TAMU HLTH 236 Exam 1

false

According to Dr. Lu, differences in prenatal care utilization and maternal behaviors explain everything when discussing disparities in birth outcomes

informed concent

According to the Tuskegee lecture, doctors failed to acquire which of the following from participants

true

According to the Tuskegee lecture, the government doctors felt betrayed by the government failure to defined the study.

Mistrust

According to the Tuskegee lecture, which of the following is associated with the sentiments some may feel towards government

access to child care

According to the lecture, all of the following are necessary to have healthy babies except:

child care

According to the lecture, all of the following are necessary to have healthy babies except:

Argentina

According to the lecture, all of the following countries exceeded the US life expectancy, expect

Increase awareness about disparities

According to the lecture, committee recommendations for reducing racial and ethnic disparities in health care include which of the following:

Disparities

According to the lecture, differences indicative of injustice and unfairness refer to:

Implicit and Explicit

According to the lecture, health behaviors are _______ reflections of a person's health beliefs.

Higher routine medical care:

According to the lecture, health disparities have led to all of the following circumstances except

Mortality

According to the lecture, the number of deaths in a population at a given time refers to which key term:

prevalence

According to the lecture, the number of ill individuals among a group of people at risk for the illness at a given time refers to which key term:

Incidence

According to the lecture, the rate a disease develops in a group of people over a certain period of time refers to which key term:

Prevalence

According to the lecture, to acquire the __________ rate you must divide the number of cases by total number in population at a given time.

Barometer

According to the lecture, what can infant mortality be described as:

True

Adjusted rates are statistical procedures to make crude rates more comparable.

Taking prescribed medication

All of the following are examples of risk behaviors, except:

Immigration

All of the following shaped the health status of Black in the late 1800's , except

Individual and Population

An ecological approach focuses on which of the following:

Proposition 2004

An unsuccessful legislative proposal to abolish the collection of data on race/ethnicity by California's public services is described by

All of the following are correct

Apartheid played a role in the differential spread of HIV and in the legacy of inequalities in all of the following expect:

false

At the turn of the 20th century, the life expectancy for a white newborn girl exceeded that of a black new born girl by 30 years.

Tertiary

Bobby is in high school and participates in basketball and football. He is busy with a lot of different activities in school but always remembers to take his insulin on time to control his diabetes. Bobby taking his insulin is an example of which type of preventative behavior:

True

Both blacks and Hispanics have levels of overall poverty that are higher than those of whites.

true

Both blacks and Hispanics have levels of overall poverty that are higher than those of whites.

true

Brazil is home to one of the largest immigrant populations of Japanese people outside the country of Japan

Health Services

Delaying medical treatment and not participating in preventative care are related to which determinant of health

Health Services

Delaying medical treatment and not participating in preventative care are related to which determinant of health:

true

Differential access to socioeconomic and political power contribute to disparities in health

false

During the Tuskegee Syphilis Test, no cure was found for the men who had contracted syphilis thus extending the study

true

Ethnicity differs when compared to the race that its a social category based on culture or culture heritage

True

Expressing one's desire to use a condom is an explicit way to express one's health belief.

Decreasing labor force

Factors linked to changing trends to gender-role attitudes in the contemporary US include all of the following except:

Interpersonal

Families would fall into which level of the socio ecological model

Black

Gender differences in life expectancy are consistently larger than whites, for which group:

All answer choices are correct

Health People 2020 is a campaign focused on all of the following determinants of health:

Policymaking, Health services, Biology

Health People 2020 is a campaign focused on all of the following determinants of health:

Genetics

Health behaviors are shaped by all of the following except:

illness behaviors, preventative behaviors, health enhancing, risk behavior (correct answer choice)

Health behaviors that have benefits to the person practicing the behavior can be described as all of the following except:

Inequalities

Health disparities more closely related to which of the following terms:

False

Health equity can be defined as the attainment of the average level of health for all people

Asian/Pacific Islanders (tumor/cancer)

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for all of the following groups except:

Healthier individuals and communties

High socioeconomic status (SES) correlates to:

40 years

How long did the Tuskegee Syphilis Study last?

