The Impact of Policy on Marginalized Women and Childbearing Households

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Hi, you indicate that the three actions to reduce social implications to marginalized women within the health care practice environment include creating a comfortable environment that would guarantee them quality care, prioritizing their healthcare needs, and being at eye level with them. In this vein, your argument that a comfortable environment could go a long way into mitigating social impacts among marginalized women coincides with the need to create an environment that enhances trust, emotional safety, as well as care quality. In addition, “being at eye level with them” enables the nurse practitioner to effectively relate with the women’s experiences, history, and contexts, and thus enhance accessibility and reduce hindrances to accessing quality care (Prodan‐Bhalla & Browne, 2019).
Notably, your paper incorporates a strong point regarding the impact of policy on marginalized women and childbearing households. Policy at local and state levels plays a critical role in leveling the playing ground for marginalized American women. This is possible via its impact to reduce structural inequalities that exacerbate health inequities among marginalized women as well as childbearing families (Prodan‐Bhalla & Browne, 2019). Daniel, Erickson, and Bornstein (2018) also noted that policy facilitates equitable access to reproductive health care and medical insurance, thus enhancing marginalized women and childbearing households’ wellbeing.