Disparities of healthcare access for the Hispanic people
Social and economic components are essential health determinants. The relationship between socioeconomic disadvantage and poor health has been identified normally for a long period because they live in densely populated areas. According to the census statistics in the United States in 2007, 21.5% of the Hispanics were living in poverty compared with 8.2% of the non-Hispanic whites. It is evident that for many researchers, the Hispanic people have a health advantage since they are deeply rooted in their orientation of culture that is associated with involvement in health actions and strong social networks. Studies have indicated that as the status of generation continues to increase, health actions and impacts decline. Some argue that the paradoxes are known to be the results of the selection of the immigrant procedures since the United States Hispanic immigrants are conserved to be healthy than their counterparts (Berkman and Kawachi 2000). In the United States today, immigrants have multiplied than before in terms of religion, social class, language, and their reasons for migrating to the United States. However, the patterns of Hispanic health have gained attention because they seem to contradict the expectations of the well-written social gradient in health that people from high social status have better health than individuals from low socioeconomic status.
The impacts of Corona Virus on the health of Hispanics are still emerging and recent data shows that 45% of the people whose data were available were white and among those who were hospitalized 8% of them were Hispanics. Health differences among racial and ethnic groups are always caused by social and economic conditions that are very common around the world. In addition, these conditions might also put people in isolation from the materials they require to prepare for and respond to outbreaks. The Hispanics have always shown a health advantage over non-Latinos and their United States counterparts. Therefore, as much as the COVID-19 impacts are still arising, the Hispanics have an advantage because they are healthier than other immigrants. Their living conditions are safe for them since they are less affected by the virus than other immigrants.
However, there are many examples of Hispanic paradoxes such as health advantages but there are also health conditions that do not show a health advantage (Markides and Eschbach 2005). They also have many barriers to getting quality healthcare services. One of the barriers is due to specific characteristics of the Hispanic population. They also have low education achievement which causes them not to receive healthcare services in Time. Lack of health insurance among Hispanics to be prohibited hence increasing the risk of infection of Corona Virus. In addition, the aged community will be most affected because of their vulnerability. The Corona Virus is a serious pandemic that affects those who have health advantages and those who don’t have. This shows that their living conditions determine how they will be impacted by this virus. Therefore, there will be a low mortality rate among Hispanics because they are safer than other people health-wise.
References
Berkman, Lisa F., and Ichiro Kawachi. 2000. Social Epidemiology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Markides, Kyriakos S., and Karl Eschbach. 2005. “Aging, Migration, and Mortality: Current Status of Research on the Hispanic Paradox.” Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 60:68–75