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| What are the typical health indicators used to compare different ethic/racial populations? Which are the two indicators? |
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Definition
Life expectancy, Infant mortality, cases of preventable disease, death rates, disability rates.
Health Disparities and Health Inequalities |
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| What are the two definitions of health disparities? |
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Definition
1)gaps in quality of health and health care across racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic group
2) population specific differences in the presence of disease, disease, outcomes, or access to health care. |
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Term
| Typically health disparities result in what three conditions? |
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Definition
1)Poorer health/ poorer health outcomes
2)lower life expectancy
3)there are more causes of disease and illnesses in minorities |
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| What are the 4 common causes of health disparities? |
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Definition
1)Personal- economic, environmental, occupational, lifestyle
2)Barriers- language, culture, customs
3)Social and Political barriers
4) Health Care- limited access and quality |
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Term
| What is particularly unique about Native American/ American Indian health care? |
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Definition
The only Americans who live on reservations
The only mnority with their own Health Care system |
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Term
| What is the "Myth of the Model Minority" and to what group is it most often applied? |
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Definition
It is a belief that they are near perfect in health and have a good life expectancy
The Asians |
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Term
| What are the contributing factos to the poor overall health of minorities? |
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Definition
Belief system about healing
Concept of disease
Poverty
Fear and distrust of doctors and govt.
communication
role of family
lack of confidence of living a long life
low education level |
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Term
| In terms of health outcomes, how do minorites compare with white Americans? |
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Definition
White American due to their advantages and lack of dispairaties in health they have better health outcomes
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Term
| CDC suggests that to improve the health of minorities 6 programs should be instituted, what are they? |
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Definition
Cancer screening
cardiovascular disease
diabetes
HIV AIDS
Immunizations
Infant mortalitly |
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