Investigate Barriers to Health Care

Week 4 Assignment: Investigate Barriers to Health Care Activity Description As you know, when you feel good, life probably goes much better. The same is true for children and their families. Poor health and unhealthy living conditions are major contributors to poor school achievement and life outcomes. A number of health issues facing children today put their chances for learning and success at risk. For this assignment, you have read Chapters 6 and 13 in your text and reflected on health barriers. Select a cultural or socioeconomic barrier to health care for early childhood-aged patients. Locate 2-3 scholarly articles about your chosen barrier. Then, write an analysis of the articles guided by the following questions: • What are the major barriers to health care among the population served? • To what degree do the articles reflect sensitivity to diverse cultural beliefs and health practices? • How would you assess the strategies for reducing cultural barriers to adequate healthcare presented in the articles? Support your paper with three scholarly references from peer-reviewed journals published in the past 7 years. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included. Length: 5-7 pages Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. Be sure to adhere to the North central Academic Integrity policy.

Introduction:
Investigating Barriers to Health Care
As educators, we must make provisions for health, safety, and the well-being of a young child’s life while in school. Educators must always be aware of the importance of meeting young children’s basic physical and emotional needs within education and care settings. However, many health risks are present during childhood. The lack of health care and its human costs on children and families are predictable. For example, those families are more likely to report poorer health, see doctors less often, and exist without preventive care.

Assignment Preparation
1. See the Books and Resources for this week for your Required Readings.
2. Think of two children that you know who are approximately the same age. Compare their physical and social development. How are they alike, and how do they differ? What do you think accounts for their differences?
3. Describe a child who would be considered emotionally healthy.
4. Explain the role of play in children’s emotional health.
5. Describe three things that teachers can do to help children become resilient?
6. Describe a socially-competent child.
7. Describe four of the social skills evident during the preschool, kindergarten, and primary grade years.

Books and Resources for this Week:
Books
Reference Instruction
Driscoll, A., & Nagel, N. G. (2008) Early childhood education, birth-8: The world of children, families, and educators Read chapters 6 and 13
Websites
Reference Instruction
Northcentral University Library
http://library.ncu.edu/
Use the NCU library to research more details on this topic
The Basics of APA Style
http://www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/basics-tutorial.aspx
Review APA Format and Style
What’s New in the Sixth Edition
http://www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/brief-guide.aspx

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