Medically Underserved Populations Flashcards

1
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What are 3 core functions for public health?

A

Assessment, assurance , policy development

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2
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What level of prevention are both public health and clinical health involved in?

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Secondary prevention

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3
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What is the term one health?

A

The health idea of populations, animals, and environment all together

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4
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What 2 concepts are the foundation for access to care?

A

Sustainability and continuity

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5
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What is sustainability ?

A

Ongoing care

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6
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What is continuity?

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Care throughout the life span

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7
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What is the most disabling condition that lowers the quality of life no matter where you live?

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Unipolar depression

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8
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What is DALY?

A

Disability adjusted life year—the years of life lost due to disability

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9
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What are the 3 important things apart of infrastructure?

Think without infrastructure in place, access to care will be nearly impossible

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Roads, sanitation, and clean drinking water

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10
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What are two major concerns when caring for elderly populations in regards to social determinants of health?

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Prescription medication costs and transportation

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What are three components to access to care/health services?

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  1. ) insurance coverage
  2. ) health services
  3. ) timeliness of care
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12
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What are some barriers to health services?

List 4

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High cost of care, inadequate or no insurance coverage, lack of availability of services, lack of culturally competent care

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13
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What are the five social determinants of health?

Think SHEEN

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Economic stability, education, social and community context, health and health care, neighborhood and physical environment

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14
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Employment, food insecurity, housing instability, poverty are all associated with which type of social determinant?

A

Economic

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15
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Civic participation, discrimination, incarceration, social contacts are all associated with which type of determinant

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Social and community context

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Early childhood education and development, involvement in higher education, language and literacy, high school graduation are all associated with which type of social determinant?

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Education

17
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Access to healthcare, access to Primary Care , health literacy, for all associated with which social determinant?

A

Health and health care

18
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Access to foods that support Healthy eating patterns, crime and violence, environmental conditions, quality of housing are all associated which type of social determinant?

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Neighborhood and built environment (physical environment)