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AH-Lewis Ch. 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are the determinants of health? | those factos that influence the health of individuals and groups |
| what do the determinants of health influence? | health and illness and help explain why some people experience poorer health an others |
| What is the major determinant of health today? | behavior |
| What can increase one's risk of disease? | biological makeup |
| The type and availability of medical care? | also contribute to health |
| What is health status? | describes how healthy a person or a community is |
| What are health measures? | birth and death rates, life expectancy, and mobidity and mortality rates of disease and injury |
| What is healthy people 2010 childhood obesity is to? | reduce obesity to 5% of children and adolescents |
| What is the number 2 healthy people 2010 goals? | to eliminate healthy disparities |
| What are health disparities? | the differences in measures of health status between different groups of people living in a community, a state, or the entire nation |
| When does health disparities occur? | when one group of people has a higher incidence or mortality rate than another group |
| What are one of the contributing factors to health desparities? | health care provider attitudes and behaviors |
| Minority adults are more likely to? | have health problems than whites |
| racial, ethinic, and cultural differences exist in? | health screening, treatments, and access to health care providers |
| What is also influenced by race and ethnic? | disease risk and outcomes |
| What is communication issues? | not understanding, feeling they are not listened to, or having questions but not asking them |
| What is the tuskegee experiment? | 399 African americans infected with syphilis were followed |
| The ratio of pt's to providers is? | higher in rural communities |
| Diseases are higher in? | rural areas |
| Rural populations have? | lower literacy rates and poorer health |
| what is one of the main things that contribute to health disparities? | health care costs |
| What is health literacy? | a range of skills needed to prevent disease and promote health |
| fewer male infants? | survive their first year |
| Do women or men go to the doctor more? | women |
| Who is at risk for experiencing health disparities in number of diagnostic tests performed and aggrestivness of treatment used? | elderly |
| What can affect health care seeking behavior in minority populations? | stereotyping and prejudice |
| What is stereotyping? | viewing members of a specific culture or ethnic goup as being alike or sharing the same beleifs |
| When does discrimination occur? | where there is a negative treatment based on race, ethnicity, gender, age, or sexual orientation |
| Economic issues often dictate? | health care delivery |
| What can ultimatly eliminate health disparities? | interpersonal communication, disease management standards, increasing cultural competence, initiating quality imporvement |
| What are interpersonal skills? | active listening, relationship building, and communication skills |
| The use of standardized evidence based care guidelinces can? | reduce disparities in diagnosis and treatment |
| Research shows that pt's are more comfortable when care is provided by? | someone who shares their heritage and cultural values |
| What is needed to assist in recognizing and responding to the health needs of diverse populations? | a diverse nursing workforce |
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alicia.rennaker
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