GPD 1001 Exam 1 Study Guide
culture - Answer *Integrated* patterns of human behavior that include the language,
thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of racial,
ethnic, religious, or social groups
4 Key Aspects of Culture - Answer Values (shaman)
Customs
Attitudes (whiten only the front)
Beliefs (Ramadan)
Delivery of Oral Health is Defined By - Answer 1. your culture
2. patient`s culture
*our perception different than patinets
Predjudice - Answer The unjustified, negative judgment of an individual based on his or
her social group identity or group membership, involving negative evaluations and/or
emotional responses to an individual.
Stereotype - Answer A set of beliefs about the members of a social group that usually
consists of personality traits, behaviors, and motives.
linguistic competence - Answer can communicate with patients at every level includes
providing information (gestures, verbal or written) in a way that culturally diverse
groups can understand
* does not mean you can speak the language
cultural competence - Answer =is the capability of effectively dealing with people from
different cultures.
*life long process of increasing awareness of other cultures
diversity
culture
stereotypes
cultural experiences
local communities - Answer Five Parts of Cultural Competency
1. Valuing ____________
,2.Learning about your own ____________ and other ____________s
3.Avoiding ____________
4.Gaining ____________ ____________
5. Engaging with your ____________ ____________
low cultural competency - Answer destructive reactions to individuals from different
cultures. These reactions might include:
•Dismissing the value of a culture;
•Being unwilling to understand other cultures;
•Feeling repulsed around a person from another culture; and
•Believing that members of certain groups are pitiful or helpless.
moderate cultural competency - Answer involves tolerant reactions to different cultures.
These reactions might include:
•Tolerating (and not always liking) culturally diverse individuals' presence;
•Believing that cultural groups have the same needs, without considering differences;
and
•Seeking to achieve only minimum compliance with rules and regulations with certain
cultural groups.
high cultural competency - Answer involves accepting and welcoming reactions to
different cultures. These examples might include:
•Appreciating the spectrum of human diversity;
•Advocating for the causes of different cultural groups; or
•Celebrating accomplishments with different cultural groups.
limited english proficiency
literacy skills
disabilities
deaf - Answer Especially important groups for linguistic competence
•Patients who have _____________ __________ _________(LEP), which is a level of English
proficiency that is insufficient to ensure equal access to services without language
assistance);
•Those who have low or no ____ ___;
,•Those with ____________-; and
•Those who are _______
true - Answer True or False:
Communication difference can exist even without a language difference
EX dental floss in Brazil
Oral health literacy - Answer Degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain,
process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make
appropriate oral health decisions
EX patient looking on website
plain, low-jargon
information
appropriate
drawings - Answer How to build oral health literacy
•Use ______, ___-______language
•Limit the amount of ____________ you provide and repeat it
•Use culturally and linguistically ____________ communication techniques
•Use _____________
patient base
errors
quality, prevention
liability - Answer Importance of Increased Oral Literacy
1. expand _______ ______
2. decrease clinical _____________
3. improve the _____________ and promote _____________
4. decrease _____________
Health Disparity - Answer health difference that is closely linked with social, economic
and/or environmental disadvantage
health inequality - Answer a difference in health status or in the distribution of health
determinants between groups
, EX The fact that people in their 20s enjoy better health than those in their 60s
health inequity - Answer the difference in health status or distribution of health
determinants between groups that are unnecessary, avoidable, unjust, and unfair.
*specific type of health inequality
EX US infant mortality rates, which are nearly 3x higher for non-Hispanic blacks vs.
whites
Examples of Oral Health Disparities - Answer EX Poor and racial/ethnic minority children
are substantially less likely to have access to oral health care
EX People who live in rural areas generally have poorer oral health status than those
who live in urban areas
EX Older adults, especially those living in long-term care facilities, have more problems
accessing care by individuals trained in their special needs
social determinants of health - Answer the conditions in which people are born, grow,
live, work and age, as well as the systems that are in place
*cause of oral health disparities
access
availability
utilization
social determininats of health - Answer Why do disparities exist?
