SOC 323 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Increasing divergence between black & white health outcomes over life - Answers -
cumulative advantage perspective
Health status of blacks declines more quickly than that of whites because of long-term
exposure to unhealthy conditions - Answers -weathering hypothesis
How do health disparities in the US intermesh with the nation's history of racism and
inequality? - Answers -Dr. James Marion Sims carried out horrific operations on
enslaved women without their consent. Because of housing segregation and other
discrimination, African Americans and other races are more exposed to health
disparities and do not have the funds to have it all.
Adopted by US department of defense in 1953 under which research subjects have to
be informed that participation is voluntary and be provided with information about the
nature, duration, and purpose of the research. - Answers -Nuremburg code
Health disparities are linked to... - Answers -socioeconomic status
As Japan's inequality went down... - Answers -life expectancy went up
African American mothers with college degrees are ______ likely then whites,
Hispanics, and Asians with less than a high school education to have... - Answers -
more; low-birthweight babies
Segregation has adverse health outcomes for blacks because... - Answers -it creates
pathogenic residential conditions
Impact of segregation - Answers -Liquor stores v. Fresh food; Convenience stores with
"snack" foods; Outdated items; Unsafe Streets
Explain health disparities in the US by race and ethnicity - Answers -Because of
housing segregation and other discriminations, African Americans and other races are
more exposed to health disparities and do not have the funds to have it all.
African Americans have lower levels of mental illness because - Answers -they have
developed coping strategies to alleviate stress such as smoking, alcohol use, and
overeating of fatty foods.
Coping strategies have - Answers -negative physical outcomes
Latinos have lower socioeconomic status than whites on average but, health outcomes
are comparable because many Hispanics are immigrants with relatively good health
, behavior, even more acculturated Latinos are more likely to visit physician, get
screened for cancer, and have health insurance - Answers -hispanic health paradox
Acculturation has ___ effects on health behaviors, but ____ effects on health care
usage & access - Answers -negative; positive
Efforts to ensure the right to live in nontoxic neighborhoods - Answers -environmental
justice
Fighting for creation of parks and open spaces to clean-up water efforts by toxic waste
producers to clean air and water and other initiatives to improve the health and quality
of life in neighborhoods, filing lawsuits - Answers -community movements
Examples of community movements - Answers -flint water crisis; holt family of dickson
Holt Family of Dickson, TN 1946 - Answers -city opened a large unlined dump
Holt Family of Dickson, TN 1964 - Answers -Scovill-Schrader automotive co. Produced
large amount of hazardous wastes, both waste sites were in the primarily black
neighborhood
Holt Family of Dickson, TN 1988 - Answers -TCE discovered in black family's well->
cancer... 2008 law suit
Three factors distinguish contemporary racialized nativism from that of a century ago -
Answers -The rise of extreme antipathy toward languages other than English; the
concern that Asian, Caribbean, and Latin American immigrants are taking advantage of
affirmative action programs designed to help native born minorities; the worry that
immigrants are draining public resources through the use of welfare, education, and
health care services.
The US experienced rapid deindustrialization and the rise of a service-oriented
economy. These structural changes... - Answers -produced economic uncertainty
especially among working class and poor
What is the relationship between nativism and racism in the 21st century in the U.S.? -
Answers -Widespread perception that immigrants are 'taking our jobs" is intimately tied
to the rise of nativism. Racism is implemented in nativism in that it has the same type of
fear. Fear that the English, white, "natural" race will be demoted to a similar level of
others. Want to keep their superiority.
How does self-employment interconnect with labor market inequality by racial/ethnic
category? - Answers -there is an ethnic enclave economy that some races do better
than others in, also a racial enclave economy
Increasing divergence between black & white health outcomes over life - Answers -
cumulative advantage perspective
Health status of blacks declines more quickly than that of whites because of long-term
exposure to unhealthy conditions - Answers -weathering hypothesis
How do health disparities in the US intermesh with the nation's history of racism and
inequality? - Answers -Dr. James Marion Sims carried out horrific operations on
enslaved women without their consent. Because of housing segregation and other
discrimination, African Americans and other races are more exposed to health
disparities and do not have the funds to have it all.
Adopted by US department of defense in 1953 under which research subjects have to
be informed that participation is voluntary and be provided with information about the
nature, duration, and purpose of the research. - Answers -Nuremburg code
Health disparities are linked to... - Answers -socioeconomic status
As Japan's inequality went down... - Answers -life expectancy went up
African American mothers with college degrees are ______ likely then whites,
Hispanics, and Asians with less than a high school education to have... - Answers -
more; low-birthweight babies
Segregation has adverse health outcomes for blacks because... - Answers -it creates
pathogenic residential conditions
Impact of segregation - Answers -Liquor stores v. Fresh food; Convenience stores with
"snack" foods; Outdated items; Unsafe Streets
Explain health disparities in the US by race and ethnicity - Answers -Because of
housing segregation and other discriminations, African Americans and other races are
more exposed to health disparities and do not have the funds to have it all.
African Americans have lower levels of mental illness because - Answers -they have
developed coping strategies to alleviate stress such as smoking, alcohol use, and
overeating of fatty foods.
Coping strategies have - Answers -negative physical outcomes
Latinos have lower socioeconomic status than whites on average but, health outcomes
are comparable because many Hispanics are immigrants with relatively good health
, behavior, even more acculturated Latinos are more likely to visit physician, get
screened for cancer, and have health insurance - Answers -hispanic health paradox
Acculturation has ___ effects on health behaviors, but ____ effects on health care
usage & access - Answers -negative; positive
Efforts to ensure the right to live in nontoxic neighborhoods - Answers -environmental
justice
Fighting for creation of parks and open spaces to clean-up water efforts by toxic waste
producers to clean air and water and other initiatives to improve the health and quality
of life in neighborhoods, filing lawsuits - Answers -community movements
Examples of community movements - Answers -flint water crisis; holt family of dickson
Holt Family of Dickson, TN 1946 - Answers -city opened a large unlined dump
Holt Family of Dickson, TN 1964 - Answers -Scovill-Schrader automotive co. Produced
large amount of hazardous wastes, both waste sites were in the primarily black
neighborhood
Holt Family of Dickson, TN 1988 - Answers -TCE discovered in black family's well->
cancer... 2008 law suit
Three factors distinguish contemporary racialized nativism from that of a century ago -
Answers -The rise of extreme antipathy toward languages other than English; the
concern that Asian, Caribbean, and Latin American immigrants are taking advantage of
affirmative action programs designed to help native born minorities; the worry that
immigrants are draining public resources through the use of welfare, education, and
health care services.
The US experienced rapid deindustrialization and the rise of a service-oriented
economy. These structural changes... - Answers -produced economic uncertainty
especially among working class and poor
What is the relationship between nativism and racism in the 21st century in the U.S.? -
Answers -Widespread perception that immigrants are 'taking our jobs" is intimately tied
to the rise of nativism. Racism is implemented in nativism in that it has the same type of
fear. Fear that the English, white, "natural" race will be demoted to a similar level of
others. Want to keep their superiority.
How does self-employment interconnect with labor market inequality by racial/ethnic
category? - Answers -there is an ethnic enclave economy that some races do better
than others in, also a racial enclave economy
