week 3: chapter 29

Question 1

How many people in Canada are estimated to experience homelessness in a year?
a. 150 000
b. 30 000
c. 100 000
d. 200 000

Answer 1

d. 200,000

Question 2

Which statement is true about homelessness in Canada?
a. More people in the Maritimes are homeless
b. Aboriginal people account for 20% of the homeless
c. One in 15 Canadians has either been homeless or come close to it
d. Rates are highest for unattached individuals in the 45 to 64 age group.

Answer 2

d. Rates are highest for unattached individuals in the 45 to 64 age group.

Question 3

Poverty can be determined by many criteria. One criterion is, “any family that had to spend more than 70% of its income on food, clothing and shelter.” What criterion of poverty is this?
a. Basic needs approach
b. Market basket measure
c. Highest attainable income measure
d. Low-income cut-off measure

Answer 3

d. Low-income cut-off measure

Question 4

Who is at greatest risk for poverty?
a. A 26-year-old single male
b. An immigrant family living in Canada 15 years
c. A single mom with a 5-year-old child
d. Aboriginal couple living on reserve

Answer 4

c. A single mom with a 5-year-old child

Question 5

Mr. and Mrs. Charbonneau lost their home in a fire. They are staying with friends for the time being. What type of physical living condition are Mr. and Mrs. Charbonneau experiencing?
a. Unsheltered
b. Emergency sheltered
c. Provisionally accommodated
d. At risk for Homelessness

Answer 5

c. Provisionally accommodated

Question 6

Stacey, 26 years old, lives in poverty with her two children. What would be true about this family unit?
a. The children are likely to become bullies
b. The children may have difficulty problem solving
c. The children will develop supportive friendships with children at school
d. They will not live in poverty long

Answer 6

b. The children may have difficulty problem solving

Question 7

Which of the following may be classified as a structural issue causing homelessness?
a. Discrimination
b. Early discharge
c. Family violence
d. Personal crisis

Answer 7

a. Discrimination

Question 8

Cathy is a community health nurse working with the homeless population in Toronto.
She is trying to communicate the importance of “homefullness” to her clients. What is
she including in this discussion?
a. A place for identifying strangers as friends
b. A place for social and family relations
c. How to maintain order in disorder
d. How to participate in social exclusion

Answer 8

b. A place for social and family relations

Question 9

Research of the homeless population is difficult. What can a nurse do to increase the participation of the homeless in research studies?
a. Use a community participation approach
b. Offer skills training to participants
c. Increase funding to feed participants
d. Give assurance that this will improve lives for future homeless people

Answer 9

a. Use a community participation approach

Question 10

What is considered a threat to human development, health, and quality of life?
a. Poverty
b. Unemployment
c. Homelessness
d. Hunger

Answer 10

a. Poverty

Question 11

Holly is a new community health nurse in a large city. As part of her orientation she learns that people who live in poverty have few supports and experience low self- esteem and shame. What term describes this view of poverty?
a. Social exclusion
b. Social justice
c. Stigma
d. Equity

Answer 11

a. Social exclusion

Question 12

Paul is a community health nurse working with low-income populations. He notices that his clients often are lacking in their social support networks. In which of the following ways are people living in poverty unable to meet this determinant of health?
a. Having a fixed address in a low-income neighbourhood
b. Having sufficient funds to travel to visit with family members
c. They begin to create new relationships quickly when old ones fade
d. They may have exhausted the assistance that can be asked of friends

Answer 12

d. They may have exhausted the assistance that can be asked of friends

Question 13

What is a federal social program that has worked at eliminating poverty?
a. Charter of Rights and Freedoms
b. Shelters
c. Minimum wage
d. Child benefits

Answer 13

d. Child benefits

Question 14

The Lu’ma Native Housing Society in Vancouver recently began to provide a helpful service to the homeless. What does this group give to the homeless?
a. Web access
b. Accommodation
c. A daily meal
d voice mail

Answer 14

d. voice mails

Question 15

What is an effective way to access health care services in remote and rural areas?
a. Mobile health bus
b. Telehealth
c. Internet health services
d. Sending specialists to visit small communities

Answer 15

b. telehealth

Question 16

Which of the following is an example of a personal health practice for poor people?
a. Poor people may delay seeking help due to their inability to pay for medication
b. Poor people with no fixed address have difficulty getting identification papers
c. Poor people who are poorly educated are less likely to qualify for high paying
jobs
d. Low-income housing is more likely to be located in a poor neighbourhood

Answer 16

a. Poor people may delay seeking help due to their inability to pay for medication

Question 17

Mary, 32 years old, lives with her 14-year-old daughter. Mary earns $18 000 per year. What is a perceived barrier to health for Mary and her daughter?
a. Fragmented health care system
b. Poor understanding of health issues
c. Feelings of prejudice
d. competing priorities

Answer 17

c. feelings of prejudice

Question 18

Mary, 32 years old, lives with her 14-year-old daughter. Mary earns $18 000 per year. Mary and her daughter live in a small rental unit. What would the community health nurse predict about the neighbourhood Mary lives in?
a. They live in a middle class neighbourhood
b. There is no central heating
c. There is an increased presence of nurses
d. There is an increased risk for violence

Answer 18

d. there is an increased risk for violence

Question 19

Jessica is a community health nurse working in a low-income neighbourhood. What can jessica identify as a predictor of food insecurity for the clients that she is working with?
a.owning a house in a low-income neighbourhood
b. being a lone-parent, male-led family
c. having non-Aboriginal status
d. being on social assistance

Answer 19

d. being on social assistance

Question 20

Cathy Crowe is a community health nurse in Toronto. What is her contribution to the homeless and people who live in poverty?
a. Establishing Street Haven
b. Legal action against the federal government for affordable housing
c. Formation of a federal homelessness ministry
d. Created Tent City outside Toronto

Answer 20

b. legal action against the federal government for affordable housing

Question 21

Which of the terms below is used to describe “the ability to acquire or consume an
adequate diet quality or sufficient quantity of food in socially acceptable ways, or the
uncertainty that one will be able to do so”?
a. Poverty
b. Low-income household
c. Food insecurity
d. Social injustice

Answer 21

c. food insecurity

Question 22

Which of the following examples of inequity are related to physical environment as a determinant of health?
a. The inability to maintain or enhance one’s house can lead to increased disease
b. People who work in low-paying jobs may be more susceptible to workplace
injury
c. Many people who are poor or homeless are victims of violence
d. Poverty increases the barriers to meeting one’s cultural tasks

Answer 22

a. The inability to maintain or enhance one’s house can lead to increased disease

Question 23

How many food programs currently run in Canada?
a. 800
b. 3000
c. 500
d. 1000

Answer 23

b. 3000

Question 24

Which province or territory has the highest percentage of food insecure households?
a. Nunavut
b. Newfoundland
c. Yukon
d. Quebec

Answer 24

b. Newfoundland

Question 25

Which of the following is an example of a socially exclusionary consequence for children who are poor?
a. Being able to play at the park outside
b. Going to the daycare 5 days a week
c. Having cousins to help with homework
d. Being fed minimal nutritious food

Answer 25

d. Being fed minimal nutritious food