Quiz 3 Flashcards
What is race?
Race is the classification system to categorize humans into large & distinct populations by physical characteristics (hair, eye or skin color)
How many races are in the US?
6
theories that indicate disparities in health status are determines by the lack of access to resources & the communities in which people live
Socio-environmental theories
what do racial segregation cause in racial groups?
exposes them to health risk factors
T/F: Socio-environmetal theories has 3 theories?
True; resource deprivation, risk exposure, racial segregation theory
Racial disparities in health status exist b/c minorities live in communities w/ less of the necessary infrastructure needed to support a health lifestyle
Resource Deprivation Theory
High prevalence of social or environmental health risks in minority communities cause high disease prevalence & death
Risk Exposure Theory
Racial segregation has been found to be correlated with…
availability of pharmaceuticals
T/F: racial segregation is the separation of humans into racial groups in daily life
True
These theories focus on behavioral & cultural factors that influence individual health behavior
Psychosocial/ Behavioral theories
Hypothesis that explains how long-term exposure to social & financial stress, & the prolonged coping coping with stressful circumstances causes premature aging among minority racial groups in early adulthood
The Weathering Hypothesis
T/F: weathering refers to premature aging as a result of socio-economic stressors
True
Refers to a strong behavioral predisposition to cope actively w/ psychosocial environmental stressors
The John Henryism Hypothesis
T/F: foreign-born people have better health outcomes that US born people
True
T/F: As a foreign-born people stay longer in the US, their health status begins to deteriorate & it becomes like that of their US born counterparts
True
The beliefs, attitudes, institutional arrangements & acts that tend to denigrate individuals or groups b/c of the phenotypic characteristics or ethnic groups affiliation
Racial discrimniation
Hispanic paradox is
lower overall mortality rates from certain chronic diseases
What causes the hispanic paradox?
barrio advantage
healthy immigrant
salmon hypothesis
dancing
