M.H. Final Exam Review
Evil Eye
People from Puerto Rico may place a bracelet on the wrist of a baby to ward off:
Collectivist
People with this worldview may be reluctant to complete an advance directive because of concerns about isolating this person or offending other relatives.
Public Health Nurses
Promotores are also known as all of the following except:
Medication Doses
Religious beliefs significantly influence all of the following practices except:
Acculturation
The process in which members of one cultural group adopt the beliefs and behaviors of another group.
Diabetes
The second leading cause of death for American Indians and Alaskan Natives between the ages of 10 and 34 is:
Cultural Ethnocentricity
When a person believes that his or her culture is superior to another one it is called:
Separated
A person in the United States who speaks only German and lives in a German neighborhood.
Race
A person's physical characteristics and/or genetic or biological makeup is called:
Fotonovelas
A popular form of Latino mass media.
Cancer
American Indian and Alaskan Native populations are twice as likely as non-Hispanic whites of similar age to have:
Be aware of superstitions and their impact
American Indian tradition indulges children rather than punish them.
Caring for only those from their tribe
American Indians and Alaskan Natives believe in all the following except:
30,000
American Indians arrived in North America about _____________ years ago.
Fate vs. Free Will
Locus of control refers to:
All of these
Many Asian immigrants were discriminated against and efforts were made to stop their entry. Which of the following religions affect the Asian population in the United States?
The female is under 16 years of age
Many religions approve of abortion under certain circumstances. These generally include all of the following except:
Voluntarily to prosper economically
Most Asians came to the United States:
All of these
Adverse behaviors that particularly affect the African American community are:
2x
African American infant mortality is _____ as high as for non-Hispanic whites.
44%
African Americans 13 years of age and older represent about 13% of the general population but represent what percent of HIV/AIDS infections?
25
African Americans have a very low rate of suicide compared to non-Hispanic whites. However, African American women have a suicide rate of only _____ percent compared to African American men.
Germ Theory
The development of the Scientific Method contributed to:
Autonomy
The ethical principle concerned with a person's right to self-determination and informed consent in health care.
Justice
The ethical principle that people should be treated equally and fairly.
Hispanic Paradox
The fact that most recent Hispanic immigrants have better health than more affluent people residing in the U.S. for a longer time is referred to as:
Indian Health Service
The federal agency responsible by treaty to provide services to the American Indian and Alaskan Native populations is:
169
The federal government recognizes about how many languages spoken by about 500,000 American Indians and Alaskan Natives?
American Evaluation Association
The five guiding principles for quality standards of practice for the evaluation profession, (1) systematic inquiry, (2) competence, (3) integrity/honesty, (4) respect for people, and (5) responsibilities for general and public welfare, have been developed by this agency.
Neighbors
The four rings in the Purnell model do not include:
Cultural Relativism
The idea that all cultures are of equal value and need to be studied from a neutral point of view.
Mexicans
The largest subgroup of Hispanics in the United States is:
Heart disease
The leading cause of death among African American women is:
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
The legislation that prohibits federally funded programs from discriminating on the basis of race, color, or national origin.
Health Belief Program
The model developed by the U.S. Public Health Service to explain the lack of public participation in health screening and prevention programs.
566
The number of federally recognized Indian tribes is ___________.
Affordable Care Act
The self-reliance as part of the European culture can be traced into:
Karma
The total effect of a person's actions and conduct during the successive phases of the person's existence that determines the person's destiny.
Chi
The vital force in Chinese medicine.
Prana
The vital force in ayurvedic medicine.
Collectivists
The worldview of American Indians and Alaskan Natives can be considered:Used by American Indians for healing and balancing, this is considered a good way to clean one's body of illness or disease.
Cold
The worldview of many Asian Americans involves the circular, cyclical pattern of existence.
Present-Orientated
The worldview of the Hispanics can be characterized as:
Collectivism
The worldview that conflict should be avoided.
Germ Thoery
Theory of illness wherein it is thought that microorganisms cause disease.
All of these
This is often helpful in health care because it:
Plants and herbs
Used by American Indians to help groups of people return to harmony, these are not used for individual healing.
