Multicultural society

Question 1

cultural sensitivity

Answer 1

the ability to be open to learning about and accepting of different cultural groups

Question 2

multiculturalism

Answer 2

the recognition and acknowledgment that society is pluralistic

in addition to the dominant cultural, there exists many other culture based around ethnicity, sexual orientation, geography religion, gender and class

Question 3

things that tango wrong

Answer 3

misunderstanding in diagnosis or treatment (due to language or culture differences)

poor patient adherence with treatment

health care disparities

Question 4

barriers

Answer 4

lack of knowledge

fear and distrust

as and ethnocentrism

stereotyping

language barriers

Question 5

reasons for gradient of health

Answer 5

access to health care

environmental exposures

health behaviours

life course factors

Question 6

basic concepts

Answer 6

hazard

risk

risk factor

protective factor

susceptibility

Question 7

Hazards can be…

Answer 7

physical

chemical

mechanical

biological

psychosocial

Question 8

route of exposure

Answer 8

skin

blood

sexual

inhalation

ingestion

Question 9

3 principles governing the perception of risk

Answer 9

feeling in control

size of the possible harm

familiarity with the risk

Question 10

two types of feeling in control

Answer 10

voluntary and involuntary risks