Toward Justice

Question 1

Social Policies Aimed at Reducing
Health Disparities

Answer 1

 World Health Organization (WHO)
 Healthy People Goals
 Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Question 2

Progress Toward Achieving
Health Equity

Answer 2

 Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF)
 Affordable Care Act (ACA)
 COVID-19 pandemic

Question 3

Implicit Bias

Answer 3

Goals of education programs for health care professionals
 Remain culturally competent
 Free of judgement or bias
 Provide fair and equal care

Question 4

Impact of Health Disparities on
Healthcare Worker of Color

Answer 4

 More likely to care for patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19
 More likely to report inadequate or reused personal protective equipment (PPE)
 Nearly twice as likely to test positive for the coronavirus

Question 5

Current Initiative to Reach Health
Equity Among Patients and Staff

Answer 5

 Supporting states, territories, and tribes in identifying and sustaining health equity-promoting policies,
programs, and practices
 Expanding the utilization of community health workers to address health and social service
needs within communities of color
 Strengthening cultural competency among healthcare providers throughout the country

Question 6

Concepts of Culture

Answer 6

 Develops over time and is responsive to its members and their familial and social environments
 Members learn it and share it. It is passed on from one generation to the next.
 Essential for survival and acceptance.
 Changes with difficulty.

Question 7

Leininger’s Theory of Transcultural
Nursing Care

Answer 7

 Focused on the close relationships of culture and care on well-being, health, illness, and death.
 Nurses can use theory to provide culturally congruent, safe and meaningful care