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test 3
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Medical
Undergraduate 4
10/29/2008

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What are the workers that have worked int he last 24 months and leave home every year to work?
Definition
Migrant workers
Term
What are barriers to effective healthcare in rural areas?
Definition
Not enough people to fund it.
Term
What are migrant workers at risk for related to pesticides they encounter?
Definition
Risk for cancer
Term
Who are most likely to be affected by poverty?
Definition
Women
Term
What is the greatest predisposing factor to vulnerability?
Definition
Poverty.
Term
What are people considered when they fall through the cracks?
Definition
Near poor
Term
Who is someone who has a job but cant afford insurance coverage?
Definition
Indigent
Term
Why is homelessness so hard to define?
Definition
Because they are difficult to locate and don't identify themselves.
Term
What are many of us in relation to poverty?
Definition
One paycheck away
Term
What is the factor that causes the continuous cycle in homelessness?
Definition
Hopelessness
Term
What is the minimum age you can start working?
Definition
14
Term
What is leading to the increase in homelessness?
Definition
Mental illness
Term
Who secures services in family?
Definition
Wife/mother
Term
What is leading to children increased mortality rates?
Definition
Firearms
Term
What was the first consumer to advocate for mental illness?
Definition
National alliance for mentally ill (NAMI)
Term
What is the leading cause of disability in the US?
Definition
Major depression
Term
What is a primary prevention related to mental illness?
Definition
Stress reduction techniques.
Term
What is a major effect poverty has on children?
Definition
Developmental delays
Term
What is a tertiary prevention in mental health?
Definition
Bringing them from the hospital to the community
Term
What is most prevalent in homeless men?
Definition
STDs
Term
One of the top 5 health problems among farm worker's children is?
Definition
Dental disease.
Term
Average life expectancy for a migrant worker is?
Definition
49 Years
Term
Compared with urban americans rural adults?
Definition
Have poorer overall health status.
Term
Which of the following is not a characteristic of nursing practice in rural environments?
Definition
Anonymity and affordability
Term
Vulnerable population groups are those who in comparison with the population group as a whole?
Definition
Are more sensitive to risk factors and have worse health outcomes.
Term
5. For persons and families whose income is above federal income guidelines but insufficient to meet living expenses are often called?
Definition
Near poor
Term
Wide variations in health services between certain population groups?
Definition
Health and disparities
Term
Persons who are self employed but have inadequate health insurance are considered?
Definition
Medically indigent
Term
One of the vulnerable populations that is a special concern to nurses?
Definition
Pregnant adolescent
Term
Feelings that there is no way to change their situation?
Definition
Hopelessness
Term
When dealing with the population of homeless why is it hard to count?
Definition
Because the definition of homeless is vague and hard to define.
Term
Homeless women are effected due to?
Definition
Abusive relationships
Term
The effects of homeleness on health of homeless children are?
Definition
Developmental delays & ??
Term
Occupational hazards for migrant workers that results in death are?
Definition
Trauma
Term
Deinstitutionalization involves?
Definition
Transitioning large number of people from state psych hospitals to communities
Term
Rural define health as?
Definition
Ability to work
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