Discuss the the impact of the Social determinants of health- SDOH on a population’s health outcomes, you will also need to address the root cause of the SDOH, which typically can be tied to policy and regulations. Advanced practice nurses understand that in order to fully address a population’s poor health outcomes, you will need to address their root cause for the population to achieve health equity. Now that you have made the connection between the existence of health inequities and the social determinants of health, your next step is to determine the root cause driving the existence of the SDOH. The SDOH are not naturally occurring factors that contribute to the poor health outcomes of a vulnerable population but rather the intentional and unintentional results of policy. Policy decisions and their implications shape and contribute to the persisting inequities and health differences. Select a health inequity that is associated with a specific vulnerable population within your community, state [california], or region. Research the health inequity impacting your selected population and focus on existing policies or regulations that may be contributing to the problem. For example, a high rate of uninsured residents in a state could be due to a state’s refusal to accept the Medicaid expansion that is part of the Affordable Care Act. In other words, the state’s governing body has made it a policy to refuse the expansion that would have provided most people in the state with access to medical insurance. The result is continued poor health outcomes among the uninsured who do not receive basic preventable care. Another example is a government policy that ties public school funding to the tax base of the area the school district covers. This means that schools in low-income communities will be underfunded while schools in more affluent areas will benefit from the wealthier tax base. As a result, kids in low-income districts will face overcrowded classrooms, few resources, severely scaled-back extracurricular programs, teacher shortages, etc. As stated in earlier weeks, the quality of education is an SDOH affecting the population’s health. Assessment Deliverable Write a 1,000- to 1,250-word paper that includes: An overview of the vulnerable population and the health concern Include data to support the existence of the vulnerable population. Provide a granular descriiption of the population, including a comprehensive picture of the environment they inhabit. A detailed descriiption with supporting evidence and data of the SDOH involved in the selected population’s health concern Identification and descriiption of at least 1policy that is contributing to the existence of the health inequity Full analysis of the policy’s contribution tothe inequity Background or history of the policy Evidence and data that establish the link between the policy and the health outcomes Advocacy plan to address the disparity Cite at least 4 scholarly references, one of which may be Policy & Politics in Nursing and Health Care. Format your sources according to APA guidelines. Submit your assessment
