Editing Access to Healthcare

Editing Healthcare Project Proposal

Topic

I want to study the language surrounding access to healthcare system in the United States among marginalized populations.

Observation

Different populations have greater access to healthcare over others. Other than the healthcare providers there are other agencies out there to help facilitate during this process of finding adequate and proper healthcare. Now that a new healthcare bill is being implemented, there will have to be multiple strategies to reach the large audience of the general public without excluding particular populations.

It is important to advertise and educate everyone our nation on how to adequately access the new healthcare system. Why? Language has a powerful impact on how people percieve and understand the healthcare system and the support that it offers. Vice versa, language can serve as a powerful tool that can exclude certain populations that do not understand or are unaware of what is availible.

Purpose

To create a system that uses a language that is more exclusive to increase access to the healthcare system.

Research Question

How can we create a system with greater access to healthcare?(through the language we use) And is it the responsibility of health careproviders, other organizations, media campaigns, or education to help consumers find access points to healthcare.

Research Angle

For my research, I want to specifically look at the language of healthcare's impact on consumer perception and knowledge of heathcare access. Also, I want to see test the use of information and communication technology to provide more informed health literature. My research will include studies on the effects of language on people's understanding of research and gather more information on movement's like the plain english campaign.