NR 503 Epi Final QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT!!
Cultural competence - ANSWERA dynamic, fluid, continuous process whereby an
individual, system or healthcare agency find meaningful and useful care delivery
strategies based in knowledge of the cultural heritage, beliefs, attitudes, and
behavior of those to whom they tender care
Norms and values - ANSWERSpecific practices that guide their actions and
decisions of each person in a group based on their culture. Can be either learned or
shared.
Kleinman Explanatory Model - ANSWERA set of questions the advanced practice
nurse can use in order to assess the culture of a patient
Socio economic status - ANSWERA measure that takes into account three
interrelated dimensions: a persons income level, education level, and type of
occupation. Some measures of socioeconomic status use only one dimension such
as income.
Disparities - ANSWERA higher burden of illness, injury, disability, or mortality
experienced by one group in relation to another
Minorities - ANSWERA group of people who because of their physical or cultural
characteristics are singled out from the others in society; black, Hispanic, Native
American, Asian Pacific.
Food desert - ANSWERNeighborhoods and communities that have limited access to
affordable and nutritious food
Social determinants of health - ANSWERThings like poverty, education level, racism,
income and poor housing that affect access to healthcare
Social justice theory - ANSWERThe goal that all people will have equal opportunity
to healthcare access and quality of healthcare will be the same
Accommodation - ANSWERTo create an environment that accommodates health
practice and ritual from other cultures within a plan of care
Acculturation - ANSWERDegree To which an individual from one culture has given
up the traits of that culture and adopted the traits of the dominant culture in which
they now reside
Assimilation - ANSWERThis social, economic, and political integration of a cultural
group into main stream society to which it may have emigrated
, Genetic risk assessment - ANSWERWhen a patient is determined to get to have a
gene that faces them at a higher risk of having a disease such as cancer, diabetes,
or cardiovascular disease
Genomics - ANSWERThe study of all genes in the human genome as well as their
interaction with other genes, the individuals environment, and the influence of
cultural and psychosocial factors.
Pharmacogenomics - ANSWERMedication efficacy, toxicity, and drug interaction
based on genetic variations
Community health needs assessment - ANSWERAssessing whether or not the
region has the community resources that it needs.
situation analysis - ANSWERTo analyze and identify the relationships among
patterns of morbidity, mortality, and disability within the demographic and other
factors shaping thecircumstances of the population of a specified community,
country, or region.
Culture - ANSWERPractices, beliefs, values, norms (can be learned or shared)
which guides the actions and decisions of each person in the group.
Genetic epidemiology - ANSWERThe link between epidemiology and genetic
Genetics Non-Discrimination Act - ANSWERWas passed to offer some protection
against the potential misuse of genetic information
Epidemic - ANSWEROutbreak at a population level
Disaster epidemiology - ANSWERThe use of epidemiology to assess the short and
long term adverse health effects of disasters and to predict consequences of future
disasters. It brings together various topic areas of epidemiology including a cute and
communicable disease, environmental health, occupational health, chronic disease,
injury, mental health, and behavioral health
WHO - ANSWER(World Health Organization) specialized agency of the United
Nations that is concerned with international public health. The world health
organization recognized that international collaboration could control infectious
disease better than any single country.
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - ANSWERGoals resulting from a UN-led
effort to end extreme poverty by focusing on 17 key indicators, the top five of which
are no poverty, zero hunger, good health, quality education, and gender equality,
with key benchmarks for 2030.
Universal declaration of human rights - ANSWERAll people have the right to a
standard of living that guarantees health
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT!!
Cultural competence - ANSWERA dynamic, fluid, continuous process whereby an
individual, system or healthcare agency find meaningful and useful care delivery
strategies based in knowledge of the cultural heritage, beliefs, attitudes, and
behavior of those to whom they tender care
Norms and values - ANSWERSpecific practices that guide their actions and
decisions of each person in a group based on their culture. Can be either learned or
shared.
Kleinman Explanatory Model - ANSWERA set of questions the advanced practice
nurse can use in order to assess the culture of a patient
Socio economic status - ANSWERA measure that takes into account three
interrelated dimensions: a persons income level, education level, and type of
occupation. Some measures of socioeconomic status use only one dimension such
as income.
Disparities - ANSWERA higher burden of illness, injury, disability, or mortality
experienced by one group in relation to another
Minorities - ANSWERA group of people who because of their physical or cultural
characteristics are singled out from the others in society; black, Hispanic, Native
American, Asian Pacific.
Food desert - ANSWERNeighborhoods and communities that have limited access to
affordable and nutritious food
Social determinants of health - ANSWERThings like poverty, education level, racism,
income and poor housing that affect access to healthcare
Social justice theory - ANSWERThe goal that all people will have equal opportunity
to healthcare access and quality of healthcare will be the same
Accommodation - ANSWERTo create an environment that accommodates health
practice and ritual from other cultures within a plan of care
Acculturation - ANSWERDegree To which an individual from one culture has given
up the traits of that culture and adopted the traits of the dominant culture in which
they now reside
Assimilation - ANSWERThis social, economic, and political integration of a cultural
group into main stream society to which it may have emigrated
, Genetic risk assessment - ANSWERWhen a patient is determined to get to have a
gene that faces them at a higher risk of having a disease such as cancer, diabetes,
or cardiovascular disease
Genomics - ANSWERThe study of all genes in the human genome as well as their
interaction with other genes, the individuals environment, and the influence of
cultural and psychosocial factors.
Pharmacogenomics - ANSWERMedication efficacy, toxicity, and drug interaction
based on genetic variations
Community health needs assessment - ANSWERAssessing whether or not the
region has the community resources that it needs.
situation analysis - ANSWERTo analyze and identify the relationships among
patterns of morbidity, mortality, and disability within the demographic and other
factors shaping thecircumstances of the population of a specified community,
country, or region.
Culture - ANSWERPractices, beliefs, values, norms (can be learned or shared)
which guides the actions and decisions of each person in the group.
Genetic epidemiology - ANSWERThe link between epidemiology and genetic
Genetics Non-Discrimination Act - ANSWERWas passed to offer some protection
against the potential misuse of genetic information
Epidemic - ANSWEROutbreak at a population level
Disaster epidemiology - ANSWERThe use of epidemiology to assess the short and
long term adverse health effects of disasters and to predict consequences of future
disasters. It brings together various topic areas of epidemiology including a cute and
communicable disease, environmental health, occupational health, chronic disease,
injury, mental health, and behavioral health
WHO - ANSWER(World Health Organization) specialized agency of the United
Nations that is concerned with international public health. The world health
organization recognized that international collaboration could control infectious
disease better than any single country.
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - ANSWERGoals resulting from a UN-led
effort to end extreme poverty by focusing on 17 key indicators, the top five of which
are no poverty, zero hunger, good health, quality education, and gender equality,
with key benchmarks for 2030.
Universal declaration of human rights - ANSWERAll people have the right to a
standard of living that guarantees health
