Health Disparities

Question 1

social determinants of health

Answer 1

education, healthcare, neighborhood, social community, economic

Question 2

we can reduce disparities when __- have been accounted for

Answer 2

socioeconomic

Question 3

genetic endowment

Answer 3

genes that protect or make vulnerable to diseases

Question 4

air, water, food, toxins, physical dangers

Answer 4

physical environment

Question 5

racism, housing segregation

Answer 5

social environment

Question 6

smoking, substance abuse, poor diet, sedentary lifestyles

Answer 6

behavior and lifestyle

Question 7

lack of economic and social resources or experiences of discrimination

Answer 7

chronic stress

Question 8

what is allostatic load?

Answer 8

describes biological process involved in repsonse to chronic stress (higher in african americans), can predic cognitive decline and CAD

Question 9

health disparity vs health care dispartiy

Answer 9

health - differences in incidence of health conditions that exist among specific population groups
health care - differences to access or availability

Question 10

what population has longest life expectancy

Answer 10

hispanic female

Question 11

FQHCs

Answer 11

receive funding from HRSA under PHS act section 330

Question 12

DSHs

Answer 12

disproportionate share hospitals, receive funding
ex: eskanazi