barrier may be the cultural gap (Hewitt, 2012). There are many local false beliefs among local people of an area, they prevent the application to modern medical treatment techniques. The local people may prefer the use of the cultural way of treatment rather that the modern treatment. In such cases it is important to ensure that the awareness among the local people about the benefits of modern medical treatment process is raised, which will help them to accept the advanced forms of treatment (Hewitt, 2012). There still is a significant difference in the rural and urban style of living, and the trans-global progression has not yet been successful in eradicating the challenges of living in rural belts. There are several factors that contribute to the lack of privileges in rural living and all these factors have affected the quality and standard of health care in such sectors. Studies suggest that about 20 % of total American population resides in the rural belts of United States and less than even 10% of physicians practice in these (Gulliford Morgan, 2013). Inevitably, these disparities have led to alarmingly high rates of mortality in rural belts when compared to urban areas. The first limitation to delivering optimum health care facilities to rural communities can be the geographical restrictions, the difficulty in accommodation being the vital element of it. Majority of health care professional avoid commuting to rural areas due to daunting distance, severe climatic fluctuation, scanty modes of transportation and sometimes treacherous road conditions. Similarly, the rural residents are restricted to access better health care options due to these restrictions (Clark Paraska, 2014). The lack of general awareness can also contribute to the limited access to quality health care and this is in most cases fed by superstitions and illiteracy. Various medical procedures demand extensive protocol and documentation necessities that the lack of awareness or general health education can pose restrictions to (Vedio et al., 2017). Language can also prove to be a huge constraint; native communities are often not much adept with English and they communication gap can become fatal when discussing health care. Mediclaims have become an integral element in the health care industry in the last decade; and almost all the people in the urban areas are under the coverage of this Mediclaims (Heaman et al., 2015). Health insurances are carefully curated marketing tools that allow individuals to avail the best health care, which offers medical service without burning hole in the pocket. However, the rural community often miss out on the opportunities of a nice health benefit plan. When poverty and unemployment paves way for chronic illnesses and malnutrition, investing in a health plan becomes a luxury that they cannot afford (Vedio et al., 2017). The lack of infrastructure in rural health care facilities is also a major reason for the alarmingly increasing mortality rates. All the above-mentioned barriers have accumulated brick by brick and have destroyed the health care standards of the rural belts. However, with effort and careful planning some of these barriers can be successfully. The communicational apprehension can be overcome by implementation of some contemporary comprehension strategies. Firstly, there is need for the physicians to volunteer to practice in rural areas, the lack of clinical practitioners leads to a lot of untimely deaths in these regions and that cannot go on forever (Heaman et al., 2015). The rural areas need to be better connected to provide easy access to health care, and that can only be achieved by government intervention (Antheunis Tates Nieboer, 2013). The insurance companies must attempt to include the rural communities as well which will ensure expansion of their target market and allow the rural residents the privilege of better health care. To overcome the communicational apprehension several strategies can be implemented. The massive barrier to communication gap in case of health care is the language; periodic health care workshops can gradually eliminate these problems (Gulliford Morgan, 2013). This will not only ease the communicational apprehension but also improve general health literacy and hygiene awareness in the rural community. Social support Non Government Organizations can take responsibility of frequent workshops which will contribute to improved health conditions in the rural areas and eradicate malnutrition. Including deserving local candidates into such programs will also aid in reducing unemployment and will help in diminishing the dialect issue (Vedio et al., 2017). The health care has advanced significantly in the past few years and the contemporary techniques have replaced the conventional methods. The older generation might not be as receptive to the contemporary technologies as the young generation is ought to. The health care professionals must consider the generation gap and strategize their moves accordingly (Syed, Gerber Sharp, 2013). It might prove to be challenging to explain to an elderly the attributes of modern medical equipment and age based rationing (Gulliford Morgan, 2013). However, the young generation will be more responsive of the modern technologies and their benefits. Nevertheless, it is important to provide training to the people, which will help them to better imply the latest form of technology in the medical department (Vedio et al., 2017). It should be considered that health care is a necessity of human life, not a commodity to be purchased depending on socio-economic status. Every single individual has a right to best medical help and unquestionably, there should be equality in distribution of health care benefits in the society. There surely are a lot of obstacles that must be combated to ensure equality in the field of medicine but with enough effort and right strategies the goal can be successfully achieved. References Antheunis, M. L., Tates, K., Nieboer, T. E. (2013). Patients and health professionals use of social media in health care: Motives, barriers and expectations.Patient education and counseling,92(3), 426-431. Clark, C. C., Paraska, K. K. (2014). Health promotion for nurses: A practical guide. Burlington, MA. Jones Bartlett. 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