TAMU HLTH 236 Exam 2 Study Guide

African Americans make up _____ % of the population.

15

What age group is in ore danger of disorder eating and depression as a result of body image?

15-25 years

According to Figure 1 in LaVeist (1993), in what year did the Black infant mortality rate fall under 50 infant deaths per 1,000 live births.

1950

American Indian and Alaska Native are _____ more likely to have diabetes than general US population.

2.3x

Within the American Indian and Alaska Native population, _____ of the population is obese and ____ have a BMI above normal range.

50%; 80%

What are 3 culturally related beliefs and values Asian Pacific Islanders share?

Ancestral Spirits Emphasis of collective over individual needs Respect for nature

BRCA 1 is correlated to which type of disease among Caucasian/white individuals?

Breast Cancer

The _____________ was developed to oversee health care for the American Indian population.

Bureau of Indian Affairs

The leading cause of death among Asian or Pacific Islanders (API) Americans is:

Cancer

A major health risks associated with American Indian and Alaska Natives are:

Cultural Barriers Language Poverty Low SES

Police brutality, sterilization abuse, and hate crimes are all examples of

Dehumanization

The Foreign Miners tax did what?

Denied rights in gold fields Was passes by the state Excluded rights to foreigners

Which of the following is not among the top five leading causes of deaths for Caucasian/White males?

Diabetes

Underutilization of health care by Asian Pacific Islanders is usually caused by various cultural factors such as:

Different attitudes towards suffering and the belief that life is predetermined

General Population

Everyone studied within a population

T/F: African Americans have a lower infant mortality rate when compared to the Hispanic/Latino population:

False

T/F: American Indian and Alaska Natives generally have a lower death rate compared to other racial/ethnic group.

False

T/F: As of 2012, racism does not exist within our nation:

False

T/F: Asian Pacific Islanders have lower prevalence of mental health problems.

False

T/F: Asian or Pacific Islanders (API) American constitute 10% of the US population:

False

T/F: Black infant mortality rates are higher in cities where blacks have gained a measure of political empowerment.

False

T/F: Cancer is the number one leading cause of death for both females and males among Hispanic/Latinos.

False

T/F: Race is a completely accurate way to representation of socioeconomic status, culture, and genes.

False

T/F: Regarding diabetes, Asian Pacific islanders are least likely to develop secondary complications from the disease and die prematurely.

False

T/F: There are more African Americans in the US when compared to other groups

False

Which factor is not associated with health care utilization and access when referring to Hispanic/Latinos?

Family History

In the example given in the Camara (2000) article, the gardener of the flowering pots would be considered who:

Government

Infant mortality rate is an health indicator of all of the following except:

Health status of the elderly

Which ethnic group has the highest fertility rate?

Hispanic

Which is a behavioral cause of death?

Homicide

Asking the question, "Why should I go get tested for cancer, if I have no fund for treatment" is an example of:

Hopelessness

Much of what is known about mental health comes from ____________.

Hospitals

What is not a weakness of the term Caucasian?

Imprecise

American Indian and Alaska Native tend to have: a. Income below the federal poverty level and Adequate access to care

Income below the federal poverty level and high unemployment rate

Caucasian

Indo-European

All of the following are American Indian and Alaska Native group specific health problems EXCEPT:

Influenza and Pneumonia

What is considered the first explicit commitment by the government to achieve equity in health outcomes:

Initiative to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities

Personally mediated racism can be defined with the help of what concepts?

Intentional Prejudice Discrimination

Accepting limitations to ones own full humanity, including ones spectrum of dreams defines which of the following:

Internalized racism

Goals of doing minority health research?

Interpret, assess, understand

What city is considered an extreme outlier when comparing the Black infant mortality rate to the white rate?

Kenner, Louisiana

Ethnicity involves

Language History Rituals

Research shows that _____ acculturation leads to better health effects.

Less

At age 80, selective survival leads to crossover in death rates where by American Indian Alaska Natives have _____ death rates than other ethnic/racial groups.

Lower

The major conceptual basis used for identification of Latinos, being political and geographic, was pronounced in which article:

Monroe Doctrine 1823

The term Latino should be used to recognize ________.

Nationality

European

Native of Europe

Occidental

Native of the West

describe institutionalized racism with three terms

Normative Structural Differential Access

Western

Originating from Western or European Countries

Which of the following has been known to be the best documented social risk factor for infant mortality

Poverty

Which of the following is preferred terminology?

Reference

The avoidance of integration into the new society is the definition for which term:

Separatism

What is the strength of the term White?

Socially recognized

Income and education are stressors associated to which type of factor:

Socio-Demographic

Jones (2000) developed a framework to understand racism that had all of the following levels except:

Socioenviornmental

Examples of material conditions when referring to institutionalized racism include

Sound housing

According to the OMB Directive 15, a white person can come from either region of the world, except

South Africa

Reference, Control, and Comparison Populations

Standard population for comparison

What is a leading cause of death that is found in male American Indian Alaska Natives but not in females?

Suicide

What leading cause of death is seen in API males but not API females

Suicide

According to LaVeist (1993), which international country has the best infant mortality rate.

Sweden

What are 3 Examples of culturally and linguistic appropriate actions provided in the healthcare setting?

Translation Medical Interpretation Interpretation

T/F: 25% of the US population is under the age of 18 years.

True

T/F: A major research issue is whether the process of acculturation is detrimental to the health of immigrants or whether it is protective.

True

T/F: According to the 2010 Census, there are more than 3 million American Indian and Alaska Natives.

True

T/F: According to the lecture, the Caucasian/White population is decreasing as compared to other races/ethnicities.

True

T/F: Asian Pacific Islanders have higher prevalence of metabolic syndrome than whites at each level of BMI.

True

T/F: Asian or Pacific Islanders (API) American are known as the "model minority":

True

T/F: Bhopal and Donaldson suggest that the term White abandoned in scientific writing

True

T/F: Compared to African Americans, American Indian Alaska Natives death rates are equal or higher.

True

T/F: Diabetes is highly prevalent among API populations.

True

T/F: Historically, the American Indian/Alaskan Native population has experienced extreme health problems because they had little or no immunity to the diseases brought by the Europeans.

True

T/F: In the Sentell (2011), adult health literacy is defined in Healthy People 2010 as the "the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process and understand basic health information and services for appropriate health decisions."

True

T/F: Institutionalized racism manifests itself both in material conditions and in access to power.

True

T/F: Nearly 31% of Hispanics/Latinos do not have a usual source of healthcare.

True

T/F: One of the most limiting issues is that data systems within healthcare settings do not code patient's race.

True

T/F: Race is defined as a biological category that labels different groups according to a set of common inborn biological markers.

True

T/F: The percentage of African American population does not correlate to incidence of various diseases.

True

T/F: Women struggle to maintain healthy lifestyles due to personal and work responsibilities

True

Body dissatisfaction in Caucasian/White group is more common in which demographic group?

Young Men

What are the major Causes of Death among Caucasians/whites?

heart disease, stroke, cancer, chronic lower respiratory disease, diabetes, flue and pneumonia, kidney disease, unintentional injuries

Why are Caucasians/Whites used as the baseline population?

to seek understanding through comparison, interpret disease trends among racial/ethnic groups and see if they deviate from expectation, and to assess inequity through racial and ethnic groups