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Common risk factors unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, tobacco use

Childhood risk conditions before birth and early in childhood influence health in adult life.

Ageing is an important marker of the accumulation of modifiable risks for chronic
Risk accumulation
disease

a reflection of the major forces driving social, economic, and cultural change. I.e.
Underlying determinants
globalization, urbanization, population ageing, and general policy environment

, interconnected with chronic disease in a vicious circle increasing exposure to risks
Poverty
and decreased access to health services

aims to prevent disease. I.e. banning hazardous products, educating on healthy/safe
Primary prevention
habits, immunizations

reduce impact of disease or injury that has already occurred. I.e. screening tests,
Secondary prevention
low-dose ASA, suitably modified work

aims to soften impact of ongoing illness. I.e. cardiac or stroke rehab, support groups,
Tertiary prevention
vocational rehab

Cross Cultural Health Care Program materials to improve cultural competency among health providers to provide
(CCHCP) healthcare interventions and other cultural variants

Marginalization Major cause of vulnerability referring to exposure to a range of possible harms

Variables at risk for marginalization high risk health literacy, cultural barriers, low english proficiency

a dynamic, fluid, continuous process whereby an individual, system or health care
Cultural competence agency find meaningful and useful care delivery strategies based on knowledge of
the cultural heritage, beliefs, attitudes, and behavior of those whom they render care

soecific practices that guide the actions and decisions of each person in a group
Norms & values
based on their culture. Can be learned or shared.

Kleinman Explanatory Model A set of questions that the APN can use in order to assess the culture of a patient.

A measure that takes into account three interrelated dimensions: a person's income
Socioeconomic status
level, education level, and typ of occupation.

a higher burden of illness, injury, disability, or mortality experiences by one grup
Disparities
relative to another

a group of people who because of their physical or cultural characteristics, are
Minorities
singled out from the other in society

neighborhoods and communities that have limited access to affordable and
Food desert
nutritious foods

poverty, education level, raciam, income, and poor housisng that effect access to
Social determinants of health
healthcare

the goal that all people will have equal opportunity to healthcare access and quality
Social justice theory
of healthcare will be the same

Data sources utilized to access Healthy People 2020, US Census, US Department of Health and Human Services,
determinants of health Office of Minority Health and Health Disparities

To create an environment that accomodates health practice and ritual from other
Accommodation
cultures within a plan of care

degree to which an individual from one culture has given up the traits of that culture
Acculturation
and adopted the traits of the dominant culture in which they now reside

the social, economic, and political integration of a cultural group into mainstream
Assimilation
society to which it may have emigrated

place patients at higher risk for certain disease and if family history reveals this a
Genetics screening tool could be used to determine the likelihood of a person developing the
disease

when a patient is determined to have a gene that places them at a higher risk of
Genetic risk assessment
having a disease such as cancer, diabetes, or cardiovascular disease

study of all genes in the human genome as well as their interaction with other genes,
Genomics
the individuals environment, and the influence of cultural and psychosocial factors

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