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Community Resources Flashcards

1
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What is the NIH

A

National Institute of Health

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2
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What is the AHRQ

A

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

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3
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What group has a higher mortality rate of breast cancer?

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African American women

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4
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What group has a higher incidence rate of breast cancer?

A

White women

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5
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Who experience the highest incidence of cervical cancer?

A

Hispanic women

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6
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Who experiences the highest mortality to cervical cancer?

A

African American women

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7
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Vietnamese women suffer from cervical cancer ____ times more often than white women

A

5x

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8
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Prevalence of 2 or more risk factors for cardiovascular disease is highest among

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African Americans

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9
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Who has the highest mortality rate associated with CVD

A

African Americans

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10
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_______ & ________ have twice the risk of developing diabetes compared to whites

A

African Americans & Hispanic Americans

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11
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Incidence of diabetes among American Indians and Alaska natives is

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twice that of total population

higher death rate too

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12
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American Indians and Alaskan natives are at higher risk for:

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TB
Alcoholism
MVAs
Unintentional injuries
Homicide
Suicide
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13
Q

STDs are in higher incidence in

A

Minorities

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14
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____ & ______ account for more than 50% of new AIDs cases

A

African Americans and Hispanics

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15
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Why are minorities at higher risk for many diseases?

A

Expectations
lack of preventative care
minority patients more comfortable with minority providers
Less access to health care
poor health literacy
vulnerable populations (elderly, homeless, etc)

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16
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Give examples of vulnerable populations

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Elderly
Adolescents
Hx of incarceration
Homeless
JGBT
Psych Illness
Domestic Violence
Chronic Pain
Obesity
Substance abuse
Tobacco abuse
Pts with disabilities
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17
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What race has the highest percent of elderly living in poverty?

A

African Americans

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18
Q

Current elderly have what kind of education?

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61% HS diplomas

13% Bachelors or higher

19
Q

List tope 3 leading causes of death in elderly

A

Coronary Artery Disease
Malignant neoplasms
Cerebrovascular
COPD

20
Q

What mental health issues are the elderly most likely to suffer from?

A

Depression
Cognitive impairment
substance abuse

21
Q

Examples of ADLs

A

dressing, eating, ambulating, transfers, toilet, hygiene

22
Q

Examples of Instrumental ADLS

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shopping, housework, accounting, food prep, driving, telephone use, taking meds

23
Q

5 leading causes of deaths in adolescents

A 
Accidents (Over half)
Homicide
Suicide
Cancer
Heart Disease
24
Q

Leading cause of death in African-American male adolescents is

A

homicide

25
Q

Ages 15-24 represent ______ of stds dxd each year

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nearly half

26
Q

Neonates born to adolescent mother have:

A

higher rates of prematurity
3x mortality rate
2x poverty rate

27
Q

Risk factors for adolescent suicide attempts include

A

Etoh and drug abuse hx
Family hx of suicide
physical or sexual abuse
prior attempts

28
Q

Most of adolescent suicide attempts involve

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81% Firearms

29
Q

What gender of adolescents make more suicide attempts

A

Female

30
Q

What gender of adolescents are more successful at suicide attempts

A

Male

31
Q

Chance of prison in a mans lifetime for:
African American
Latino
White

A

1 in 4
1 in 6
1 in 23

32
Q

Hx Incarceration at risk for:

A 
HIV/AIDS
STDs
TB
Hep B & C
Staphylococcus
33
Q

What fraction of homeless are children?

A

1/4

34
Q

Chronically homeless means

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> 1yr or 4+ episodes in one year

  • typically men
  • mental illness/ substance abuse
35
Q

Intermittently homeless means

A

Live with friends and family; high risk of becoming homeless again
-often female headed households

36
Q

In-crisis homelessness means

A

One major economic/ health, disaster related event

one time episode

37
Q

Homeless youth means

A

living on their own

  • often fleeing abusive situations, sexual identity
  • often have substance abuse, survival sex, suicide
38
Q

LGBT adolescents are ____ more likely to commit suicide

_____ more likely to miss school

A

2-3X

5X

39
Q

Definition of dependence includes three or more of the following:

A 
Tolerance
Withdrawal
Using longer/more than intended
Desire to stop/ cut back
Reduction of important activities to use
Ongoing despite understanding of consequences
40
Q

Alcohol users are at a higher risk of

A

seizures, hepatitis, pancreatitis, HTN, oral/esophageal CA, liver CA, cirrhosis

41
Q

Cocaine users are at higher risk of

A

atherosclerosis, HTN

42
Q

Crack users are at a higher risk of

A

pulmonary infections

43
Q

Heroin/IV users are at a higher risk of

A

infections, HIV, Hepatitis

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