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.