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Health Disparities In Education

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Income level and level of education are known factors that continue to reveal in numerous studies on the effects of these factors as a health modulator positively or negatively. It was not surprising however then to see that Hispanic speaking Spanish only had lower rates of screening for colon cancer and my assumption is that they were less educated and by implication had lower income levels. I wonder what will be the results of a study like this conducted in Spanish if we will see differences in completion rates. It is sobering to see that even in primary prevention services especially for something that is known to save lives and tremendously reduce cost of disease treatment, , we see disparities that should not be there. As, APRNs, we are at the forefront and will be advocates for implementing services that decrease these disparities. …show more content…

One such is in increasing education and the use of Spanish speaking APRNs will go a long way in improving trust of the system within the Hispanic communities which will translate into increase utilizations of health services and narrow down health

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