Health Issues in Gender, Age and Ethnicity-Ethnic minority women and maternity care

2,000-word individual report. You will write a report discussing health inequities in relation to gender, age or ethnicity. You are required to choose one of the health issues listed below, explore the nature of health inequities in relation to gender, age or ethnicity, discuss policy addressing the inequities and make suggestions for improvement.

‘Access to health care’ could be interpreted as health care in general OR access to a specific treatment or specific service.

• You are required to:

• Choose a health issue that is closely related to gender, age or ethnicity-based inequities in health.

• Critically discuss the nature and the extent of health inequities in relation to gender, age or ethnicity.

• Demonstrate knowledge of relevant policy and make suggestions to address gaps in current policy.

KEY CRITERIA:

Think about discrimination in health care in relation to gender, age or ethnicity OR think about age, gender OR ethnicity-based disparities that exist in relation to specific health issues

• discuss a health issue related to gender, age or ethnicity-based inequities in health and inequality to the access of health care

• Explore the nature and the extent of health inequities in relation to the chosen health issue. The discussion must focus on health inequities related to gender, age or ethnicity.

• Discuss policy and legislations addressing the inequities (it is suggested that you explore developments in policy aimed at tackling the health inequities)

• You only need 1 variable (Age OR Gender OR Ethnicity)

• Make suggestions for improvement (find gaps and limitations of current policy and make suggestions for improvement)

• So, think about a health issue that is experienced differently by different age groups, different gender OR different ethnic groups.

• Discuss how the chosen topic is related to gender, age or ethnicity-based inequities in health (link your discussion to only ONE type of health inequity)

– Explore the nature and the extent of health inequities in relation to the chosen health issue. The discussion must focus on health inequities related to gender, age or ethnicity (you should focus on only ONE of the three variables).

– Discuss policy and legislation addressing the specific type of inequities and identify gaps in policy and legislation

(It is suggested that you explore developments in policy aimed at tackling the health inequities you discussed)

– Make suggestions for improvement that can fill the gaps in policy and legislation

• You must use a minimum of 10 academic sources (i.e., only peer-reviewed journal articles count). You are encouraged to carry out wider reading. On top of the 10 journal articles, you can also include books and other credible sources (e.g., reports from international organisations) but they will NOT be counted as part of your 10 academic sources.

• Ensure that all your sections are linked – e.g., if you chose a topic that is related to gender-based health inequity, you are expected to explore that topic from the gender-based health inequity perspective only. No other variables, such as age and ethnicity, are expected to be included in your work.

• Ensure that you include your in-text references. In all cases, in-text references must match up with what appears in your reference list. Every in-text citation/reference should correspond to a reference on the list at the end (and vice versa).

• You must use the Harvard referencing system. The University officially advises students to use the following website for referencing guidelines:

• No more than 5% of your work should be in the form of quotes.

• You must write in your own words. You are reminded that plagiarism of any type will be penalised and result in a fail.

• Now you must include the page number within the bracket of an in-text citation, when you paraphrase, or the page range, if you are summarising content of a couple or more pages.