By skyforbes 
The main idea of this lesson is to analyze Hispanic health disparities and the efforts to address these disparities and promote health equity during National Hispanic Heritage Month.
Student focus:
- Understand the health disparities faced by Hispanic communities in the United States.
- Identify the contributing factors to these disparities, such as socioeconomic status, language barriers, and cultural differences.
- Explore the efforts and initiatives in place to address and reduce health disparities among Hispanic individuals.
- Gain insight into the significance of advocacy, community engagement, and culturally competent care in promoting health equity for Hispanic communities.
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Print & Go Worksheets – Reading And Comprehension Activities
The learning resource “Hispanic Health Disparities and Advocacy” delves into the contemporary issues faced by Hispanic communities in the United States regarding access to healthcare and the prevalence of health disparities. It highlights that Hispanic individuals bear a disproportionate burden of chronic diseases like diabetes and cardiovascular conditions due to factors such as socioeconomic status, language barriers, and limited healthcare access. Efforts to address these disparities include culturally competent care, community health worker programs, and the use of technology, such as telemedicine. Advocacy plays a crucial role in promoting health equity, with community-based organizations and policymakers actively working to improve healthcare access and bridge gaps in healthcare provision. The reading-based lesson underscores the significance of raising awareness and fostering cultural understanding to empower Hispanic communities in their pursuit of better health outcomes.
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This resource is perfect for the classroom, distance-learning, homework, exam preparation and home-schooling.
This is a quality, ready-made resource intended for busy teachers, cover teachers, parents and home-schoolers to simply print and go. The resource is packed with a variety of differentiated comprehension activities for students, including ‘stretch & challenge tasks’ and further recommended classroom, project and homework activities.
It also includes a detailed lesson plan, for a 60-minute lesson, based around the reading passage. This provides incredible flexibility for the teacher to transform this resource into a comprehensive, student-centred lesson, which encourages independent and team learning activities. The resource also provides a variety of templates for teachers to carry out Assessment For Learning (AFL) to identify independent student and whole class progress.
Best of all, it includes a comprehensive answer key, making teachers’ lives far more simple! It also means some students can self-assess or peer-assess their work.
This resource contains: 34 pages
This Learning Resource Includes The Following:
- Reading Passage
- Multiple-Choice Questions
- Plenary: True / False Activities
- Main Idea/Key Details Graphic Organizer
- Who, What, Where, When Graphic Organizer
- Writing Framework For Students
- Standard-Level Comprehension
- Intermediate-Level Comprehension
- Advanced-Level Comprehension
- Stretch & Challenge Questions
- Further Recommended Activities For Teacher And Students
- Detailed 60-Minute Lesson Plan, Based On Article, For Teachers
- Student Summary Worksheets: Lesson Summary, Head Heart Hashtag, Exit Ticket, Progress Pyramid, Planning For Progress
- Student Answer Templates