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Week 3- Social Justice Assignment for the Week: Readings/Activities: Tobin-Tyler and Teitelbaum (2019). Essentials of Health Justice: A Primer. Chapter 3: Population Health Disparities, pp. 33- 60. Tobin-Tyler and Teitelbaum (2019). Essentials of Health Justice: A Primer. Chapter 4: Social and Structural Barriers to Health pp 61-90, Identify either a news story or an article in the literature about one of the social or structural barriers discussed in Chapter 4. Assignment: Critical Thinking Questions For this week's assignment, read the assigned text charters and search the news/ literature as described above. Once you have completed this, answer the following critical thinking questions. Be sure to answer in your own words, and provide a comprehensive answer to each question. 1. What are the differences between individual and population health disparities? What makes a population vulnerable? Explain how each vulnerable group discussed in Chapter 3 experiences health disparities. How do health policies, laws, and the culture of the United States shape and influences these disparities? 2. Describe the relationship between poverty and inequality, as discussed in Chapter 4. What are the social and structural determinants of health, according to Tyler and Teitelbaum (2019)? Choose three determinants discussed in Chapter 4 of the text, and explain how poverty affects the determinant, and how this determinant leads to health inequities. 3. Identify either a news story or an article in the literature about one of the social or structural barriers discussed in Chapter 4. Summarize the article or story, and identify the key points addressed. How is this barrier related to social justice and health equity?