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Nu 414 Exam 2 Study Guide with
Complete Solutions
Disparity - Ans:✔✔-exists when a health outcome is seen in greater or lesser extent between
populations
inequity - Ans:✔✔-avoidable gaps in health outcomes
Vulnerable populations - Ans:✔✔-Homelessness, migrants, immigrants, asylees, those with hx of
incarceration, LGBTQ+ community members.
Factors affecting vulnerable populations - Ans:✔✔-Socioeconomic status (SES)
Poverty, marginalization, racism, discrimination, stigma
Primary homelessness - Ans:✔✔-no adequate shelter-living vehicles, streets, parks
Secondary homelessness - Ans:✔✔-those living in temporary shelters, living with family or friends
Tertiary homlessness - Ans:✔✔-those who rent single rooms on a long-term basis.
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Diabetes, HIV/AIDS, Cardiac issues, substance use - Ans:✔✔-Diseases homeless are more likely to have
(3-6 times)
Problems LGBTQ face - Ans:✔✔-stigma, discrimination, and social exclusion - decreased access to health
care, increased violence towards this population
Factors raising vulnerability to environmental hazards - Ans:✔✔-Behavioral factors such as
developmental age appropriate behavior, activities, hobbies and occupational exposures
Social factors such as where a person lives, works or spends a great deal of time
Exposure to toxins via mom - Ans:✔✔-Fetal environmental risk factors
Respiratory, GI, and Immune systems underdeveloped.
Products in hospitals, cribs - Ans:✔✔-Infant environmental risk factors
Rapid growth, absorption, greater exposure to toxins, body still growing
Playground, toxins on floors, cleaning supply exposure, hand-mouth behavior, indoor pollution at school
- Ans:✔✔-Children environmental risk factors
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