Determinants of Health and Health Disparities

Question 1

Determinants of Health

Answer 1

SES - social economic status
- poverty = can’t afford, unhealthy lifestyle

Question 2

• health disparities among vulnerable populations

Answer 2

-LGBTQ+
-disabilities
-minorities
-ethnicity/race

Question 3

civil right act of 1964 - linguistic competence

Answer 3

Services cannot be provided to people of English proficiency

Question 4

culture related concepts

Answer 4

-culture - no single definition
-includes attitudes, beliefs, self definition, norms, likes, and values
ie: pain varies between cultures

Question 5

race

Answer 5

self identification - born into

ie - asian, Caucasian

Question 6

ethnicity

Answer 6

identification bases off religion, geographic region, values, traditions

Question 7

culture related concepts

Answer 7

-acculturation = social and psychological changes
-assimilation = developing into a new culture
-biculturalism = dual pattern of identification divided by loyalty
-acculturative stress = “culture shock” - losses and changes to a new culture

Question 8

religion

Answer 8

organized system

ie: Catholicism

Question 9

spirituality

Answer 9

connection to something larger than oneself

Question 10

biomedical or scientific

Question 11

naturalistic or holistic

Answer 11

ying or yang. the person is a whole. mind, body, and soul

Question 12

magicoreligious

Answer 12

supernatural powers, fate of the world, etc

Question 13

biomedical

Answer 13

scientific theory