Impact of Economic Stability on Healthcare and the Well-Being of Families

Impact of Economic Stability on Healthcare and the Well-Being of Families

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Indeed, the impact of economic stability on healthcare and the well-being of families is a critical concern. Your post highlights the multifaceted relationship between these two factors. As you’ve mentioned, economic circumstances can greatly affect the ability to access and afford health insurance. When families struggle financially, it can lead to difficult choices. Families may allocate funds away from health insurance coverage (Berger & Carlson, 2020). This eventually affects their access to healthcare services. Your reference to Healthy People 2030’s objective highlights the importance of economic stability for family health. The objective aims to increase the proportion of children living with at least one full-time working parent. It’s concerning to note that little or no change has been seen in this objective’s status. It shows the persistence of economic challenges that impact families.

Your suggestion for nurse practitioners to inquire about family dynamics during clinic visits is important. Understanding the family structure and the availability of caregivers can help healthcare professionals provide more targeted support (Harvath et al., 2020). Moreover, the mention of resources like CalFresh and the California Department of Community Services and Development is crucial. These programs can be lifelines for families facing economic hardships. They can assist with essential needs like nutrition, energy bills, and water bills. Thus, promoting awareness of such resources is key to helping families access the support they need to maintain their health and well-being.

In conclusion, your discussion post effectively highlights the complex relationship between economic stability and healthcare access for families. It underscores the importance of healthcare professionals being familiar with the economic challenges their patients may face. Furthermore, it suggests practical steps for addressing these issues. Your mention of available resources showcases the potential for assistance in times of financial difficulty. Addressing these economic disparities is not only a healthcare concern but also a social and economic imperative for the well-being of families and individuals.

References

Berger, L. M., & Carlson, M. J. (2020). Family policy and complex contemporary families: A decade in review and implications for the next decade of research and policy practice. Journal of Marriage and Family, 82(1), 478-507. https://doi.org/10.1111/jomf.12650

Harvath, T. A., Mongoven, J., Bidwell, J. T., Cothran, F. A., Sexson, K., Mason, D. J., & Buckwalter, K. (2020). Research priorities in family caregiving: Process and outcomes of a conference on family-centered care across the trajectory of serious illness. Gerontologist, 60(Supplement_1), S5–S13. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnz138

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Economic stability can affect every aspect of a person’s or family’s life. Supporting a family and providing the right care is important on different levels for any individual. Health care can be affected because an individual may not be able to pay for health insurance or acquire health insurance coverage for their family members. Depending on whether it is a money situation where the family needs to allocate funds to other sources, only one person has a job, or a family may be in between moving to a more affordable area to be able to afford luxuries; these examples are different ways that economics can affect health care and where it is delivered (Monheit et al., 2020).

In Healthy People 2030, for economic stability, one objective I chose was increasing the proportion of children living with at least 1 parent who works full-time. According to Healthy People 2023, the “status of this objective has had little or no change” (Healthy People 2030, n/d, p.1). “Baseline there is 77.9 % of children aged 17 years and under were living with at least 1 parent employed year-round, full time in 2017,” and the target is to be 85.1% (Healthy People 2030, n/d, p.1). Families that have a single parent and not a guardian with children are the ones affected by this objective. A nurse practitioner may be able to understand the family dynamic by asking multiple questions to the child or family member during a clinic visit. Here are a few questions that may be added for a better understanding.

When you go to school, do you eat lunch and breakfast or take lunch to school and breakfast at home?
Depending on who is at the bedside with the child, ask if the parent always makes dinner on school nights.
Depending on age, ask if the patient if they read to their parent every night to learn some big new words.

These questions may be asked to understand the family dynamics and who is home most of the time to take care of them. One resource available to families with only one working parent at the time would be a nutritional program offered by the state they live in or a federally mandated program. In California it is called CalFresh. CalFresh is a “Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program” that assists families of low income or those at a poverty level and provides them with a way to buy nutrient-rich foods (Department of Social Services, 2023). A second resource would be visiting the California Department of Community Services and Development website. This specific site can guide you to multiple programs available for low-income families, such as Energy Bill assistance, Water Bill Assistance, and other community services available to your local area (California Department of Community Services & Development, 2023).

California Department of Community Services & Development. (2023). Services in Santa Clara County. Retrieved on October 31, 2023, from https://www.csd.ca.gov/Pages/Services.aspx?ct=&SCU=Santa%20Clara%20County&PT=CM

Department of Social Services. (2023). CalFresh. Retrieved on October 31, 2023, from https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/calfresh

Healthy People 2030. (n/d). Increase the proportion of children living with at least 1 parent who works full time-SDOH-03. Retrieved on October 31, 2023, from https://health.gov/healthypeople/objectives-and-data/browse-objectives/economic-stability/increase-proportion-children-living-least-1-parent-who-works-full-time-sdoh-03/data

Monheit, A., Grafova, I., & Kumar, R. (2020). How does family health care use respond to economic shocks? realized and anticipated effects. Review of Economics of the Household, 18(2), 307–334. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11150-018-9438-9