chapter 32

Question 1

advocacy

Answer 1

activities for the purpose of protecting the rights of others while supporting the clients responsibility for self-determination. encourages person to plead for their own cause of act on their own behalf

Question 2

barriers to access

Answer 2

financial or non-financial impedments to obtaining health care. (lack of transportation, insurance, inconvinient clinical hours)

Question 3

block grant

Answer 3

intended to enable local areas to have more control in deciding how to spend funds so that they can respond to local needs and conditions

Question 4

brokering health services

Answer 4

coordinating services provided by multiple agencies. case managers often coordinate services to provide comprehensive care for clients

Question 5

carve outs

Answer 5

the care for a specific population has been carved out of an overall managed care plan for all other clinical populations

Question 6

case finding

Answer 6

locates individuals and families with identified risk factors and connects them with resources

Question 7

case management

Answer 7

service given to clients that contain screening assessement care planning, arranging services, and discharge. continuation of care

Question 8

comprehensive services

Answer 8

services that completely meet and individuals or families needs

Question 9

culturally and linguistically appropriate care

Answer 9

fits with the culture expectations and norms of a particular group for the extent possible and that is provided in the language of that group

Question 10

cumulative risk factor

Answer 10

related risks that increase in effect with each added risk

Question 11

cycle of vulnerability

Answer 11

the feedback effect of factors that predispose one to vulnerability and lead to negative health outcomes, which then further increase the vulnerability and so on

Question 12

differential vulnerability hypothese

Answer 12

vulnerable population groups are those who not only are particularly sensitive to risk factors but also possess cumulative risk factors

Question 13

disadvantaged

Answer 13

lacking resources necessary for a equal position in society

Question 14

empowerment

Answer 14

helping people aquire the skills and necessary info for decision making and authority to make those decisions

Question 15

federal poverty guideline

Answer 15

a federal poverty measure given by the department of health and human services. helps agency determine eligibility for programs and is bases on how many people live in poverty

Question 16

food insecurity

Answer 16

lack of access to sufficient food for a healthy lifestyle b.c lack of money

Question 17

health disparities

Answer 17

refers to the wide variations in health services and health status between population groups

Question 18

health literacy

Answer 18

degree that people can make educated health decisions

Question 19

irerative assessment process

Answer 19

obtaining only as much assessment data as necessary at one time, then obtaining additional data as needed

Question 20

language concordance

Answer 20

the language used by the person providing health information is the same as that of the client hearing the information

Question 21

outreach

Answer 21

locates populations in need and figures out what services are needed and how they can be obtained

Question 22

priority population groups

Answer 22

groups targeted by national governments for special emphasis on health care goals because they have a poor health status

Question 23

risk

Answer 23

an epidemiologic term meaning that some people have a higher chance of illness than others

Question 24

safety net providers

Answer 24

increase access to health and social services for vulnerable populations with limited finances

Question 25

social determinants of health

Answer 25

factors such as economics, education, environemnt, nutrition which lead to poor health and health risk

Question 26

social justice

Answer 26

providing humane care and social supports for the most disadvantaged members of society

Question 27

vulnerable population group

Answer 27

subgroup of the populaiton that is more likely to develop health problems d.t exposure to risk or to have worse outcomes to the population as a whole

Question 28

waiver

Answer 28

agreement between a health care payer and entities that gives the entity permission to waiver certain payer requirements. (MEDICARE WAIVER)

Question 29

wrap around services

Answer 29

social and economic services that are provided, either directly or through referrals in addition to comprehensive health services. ensure effectiveness of health services

Question 30

consumer price index

Answer 30

the basic indicator of inflation. compares prices overall and of categories of consumed goods and services purchased by urban wage earners and their families over a certain period of time

Question 31

crisis poverty

Answer 31

situation of hardship and struggle. issues lead to persistent poverty

Question 32

cultural attitudes

Answer 32

beliefs and attitudes of a society