False

If a health belief is explicit, that means it is understood though not directly expressed.

Secondary

Illness behaviors are more closely linked to which type of preventative behavior:

false

Illness behaviors are weakly linked to socio-demographic factors, such as gender, ethnicity, and income levels.

false

Incidence is the occurrence of total causes of mortality and burden of disease:

Birth, 12 months

Infant mortality rate is defined as they probability of dying between _______ and exactly _____ of age per 1,000 live births.

true

Low birth weight is the most predictive factor for infant mortality.

Tertiary

Medication therapy adherence is an example of which type of prevention behavior

false

Neonatal mortality is measured by the number of deaths occurring during the first 28 days of life per 100 live births.

Prominent roles in the family

Nontraditional gender roles among Black women are fostered which of the following:

True

Policies at the federal level effect individual and population health.

Epidemological

Population profiling continues to be a tool for analysis/intervention is __ research

false

Prevalence and incidence are equal most of the time

false

Race and ethnicity are biologically derived constructs

false

Race and ethnicity are interchangeable terms that are synonymous of one another

Experiences

Race and gender interact to produce unique _____ that shape the personal realities and attitudes around them

true

Risk behaviors are defined as any behavior that puts an individual at risk for negative consequences.

true

SES is the measure of social and economic characteristics that typically relate education, work status by occupation, and place of residence

true

Scholars find black men to be more liberal than white men, regarding women outside of the home

Secondary

Self-breast exams are examples of which type of prevention behavior:

Both parents carry the gene

Sickle cell disease is developed when:

False

Social determinants of health reflect political and physical conditions in the environment.

Climate changes affect levels of chronic disease

The "weathering hypothesis" refers to all of the following except:

Policymaking

The 1966 Highway Safety Act is an example of which determinant of health:

The Federal Office of Minority Health (OHM) was established by __ in 1986.

The Department of Health and Human Services

Margaret Heckler

The Secretarys Task Force Report on Black and Minority Health was released in 1985 by who

Using race/ethnicity to classify blood safety

The South African Blood Service were found in political conflict after taking what actions

false

The Western Providence Blood Transfusion Service faces the same political struggles as SANBS with using the terms race/ethnicity measurements

true

The aim of secondary prevention behaviors is to catch the condition early to avoid advancement of the disease.

social, scientific

The decision to use race/ethnicity is as much about ___ acceptability as it is about ___ reliability

Natural Well Being

The definition by the World Health Organization of health encompasses all of the following expect:

Biological

The definition of health disparity put forth by Health People 2020, includes the following types of disadvantages, except:

true

The infant mortality in the US is higher than any other developed nation in the world

YPLL (Years of Potential Life Lost)

The number of years that are lost due to untimely death are referred to as:

true

The stability of a country's infrastructure has an effect on the infant mortality rate.

The question was shorten due to survey fatigue

There were three changes to the Hispanic origin question for the 2010 Census. Which of the following was not one of the changes?

false

Using race/ethnicity is a neutral term as a way to measure other variables?

false

When calculating the years of potential life lost, one must include the quality of life in the calculation.

Clinton

Which President apologized for the Tuskegee Syphilis Study?

14

Which amendment paved the way for equal educational oppurtunities

United States Public Health Services

Which department was responsible for enrolling participants in the Tuskegee experiment

Physiogomy

Which is the concept where one takes people and applies them to characterstics

Socio ecological model

Which model describes how context determines health and health behaviors?

Neonatal

Which mortality measures the death of an infant at 0-28 days old.

Category 2 White and Asian donors donating for the first time as well as Coloured

Which of the following are categories under SANBS four categories except:

Plessy vs. Ferguson

Which of the following cases endorsed the development of state and local Jim Crow laws

Asian Indian

Which of the following categories is NOT added to the 2000 US Census from the 1990 US Census

Sickle cell anemia

Which of the following would be considered a biological and genetic determinant of health:

Knowledge related to personal health (check)

Which of the following would be considered factors in the interpersonal level

true

You should not use race and ethnicity to describe critical aspects of health

African Black; White American

______ women and ______ women were more similar in low birth weight rate comparison.