Health 236 Tamu Module 8-13

African Americans make up _____ % of the population.

15

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%

Personally mediated racism can be defined with the help of all of the following concepts, except:

Acceptance

All of the following describe institutionalized racism except:

Action in face of need

All of the following are culturally related beliefs and values Asian Pacific Islanders share EXCEPT

All of the answer choices are correct

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

All of these are major health risks

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

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Hypertension and high cholesterol are the most urgent health problems found among what population(s):

Chinese and Filipino

Police brutality, sterilization abuse, and hate crimes are all examples of which of the following:

Dehumanization

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

Type 2 diabetes among Hispanics could be attributed to all of the following except:

Employment

All of the following are examples of culturally and linguistic appropriate actions provided in the healthcare setting, except:

English exams

The Foreign Miners tax did all of the following except:

Excluded rights to native Americans

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

False

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

False

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

False

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

False

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

Acculturation can be describe as all of the following processes, except:

Global

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

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

Which of the following is considered the first explicit commitment by the government to achieve equity in health outcomes:

Initiative to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Disparities

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

Kenner, Louisiana

Research shows that _____ acculturation leads to better health effects.

Less

According to Baker (2011), acculturation is ____________, rather than _____________ and may include the formation of new unique cultures.

Multidirectional; unidirectional

The term Latino should be used to recognize ________.

Nationality

The US Census has how many subcategories for Whites:

None

All of the following are goals of doing minority health research except:

Predict

According to Jones (2000), some researchers now believe that race-associated differences in health outcome are due to the effects of:

Racism

The term Indians not taxed was replaced by which social classification:

Red

Which of the following is the preferred terminology:

Reference

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

Separatism

What is a 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:

Socioenvironmental

The majority of the African American population lives in which region of the US.

Southern

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

Street crossing, purse clutching, and shopkeepers vigilance are all examples of which of the following:

Suspicion

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

Sweeden

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

True

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

True

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

True

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

True

Bhopal and Donaldson suggest that the term White abandoned in scientific writing.

True

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

True

Diabetes is highly prevalent among API populations.

True

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

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

Institutionalized racism manifests itself both in material conditions and in access to power.

True

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

True

The percentage of African American population does not correlate to incidence of various diseases.

True

Women struggle to maintain healthy lifestyles due to personal and work responsibilities.

True

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

Young men