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Grade A| 100% Correct (Complete Solutions) –
Chamberlain
Health Disparities
An umbrella tern that includes disparities in health and in healthcare.
Health Equity
The accomplishment of the highest level of health for all people
Voluntary Migration
choosing to migrate
Immigrants Vs. Refugees
immigrants come from positive experience; refugees leave negative homelands due to threat of injury
or loss of life
Permanent Vs. Sojourner
Sojourners stay for a specific time then return to their home country. Permanent stay.
Involuntary Migration
fleeing or being forced out of homeland
,Ethnic Diversity
White
a person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East or North Africa
Black or African American
A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.
American Indian or Alaskan Native
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including central
America and who maintains triable affiliation or community attachment)
Asian
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the far East, southeast Asia, or the indian
subcontinent including, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, Thailan
and Vietnam
Race
Previously a categorization of people based on physical properties and biological heredity
Arbitrary taxonomy - more variation within "race" than between races
Social Construct - not useful to identify populations for health/research purposes.
, Ethnicity
sense of collective identity; distinctiveness.
sharing of customs, food, dress, language
Ethnic Group
group set apart on basis of cultural/national origin characteristics
values/perceptions about health/illness. Socialization process within ethnic group
Minority Group
people who receive disproportionally less wealth, power and social status.
Culture
shared patterns of values/behaviors - shaped by cultural group
Cultural Values
Unique cultural beliefs of what is valued that guide decisions and behavior (such as health issues)
Value Orientation
Values learned through socialization process that reflect overall beliefs of that group
Intersectionality