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HEALTH DISPARITIES Part Three: Contributing Factors and Some Interventions

This lesson is part of a series designed to grasp the health disparities related to healthcare. Students will answer questions and interact with graphics to understand the objectives defined. Part II goes into detail the populations affected by health disparities.

Learners will be able to:

Identify some U.S. populations with health disparities.
Describe some health disparities that affect specific populations.

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Science and Technology / Health Sciences / Nursing

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Material Type:: Tutorial
Date Added to MERLOT:: January 15, 2009
Date Modified in MERLOT:: February 12, 2019
Author:: Diane Ruth Lauver, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Submitter:: Eileen Horn
Primary Audience:: College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
Technical Format:: Website, Flash

Mobile Compatibility:: Not specified at this time
Language:: English
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Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States