Chapter 2

Question 1

What is ethnicity?

Answer 1

One’s cultural factors such as nationality, culture, language, beliefs, etc

Question 2

What is a ethnic group?

Answer 2

a group that regards itself or is regarded by others as a distinct community by virtue of certain characteristics that will help to distinguish the group from the surrounding community; apart on the basis of cultural/ national origin, values/perceptions about health/illness

Question 3

What is a minority group?

Answer 3

people living in a society in which they are disadvantaged

Question 4

What does race mean?

Answer 4

a persons physical appearance

Question 5

What is culture?

Answer 5

Integrated patterns of human behavior that include lang, thoughts, beliefs, customs, etc of racial, ethnic, and social groups

Question 6

What are values?

Answer 6

Beliefs about the worth of something and serve as standards that influence behavior and thinking

Question 7

What is value orientation?

Answer 7

Learned and shared values thru the socialization process; reflects the personality type of a society

Question 8

What is a folk healing system?

Answer 8

A folk healing system embodies the beliefs, values, and treatment approaches of a particular cultural group that are products of cultural development; herbalists, Christian Scientists, midwives, spiritualists

Question 9

What is a professional care system?

Answer 9

Professional care is “characterized by specialized education and knowledge, responsibility for care, and expectation of remuneration of services rendered”

Question 10

What diseases are the Arab population prone to, and what are health barriers for these people?

Answer 10

• Prone to: adult-onset diabetes mellitus, coronary artery disease, role of acculturation, mental health, teenage smoking
• Health barriers: religious beliefs and practices, cultural norms/ modesty, gender issues regarding providers, comm difficulties, folk remedies, lack of culturally competent providers

Question 11

What diseases are the Asian population prone to, and what are health barriers for these people?

Answer 11

• Prone to: hesitancy to seek early diagnosis/ screening, higher rate of TB, mental healeth problems due to adjustment issues, lower rate of obesity and hypertension
• Barriers to care: poverty, stress in intergenerational relationships, cultural norms that prevent health care seeking, loss of social networks, poor access to services

Question 12

What diseases are the Latino population prone to, and what are health barriers for these people?

Answer 12

• Prone to higher incidences of: stomach cancer, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, HIV
• Barriers to care: uninsured, use less preventive health care, lack of interpreter, lack culturally appropriate health care services, reliance on folk sys of healing

Question 13

What diseases are the Black population prone to, and what are health barriers for these people?

Answer 13

• Prone to: HIV, higher cancer deaths, hypertension, obesity, mental health concers
• Barriers to care: poverty, lack of health insurance, inadequate/ unsafe environments

Question 14

What diseases are the Native American population prone to, and what are health barriers for these people?

Answer 14

• Prone to: smoking, substance abuse, deaths by: unintentional injuries, cirrhosis, homicide, suicide, pneumonia, diabetes
• Barriers to care: difficult access to care, underserved pop

Question 15

What diseases are the Homeless population prone to, and what are health barriers for these people?

Answer 15

• Prone to: basic survival issues, respiratory and infectious diseases, dental and vision problems, mental health concerns, substance/ drug abuse
• Barriers to care: access, affordability, lack of transportation, poverty