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| Factors referring to the person-level. Meditated by individuals, such as health behavior (smoking, inactivity, substance abuse, coping with stress) |
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Theory that consists of differences in race/ethnicity in the community context in which people live. (socioenvironmental)
These are risk exposure theory and resource deprivation theory. |
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| Racial/Ethnic Segregation |
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| Using the Index of dissimilarity, it is shown that racial segregation has been shown to be a consistent predictor of health outcomes and a partial explanation for race disparities in health. Leads to Risk Exposure and Resource Deprivation theory. |
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| A high prevalence of social or environmental health risks in predominantly minority communities leads to a higher prevalence of disease and death. |
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| Resource Deprivation Theory |
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| Minorities are more likely than Whites to live in communities that are lacking in the necessary infrastructure to support a healthy lifestyle. |
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| The health status of minorities begins to prematurely deteriorate in young adulthood. |
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| individuals with lower social status are routinely exposed to psychological and socioeconomic stressors, which require them to exert considerable energy daily to manage the psychological consequences generated by chronic stress. |
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| Immigration and Acculturation |
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| foreign-born persons have better health outcomes than US born counterparts. |
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| beliefs, attitudes, institutional arrangements, and acts that tend to denigrate individuals or groups because of phenotypic characteristics or ethnic group affiliation |
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| views racism as a stressor |
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| Hispanic epidemiological paradox |
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| Hispanics have more favorable outcomes (in many causes of death) than non-Hispanics |
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| Biogenetic-environmental interactions |
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| the unknown effect of race/ethnicity on health condition |
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| slave hypertension hypothesis |
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| the higherprevalence of hypertension among African Americans is a result of selective survival (salt) |
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| differences in the access, use, quality, or outcomes of health care services received by racial/ethnic minorities |
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| differences in the incidence, prevalence, mortality, and burden of diseases and other adverse health conditions that exist among specific population groups in the United States. |
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| Health Care Dissimilarity |
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| racial/ethnic differences that are not caused by underlying inequities; for example, differences produced by patient cultural preferences or patient choice. |
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| differences among racial/ethnic groups in health status (that is, morbidity, mortality, functional status, or disability) |
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| measures the patient's inclination to use health services; this includes the patient's attitudes toward using care, which are influenced by cultural beliefs, prior experiences, and perceptions. |
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| relate to structural or material resources that can be barriers or facilitators in seeking care. examples are having health insurance, ability to take off sick time from work, having access to transportation, or having a relationship with a health care provider |
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| the demonstrated awareness and integration of three population-specific issues: health-related and cultural values, disease incidence and prevalence, and treatment efficacy" |
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| largely caused by socioeconomic inequities, such as discrimination or differences in health insurance coverage. |
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| minorities often face the prospect of seeking care in facilities with fewer resources. also, when they obtain access to similar facilities as Whites, they often receive less optimal treatment. |
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| the successful performance of mental function, resulting in productive activities, fulfilling relationships with other people, and the ability to adapt to change and to cope with adversity |
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| signs and symptoms of insufficient intensity or duration to meet the criteria for any mental disorder |
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| the term that refers collectively to all mental disorders, which are health conditions characterized by alterations in thinking, mood, or behavior associated with distress or impaired functioning |
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