NYC HOME IMPROVEMENT EXAM
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉Childhood risk ANSWER: - conditions before birth and early in
childhood influence health in adult life.
◉Risk accumulation ANSWER: - Ageing is an important marker of the
accumulation of modifiable risks for chronic disease
◉Underlying determinants ANSWER: - a reflection of the major forces
driving social, economic, and cultural change. I.e. globalization,
urbanization, population ageing, and general policy environment
◉Poverty ANSWER: - interconnected with chronic disease in a vicious
circle increasing exposure to risks and decreased access to health
services
◉Primary prevention ANSWER: - aims to prevent disease. I.e. banning
hazardous products, educating on healthy/safe habits, immunizations
◉Secondary prevention ANSWER: - reduce impact of disease or injury
that has already occurred. I.e. screening tests, low-dose ASA, suitably
modified work
,◉Tertiary prevention ANSWER: - aims to soften impact of ongoing
illness. I.e. cardiac or stroke rehab, support groups, vocational rehab
◉Cross Cultural Health Care Program (CCHCP) ANSWER: - materials
to improve cultural competency among health providers to provide
healthcare interventions and other cultural variants
◉Marginalization ANSWER: - Major cause of vulnerability referring to
exposure to a range of possible harms
◉Variables at risk for marginalization ANSWER: - high risk health
literacy, cultural barriers, low english proficiency
◉Cultural competence ANSWER: - a dynamic, fluid, continuous
process whereby an individual, system or health care agency find
meaningful and useful care delivery strategies based on knowledge of
the cultural heritage, beliefs, attitudes, and behavior of those whom they
render care
◉Norms & values ANSWER: - soecific practices that guide the actions
and decisions of each person in a group based on their culture. Can be
learned or shared.
◉Kleinman Explanatory Model ANSWER: - A set of questions that the
APN can use in order to assess the culture of a patient.
, ◉Socioeconomic status ANSWER: - A measure that takes into account
three interrelated dimensions: a person's income level, education level,
and typ of occupation.
◉Disparities ANSWER: - a higher burden of illness, injury, disability,
or mortality experiences by one grup relative to another
◉Minorities ANSWER: - a group of people who because of their
physical or cultural characteristics, are singled out from the other in
society
◉Food desert ANSWER: - neighborhoods and communities that have
limited access to affordable and nutritious foods
◉Social determinants of health ANSWER: - poverty, education level,
raciam, income, and poor housisng that effect access to healthcare
◉Social justice theory ANSWER: - the goal that all people will have
equal opportunity to healthcare access and quality of healthcare will be
the same
◉Data sources utilized to access determinants of health ANSWER: -
Healthy People 2020, US Census, US Department of Health and Human
Services, Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉Childhood risk ANSWER: - conditions before birth and early in
childhood influence health in adult life.
◉Risk accumulation ANSWER: - Ageing is an important marker of the
accumulation of modifiable risks for chronic disease
◉Underlying determinants ANSWER: - a reflection of the major forces
driving social, economic, and cultural change. I.e. globalization,
urbanization, population ageing, and general policy environment
◉Poverty ANSWER: - interconnected with chronic disease in a vicious
circle increasing exposure to risks and decreased access to health
services
◉Primary prevention ANSWER: - aims to prevent disease. I.e. banning
hazardous products, educating on healthy/safe habits, immunizations
◉Secondary prevention ANSWER: - reduce impact of disease or injury
that has already occurred. I.e. screening tests, low-dose ASA, suitably
modified work
,◉Tertiary prevention ANSWER: - aims to soften impact of ongoing
illness. I.e. cardiac or stroke rehab, support groups, vocational rehab
◉Cross Cultural Health Care Program (CCHCP) ANSWER: - materials
to improve cultural competency among health providers to provide
healthcare interventions and other cultural variants
◉Marginalization ANSWER: - Major cause of vulnerability referring to
exposure to a range of possible harms
◉Variables at risk for marginalization ANSWER: - high risk health
literacy, cultural barriers, low english proficiency
◉Cultural competence ANSWER: - a dynamic, fluid, continuous
process whereby an individual, system or health care agency find
meaningful and useful care delivery strategies based on knowledge of
the cultural heritage, beliefs, attitudes, and behavior of those whom they
render care
◉Norms & values ANSWER: - soecific practices that guide the actions
and decisions of each person in a group based on their culture. Can be
learned or shared.
◉Kleinman Explanatory Model ANSWER: - A set of questions that the
APN can use in order to assess the culture of a patient.
, ◉Socioeconomic status ANSWER: - A measure that takes into account
three interrelated dimensions: a person's income level, education level,
and typ of occupation.
◉Disparities ANSWER: - a higher burden of illness, injury, disability,
or mortality experiences by one grup relative to another
◉Minorities ANSWER: - a group of people who because of their
physical or cultural characteristics, are singled out from the other in
society
◉Food desert ANSWER: - neighborhoods and communities that have
limited access to affordable and nutritious foods
◉Social determinants of health ANSWER: - poverty, education level,
raciam, income, and poor housisng that effect access to healthcare
◉Social justice theory ANSWER: - the goal that all people will have
equal opportunity to healthcare access and quality of healthcare will be
the same
◉Data sources utilized to access determinants of health ANSWER: -
Healthy People 2020, US Census, US Department of Health and Human
Services, Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities
