Module 13 Flashcards
Cultural Attitudes
Perspectives about individual responsibility for health and well-being are influenced by prevailing cultural attitudes
What things influence attitudes toward vulnerable groups?
Attitudes
Beliefs
Media communication
What sort of people ted to be at higher risk for health problems
lower incomes and less education (lower socioeconomic status)
What sort of topics are encompassed in US goals to include the elimination of health disparities by expanding access of healthcare to vulnerable or at risk populations
oral health
neglect and abuse
incarcerated
What is the main vision of HP2020
A society in which all people live ling, health lives
HP2020 overarching goals
Attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and premature death.
Achieve health equity, eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups.
Create social and physical environments that promote good health for all.
Promote quality of life, healthy development, and healthy behaviors across all life stages.
Vulnerability
susceptibility to actual or potential stressors that may lead to an adverse effect
Results from the interaction of internal and external factors that cause a person to be susceptible to poor health
Vulnerable Populations
those groups with increased risk for adverse health outcomes
More likely than the general population to suffer from health disparities
Risk
is an epidemiologic term that means some people have a higher probability than others - like those with factors of:
poor or lacking policy
social hazards
environmental hazards
biological or genetic makeup
Health Disparities
the wide variations in health services and health status among certain population groups
What is the difference between Health and healthcare disparities
Health Disparity generally refers to a higher burden of illness, injury, disability, or mortality experienced by one population group relative to another group.
Health Care Disparity typically refers to differences between groups in health coverage, access to care, and quality of care
Disparities are commonly viewed through the lens of …
race and ethnicity
but it can occur across many dimensions like socioeco status, age, location, gender, disability status, sexual orientation, pregnancy
T or F: Health care disparity refers to higher burden of illness experiences by on population group relative to another group
False
Disparities in health and health care limit continued improvement in overall ___ ___ ___ and ___ ___ and result in ___ ___
disparities in health and health care limited continued improvement in overall quality of care and population health and result in unnecessary costs
Hp2020 social determinants of heatlh
Education
Economic Stability
Social and community context
neighborhood and built environment
health and health care
food
Examples of Vulnerable Populations
Homeless Low Educational Attainment People of Color LGBTQ Migrant Workers and Immigrants Poor healthcare access persons with communicable disease and those at risk
The poor pregnant adolescents malnourished illiterate developmentally delayed those with severe mental illness the uninsured children elderly persons with substance abuse disorder abused people victims of violence high exposure to toxins incarcerated those with chronic disease
Vulnerability results from the combined effects of…
limited physical, environmental, personal resources, and biopsychosocial resources
What sort of things are vulnerable people more likely to have occur or are sensitive to
More likely to develop health problems as a result of exposure to risk
More likely to have worse outcomes from those health problems than the population as a whole
More sensitive to risk factors because they are often exposed to cumulative risk factors
More likely to suffer from health disparities
Outcomes of vulnerability can be __ or __
negative or positive
it is positive if funding is coming in and aiding in issues
Cycle of Vulnerability
when sometimes when one problem is solved, another quickly emerges
leads to feelings of hopelessness
Poverty (Absolute Poverty/Destitution)
Poverty is the condition of lacking basic human needs such as nutrition, clean water, health care, clothing and shelter because of the inability to afford them. This is also referred to as absolute poverty or destitution.
Relative poverty
the condition of having fewer resources or less income than others within a society or country. In general, the U.S. has some of the highest relative poverty rates among industrialized countries, reflecting the high inequality of incomes.
How are poverty measures still gleaned?
amount of income spent on food
Why is the way poverty measured unfair?
its gone from 1/3 to 1/7 of average family expenses and has not adjusted for substantial variation in cost of living between areas and some income sources are or are not included unfairly (like assistance counts as income)
