SDL: Ethnic Inequalites Flashcards
What is the definition of race
Physical appearance determined by genetic ancestry
What is culture
Behaviours and attitude of a group determined by upbringing and is changeable
What is ethnicity
Sense of belonging and is a group identified and is partially changeable
What is acculturation
The process of taking on the cultures of the host country which you arrive in
What are the 3 acculturation processes
Assimilation
Integration
Separation
What is assimilation
Process where a person becomes fully integrated into a new county where their language and culture resemble that of the host community
What is integration
A process where a person takes on the cultural norms of the new country’s but also main their original culture or that of their parents
What is separation
Where a person maintain their original culture and rejects that of the country they have migrated into
What is marginalisation
When a person rejects their original culture and the new culture
Which process of acculturation is the most beneficial to well being
Integration
What are the factors that affect ethnic heath inequality
Genetic factors
Social factors
Environmental factors
Human discovery factors
Which ehtinicity has the highest risk of CVD
South Asian
Which ethnicity has the highest risk of diabetes
South Asian (the most)
African
African- Caribbean
Which ethnicity is at risk of infant mortality
Caribbean and Pakistani
Which ethnic group is at risk of mental health
Black
