Reflection on Infant Mortality and Healthcare Administration Capstone

This report reflects on a Healthcare Administration capstone project centered on reducing infant mortality rates among African American communities. The student analyzes the project's process, which involved advocating for improved healthcare policies and implementing an educational program. The reflection covers the challenges of health disparities, ethical considerations like autonomy and justice, and the importance of health equity. The student highlights the capstone's connection to their academic program at Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU), emphasizing how the project enhanced their knowledge and prepared them for a future career in healthcare administration. The report discusses the significance of ethical principles and how the experience will inform their approach to patient care, particularly in addressing health inequities. The student also references the Comprehensive Program Proposal, which addresses the issue of infant mortality and proposes an educational and advocacy-oriented healthcare program. The student intends to apply the lessons learned to improve maternal care, reduce infant mortality, and eliminate healthcare disparities.

Running head: REFLECTION ON HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION
REFLECTION ON HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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The health care administration is a factor of the advocacy of the health care system in
the individual or public health care. On this context it can be said that my capstone
experience was the Infant Mortality Ratio advocacy and also implementing the proper health
policy that can be able to reduce the mortality rate among the African American infants. In
the following section we will reflect on the factor of the capstone education and the practical
experience.
The context of the Infant Mortality ratio I can state that the process of the health care
providence is inadequate as the health care disparity can be seen in this aspect. The process of
the health care should be provided with zero disparity in regard to the culture, race or
religion. Hence, on this context I can state that the factor of the health care in United States is
improper in terms of the maternal care providence among the African American people
(Kochanek et al., 2017). The context showed that the aspect of Infant Mortality is higher
among the African American community than the white people community and the probable
causes are lack of education, sedentary lifestyle, higher fat consumption, substance abuse and
also violence (Williams & Collins, 2016). On this context it can be stated that the health
education should be provided to the African American people especially the mothers. On the
other hand the health care professionals should be educated about the proper health care
providence and also eliminating the discriminations in regards to the race or culture. My
capstone and the academic program are based on this education program and also providing
the health insurance to the people of the community who are effected by the socio economic
conditions (Williams, Walker & Egede, 2016). On this context I can state that my capstone
and academic program is very much effective and also related to the exact problems of the
community health care. Hence, I can also find this aspect very much effective with my future
career progress as the education would be helpful in removing the health care disparities in
the system. On the other hand the ethical factors also help me in the process of the health care

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providence as well. The ethical considerations of this case would be the autonomy and non-
malificence and also the justice. The factors are related to the aspect of providing proper care
to the mothers so that the infant mortality rate can be reduced. The aspect of the capstone and
the academic experience helped me the knowledge development about the process of
providing adequate care to the mothers in order to eliminate the risks of infant mortality
(Richard et al., 2016). Hence, it can be stated that I can be able to deliver proper care to the
patients without any discrimination in the future practices.
Based on the above discussion I can conclude that the proper health care should be
provided to each person that is health equity providence to the patients and this factor would
be followed with the priority basis. In my capstone I have learned this aspect of care and that
helped me developing better knowledge about the situation as well.

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References
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(2016). Equity of access to primary healthcare for vulnerable populations: the
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Williams, D. R., & Collins, C. (2016). Racial residential segregation: a fundamental cause of
racial disparities in health. Public health reports.
Williams, J. S., Walker, R. J., & Egede, L. E. (2016). Achieving equity in an evolving
healthcare system: opportunities and challenges. The American journal of the medical
sciences, 351(1), 33-43.