NR 503 ADVANCED EXAMS .

NR 503 ADVANCED EXAMS . Health disparities - Correct Answer-differences in health outcomes among groups Population - Correct Answer-A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area How are outcomes measured? - Correct Answer-the end result after treatment/intervention that describes a patients health status Social justice theory - Correct Answer-relates advocacy, health disparities and outcomes (equality) Primary intervention - Correct Answer-an intervention that occurs before the onset of the disease Secondary intervention - Correct Answer-after disease but before symptoms *screening* Health inequity - Correct Answer-a difference or disparity in health outcomes that is systematic, avoidable, and unjust Social Justice - Correct Answer-the defense of human dignity by ensuring that essential human needs are met and that essential human rights are protected for all people Campaign for Action - Correct Answer-limit health disparities across the nation Sources of epidemiological data - Correct Answer-HP 2020, Quick Health Data Online System, NCHS, AAMC, Health Equity Screening and Diagnostic Tests - Correct Answer-** population specific ** should be tested and have available statistics that speak to their specificity, sensitivity, and + predictive value Speceficity - Correct Answer-Patients DO NOT have disease and were given negative test results Sensitivity - Correct Answer-Patients who DO have disease AND are given positive test results Sensitive to the truth + predictive value - Correct Answer-Probability that a person with a + result truly does have the disease Descriptive epidemiology - Correct Answer-collection and analysis of data: what, who, where, when, why/how (causes, risk factors, modes of transportation) Causation - Correct Answer-A cause and effect relationship in which one variable controls the changes in another variable. Tertiary intervention - Correct Answer-rehabilitation to the highest level of functioning (prevents disease from getting worse) Provider determining to use a screening test? - Correct Answer-used to reduce morbidity/mortality by detecting diseases early. (pap smear, mammogram, ect) Determined by: -Sensitivity and specificity are measures of a test's ability to correctly classify a person as having a disease or not having a disease. Predictive Value: the probability of having the disease. Found at: CDC How is descriptive epidemiology used? - Correct Answer-investigates health problem, used to change natural HX of disease, tracked by database Causation - Correct Answer-A cause and effect relationship in which one variable controls the changes in another variable. Surveillance - Correct Answer-Used to monitor changes typically with infectious disease and is used for ongoing systematic collection Determinants of health - Correct Answer-the range of personal, Social, economic , and environmental factors that influence health status