Personalistic Theory
A belief of disease causation where it is thought illness is caused by misbehavior or intervention of a supernatural being.
Technological Supports
A psychological model that tries to predict health behaviors by analyzing individual beliefs The Health Belief model includes the following areas except:
Rituals
A set of actions that are usually structured and have symbolic value or meaning.
Naturalistic Theory
A theory of disease causation where illness results from upset of the balance between the person and environment.
Curandero
A traditional folk healer in Mexican traditions is known as:
Physical Movement
According to the Institute of Medicine, the five domains of health include all of the following except:
Ensure that all information is available in English
All of the following are appropriate health promotion practices for the Hispanic community except:
Eye Color
All of the following are characteristics of ethnicity except:
Cultural Indoctrination
All of the following are elements of Campinha-Bacote's Process of Cultural Competence in the Delivery of Health Care Services model except:
Suicide
All of the following are suggested health promotion practices for American Indians and Alaskan Natives except:
Arthritis
All of the following diseases are prevalent in the Hispanic community except:
Humoral Theory
An ancient theoretical belief that our bodies have four important fluids that must be balanced for health.
Allopathic
Another word for biomedical medicine.
500,000
Approximately how many Africans were brought to the United States as slaves?
Athletics
Asians lead the nation in:
Veracity
Being truthful and providing information that is necessary.
Trust in the Health Care system
Characteristics of the African American community include all of the following except:
Wind Illness
Coining, cupping, and pinching are used to treat many problems associated with this form of respiratory illness.
Peer education is very successful
Considerations for health promotion among the African American community should include all of the following except:
All of these
Considerations for health promotion for Asian Americans include all of the following except:
Blindness
Cultural ___ occurs when cultural and systemic power differences are ignored.
Accuracy, consistency, and reliability
Effective health communication requires which of the following attributes?
All of these
Factors contributing to poor health outcomes among African Americans include:
More than 50%
Health literacy is believed to be absent in this percent of the United States population.
Highest of all groups but declining like all other groups
Hispanic teen pregnancy rates are:
Higher than non-Hispanic whites
Hispanics have an obesity rate that is:
Iodine
Home remedies are common among the African American community and can include all of the following except:
15
How many CLAS standards are there?
Naturalistic Theory
Humoral, ayurvedic, and vitalistic approaches are examples of:
7
In ayurvedic medicine there are _____ chankras.
Susto
In the Hispanic community, an illness that results from a frightful experience is known as:
Promotores
In the Hispanic community, those who promote health in their own community are known as:
Cancer
Leading causes of death in Asian Americans include all of the following except:
Advance Directives
Legal documents that enable a person to convey his or her decisions about end-of- life care ahead of time.
Socio-Economic Status
One of the most important predictors of health disparities is:
Interpersonal Distance
Proxemics is:
Healing ceremonies
Recent studies showed that the leading cause of death among American Indians and Alaskan Natives was:
Santeria
The Afro-Caribbean religion knows as the "Way of the Saints."
Encourage them to abandon traditional traditions
The Asian balancing concepts of Yin and Yang permeate many aspects of life from religion to cooking. What does Yin generally represent?
14.7 million
The Asian population in the United States is about:
72%
The European and Mediterranean population represents approximately what percent of the total U.S. population?
Espiritismo
The Latin American belief that good and evil spirits can affect life, health, and luck.
Perceived Benefits
The PRECEDE-PROCEED model includes the following areas except:
Beneficence
The concept that a healthcare provider should do good for the patient.
Cultural Adaptation
The degree to which a person or community has adapted to the dominant culture and retained their traditional practices.
American Indians
What group uses the hallucinogenic peyote as part of their spiritual ceremonies?
Silent Birth
When a woman does not speak or make sounds when in labor.
It has addictive properties
Why is caffeine prohibited or restricted by many religions?
Culture
_____ is/are the thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, ethnic, religious, and social groups.
Marginalized
_____ people tend to have the most psychological problems and the highest stress levels.
Morality
_____ refers to personal character and what the individual believes is right or wrong conduct.
Sweat lodges
_______ are used by American Indians to purify the spirit and bring balance to people who are unhealthy in spirit, mind, or body.
