Essential Public Health Service #7: Assure an effective system that enables equitable access to the individual services and care needed to be healthy.

What are the biggest barriers to achieving equitable access to individual services and care for health?

How can we ensure that everyone has equitable access to the individual services and care needed to be healthy?

What strategies could be used to improve equitable access to individual services and care needed to promote public health?

Solution

What are the biggest barriers to achieving equitable access to individual services and care for health?

Some of the most significant barriers to achieving equitable access to healthcare and individual services are lack of health insurance, living in rural or underserved areas, living at or below the poverty level, poor transportation, lack of childcare, undocumented status, language barrier, and low education level. When individuals face any combination of these barriers, their chances of obtaining optimal or standard healthcare are greatly diminished. According to Gomez et al (2021), health equity…………………………………

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