Quiz 2 Flashcards
HEALTH LITERACY
-It is a person’s ability to do what?
-This allows the person to make decisions about what?
-access, understand, use, and evaluate health information & services
-their health and well-being
HEALTH LITERACY
-Personal health literacy is the degree to which _______ have the ability to….
-individuals
-find, understand, and use information & services
HEALTH LITERACY
-Organizational health literacy is the degree to which ______ equitably enable individuals to…
-organizations
-find, understand, and use information and services
HEALTH LITERACY: Health Literacy Problems
1. Can you tell health literacy problems just by looking at the person?
2. (T/F): Higher literacy skills means understanding
3. Is language used in the health field everyday language?
4. (T/F): Everyone benefits from clear communication
- No
- False; higher literacy skills does NOT mean understanding
- No
- True
HEALTH LITERACY
-What are 5 things you can do for better health literacy?
- Show examples
- Use plain language
- Encourage questions
- Teach back
- Speak slowly
CULTURAL HUMILITY
-Cultural humility is a _____ & ____ process
-What does it focus on?
-What does it acknowledge?
-dynamic; lifelong
-on self-reflection and personal critique
-one’s own biases
CULTURAL HUMILITY
-It recognizes the shifting nature of what?
-What does it encourage?
-intersecting identities
-ongoing curiosity rather than an endpoint
CULTURAL HUMILITY
-Cultural humility involves understanding the complexity of what?
-Even in sameness there is _____
-identities
-difference
CLIMATE
-What is climate change?
Long-term shifts in temperatures & weather patterns
CLIMATE
-What has been the main driver of climate change?
-This is primarily due to what?
-Human activities
-Burning fossil fuels like coal, oil, and gas
CLIMATE
-What are the common sources of air pollution & climate changing pollutants?
Sources of high CO2 emissions, such as the use of fossil fuels for power generations
CLIMATE CHANGE
-In terms of bodies of water, what are 3 things that can happen as a result of climate change?
- Warmer water
- Saltier freshwater
- Sea level rise, which may lead to more intense harmful algal blooms occurring
EXTREME EVENTS
-What are 7 severe weather conditions?
- Heat waves
- Freezes
- Heavy downpours
- Hurricanes
- Tornadoes
- Tropical cyclones
- Floods
EXTREME EVENTS
-What are 2 climate-related extreme events?
- Droughts
- Wildfire outbreaks
IMPACT OF EXTREME TEMPERATURES
-High temperatures in the summer are linked to an increased risk of a range of what?
-Who does this especially affect?
-illnesses and death
-older adults, pregnant women, and children
IMPACT OF EXTREME TEMPERATURES
-People living in urban areas may experience what?
-Why?
-higher ambient temperatures
-the additional heat associated with urban heat islands, which exacerbates health-related risks
IMPACT OF EXTREME TEMPERATURES
-Extreme heat can cause what 2 things?
- Heat-related illness and death
- Cardiovascular failure
DISASTERS ON HUMAN HEALTH
-Disasters present a heavy burden on what?
-When does this usually happen?
-The mental health of children
-When there is forced displacement from their home or a loss of family & community stability
DISASTERS ON HUMAN HEALTH
-Increased use of what two things are common following disasters, as well as droughts?
Alcohol and tobacco
DISASTERS ON HUMAN HEALTH
-Higher temperatures can lead to an increase in what?
aggressive behaviors, including homicide
HEALTH CONCERNS OF LGBTQ COMMUNITIES
-There are shortage of health care providers who are what?
Knowledgeable and culturally competent in LGBT health
HEALTH CONCERNS OF LGBTQ COMMUNITIES
-LGBT elders feel pressure to do what when entering assisted living or nursing care?
-to hide their sexuality or revert back to “the closet”
HEALTH CONCERNS OF LGBTQ COMMUNITIES
-What is minority stress?
Chronically high levels of stress faced by members of stigmatized minority groups
HEALTH CONCERNS OF LGBTQ COMMUNITIES
-The stress that comes from continued exposure with discrimination & stigma is a primary risk factor of higher rates of what?
-Gay, bisexual, and transgender people turn to what as a way to cope with these challenges?
-substance abuse
-tobacco, alcohol, other drugs, or problematic behaviors
