1. What can or should be done when populations are disproportionately unhealthy or at higher risk for certain health conditions?
2. Provide an example of a population that is disproportionately unhealthy or at higher risk for a particular health condition. Be sure to clearly identify the population and the condition.
3. What is cultural competence? Could the absence or presence of cultural competency be related to health disparities?
4. Is the concept of health disparities a new idea? How many years ago did people first start writing and speaking about health disparities?

Be sure to support your answers with credible sources and provide both in-text citations and a reference