Vulnerable population and “at risk” population

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Vulnerable population and “at risk” population
The population at risk is a group of people who are at risk with a common identifiable
risk factor that can be fatal for their health. For example, population who are at risk of obesity
and cardiovascular diseases, consisting of adult population living a sedentary life is a risk group
in United States. The Hispanics and the Non-hispanics are reported to have the highest
prevalence of obesity.
The vulnerable population is defined as the groups that are more likely to develop health
related problems and face more difficulties to access the health care facilities to address the
health care problems (Waisel 2013). They have generally shorter life span and poor quality of
life. Some of the examples of vulnerable population are homeless, poor people, homeless people,
and people with disability, mental illness, older people, women and children, prisoners, refugee
and people belonging to the LGBTQ community are the vulnerable population in United States
(Waisel 2013).
1. The vulnerable people are mostly overlooked, dismissed and cannot raise the voice of
protest. They are often marginalized, stigmatized and do not get access to their basic human
rights. Due to the lack of support and encouragement, they cannot advocate for themselves
(Rose 2016).
2. Giving voice to them should be the primary steps of advocacy. They should be advocated for
getting equal access to the health care facilities, any economic facilities that they have been
granted, but they are not aware of them (Loignon et al. 2015). Patients with cognitive
disorders can be advocated for rehabilitation services and the services taking care of
traumatic brain injury patients. Elderly patients can be advocated for financial help liaising