4
Patient's dental insurance coverage
. Beliefs and attitudes
. Help-seeking behaviors
. Oral health literacy
. Geographic location
. Availability
. Utilization - Answer Barriers to Access
7
Barriers to adolescents - Answer •Caregivers' beliefs about oral health and oral health
care
culture - Answer *Integrated* patterns of human behavior that include the language,
thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of racial,
ethnic, religious, or social groups
4 Key Aspects of Culture - Answer Values (shaman)
Customs
Attitudes (whiten only the front)
Beliefs (Ramadan)
Delivery of Oral Health is Defined By - Answer 1. your culture
2. patient`s culture
*our perception different than patinets
Predjudice - Answer The unjustified, negative judgment of an individual based on his or
her social group identity or group membership, involving negative evaluations and/or
emotional responses to an individual.
Stereotype - Answer A set of beliefs about the members of a social group that usually
consists of personality traits, behaviors, and motives.
linguistic competence - Answer can communicate with patients at every level includes
providing information (gestures, verbal or written) in a way that culturally diverse
groups can understand
* does not mean you can speak the language
cultural competence - Answer =is the capability of effectively dealing with people from
different cultures.
*life long process of increasing awareness of other cultures
diversity
culture
stereotypes
cultural experiences
local communities - Answer Five Parts of Cultural Competency
1. Valuing ____________
,2.Learning about your own ____________ and other ____________s
3.Avoiding ____________
4.Gaining ____________ ____________
5. Engaging with your ____________ ____________
low cultural competency - Answer destructive reactions to individuals from different
cultures. These reactions might include:
•Dismissing the value of a culture;
•Being unwilling to understand other cultures;
•Feeling repulsed around a person from another culture; and
•Believing that members of certain groups are pitiful or helpless.
moderate cultural competency - Answer involves tolerant reactions to different cultures.
These reactions might include:
•Tolerating (and not always liking) culturally diverse individuals' presence;
•Believing that cultural groups have the same needs, without considering differences;
and
•Seeking to achieve only minimum compliance with rules and regulations with certain
cultural groups.
high cultural competency - Answer involves accepting and welcoming reactions to
different cultures. These examples might include:
•Appreciating the spectrum of human diversity;
•Advocating for the causes of different cultural groups; or
•Celebrating accomplishments with different cultural groups.
limited english proficiency
literacy skills
disabilities
deaf - Answer Especially important groups for linguistic competence
•Patients who have _____________ __________ _________(LEP), which is a level of English
proficiency that is insufficient to ensure equal access to services without language
assistance);
•Those who have low or no ____ ___;
,•Those with ____________-; and
•Those who are _______
true - Answer True or False:
Communication difference can exist even without a language difference
EX dental floss in Brazil
Oral health literacy - Answer Degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain,
process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make
appropriate oral health decisions
EX patient looking on website
plain, low-jargon
information
appropriate
drawings - Answer How to build oral health literacy
•Use ______, ___-______language
•Limit the amount of ____________ you provide and repeat it
•Use culturally and linguistically ____________ communication techniques
•Use _____________
patient base
errors
quality, prevention
liability - Answer Importance of Increased Oral Literacy
1. expand _______ ______
2. decrease clinical _____________
3. improve the _____________ and promote _____________
4. decrease _____________
Health Disparity - Answer health difference that is closely linked with social, economic
and/or environmental disadvantage
health inequality - Answer a difference in health status or in the distribution of health
determinants between groups
, EX The fact that people in their 20s enjoy better health than those in their 60s
health inequity - Answer the difference in health status or distribution of health
determinants between groups that are unnecessary, avoidable, unjust, and unfair.
*specific type of health inequality
EX US infant mortality rates, which are nearly 3x higher for non-Hispanic blacks vs.
whites
Examples of Oral Health Disparities - Answer EX Poor and racial/ethnic minority children
are substantially less likely to have access to oral health care
EX People who live in rural areas generally have poorer oral health status than those
who live in urban areas
EX Older adults, especially those living in long-term care facilities, have more problems
accessing care by individuals trained in their special needs
social determinants of health - Answer the conditions in which people are born, grow,
live, work and age, as well as the systems that are in place
*cause of oral health disparities
access
availability
utilization
social determininats of health - Answer Why do disparities exist?
4
Patient's dental insurance coverage
. Beliefs and attitudes
. Help-seeking behaviors
. Oral health literacy
. Geographic location
. Availability
. Utilization - Answer Barriers to Access
7
Barriers to adolescents - Answer •Caregivers' beliefs about oral health and oral health
care
