African Americans

Question 1

Dominant language

Answer 1

English (different dialects)
Black english

Question 2

Speech (tone)

Answer 2

Loud and expressive

Question 3

Space

Answer 3

Personal to social space

Question 4

Involvement

Answer 4

High involvement rate.
Rate their involved with each other.

Question 5

How AA handle time. Mono vs poly

Answer 5

Polychronic

Question 6

Family structure

Answer 6

Matriarchal
Women as head
extended families

Question 7

Religion

Answer 7

Christian:
-methodist
-baptist

Muslim
Jehovah witness

Question 8

View of religion

Answer 8

-Prayer is valuable in crisis
-Relationship with god seen as promoter of good health

Question 9

Distrust in America

Answer 9

Protective parenting
Firm parenting (chores, independence)

Question 10

Time

Answer 10

Present or future oriented

Question 11

Present

Answer 11

Associated with lower socioeconomic status

Question 12

Future

Answer 12

Associated with religious beliefs

Question 13

T wave

Answer 13

T wave inversion is common

Question 14

3 ways they perceive illness

Answer 14

1. Environmental hazards
2. Divine punishment
3. Impaired social relationships

Question 15

Gods will

Answer 15

Believe pain, misfortune, and hard experiences are Gods will

Question 16

Stoical response to pain

Answer 16

Might not show that they need anything for pain

Question 17

Folk medicine

Answer 17

Witchcraft, voodoo, and magic
Use folk practitioner’s and go to physicians just to get medicine.

Question 18

Mainstream healthcare avoidance

Answer 18

Avoid due to distrust and past discrimination

Question 19

Old lady or granny

Answer 19

First type of practitioner
Local consultant (folk practitioner)
Uses spices, herbs, and roots to treat illnesses

Question 20

Spiritualist

Answer 20

Second type of practitioner
Most prevalent and diverse
combines rituals, spiritual beliefs and herbal medicine together

Question 21

Voodoo priest or priestess

Answer 21

Third type of practitioner
-Some can be men but some places it has to be a women

Question 22

Keloid

Answer 22

Raised area of scar tissue

Question 23

Mongolian spots

Answer 23

Found on infants
Looks like a bruise but its leftover melanocytes

Question 24

Apoliopoprotein E.

Answer 24

Related to:
Hyperlipidemia
CHD
Stroke
Type 2 diabetes

Question 25

AA lactose

Answer 25

Lactose intolerant

Question 26

CVD

Answer 26

1 cause of death in AA

1/2 of AA have a form of CVD
Risk factors:
HTN
Type 2 diabetes
Obesity

Question 27

HTN

Answer 27

Retain sodium
2:1 incidence rate
15x more likely

Question 28

Diabetes

Answer 28

5th leading cause of Death
Increases with age
Due to lack of getting tests

Question 29

Diabetes test

Answer 29

HgA1C
Lipid testing
Ophthalmologic visit

Question 30

Stroke

Answer 30

3rd leading cause of AA death
2x more likely to die from stroke
Predispositions:
HTN
Diabetes
CVD

Question 31

Obesity

Answer 31

11,000,000 live in poverty
Lack of food choices
Risk factors: HTN, Typer 2 diabetes, CHD, stroke
Children more likely now

Question 32

Asthma

Answer 32

3x more likely
4.3 million have asthma

Question 33

Sickle cell

Answer 33

Turned RBC in sickle shape
Clump together and are painful
Leads to drug abuse

Question 34

AIDS (HIV) risk

Answer 34

Males between 30-40
Rise in incidences

Question 35

PTSD

Answer 35

Misdiagnosed

Question 36

death

Answer 36

large gatherings
may want body at home before the funeral

Question 37

medication

Answer 37

inderal a psych med
doesnt work

Question 38

folk practices

Answer 38

knife under bed=neutral
herbal micture for dehydration
boiled goat milk and cabbage for stomach infection