NSG 3130 EXAM 4 PRACTICE STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED RESPONSES
●● vulnerable populations
Answer: those groups with increased risk for adverse health outcomes
more likely than the general population to suffer from heath disparities
●● health disparities
Answer: the wide variations in health services and health status among
certain population groups
●● vulnerable population are more likely to....
Answer: -develop health problems as a result of exposure to risk or to
have worse outcomes from those health problems than the population as
a whole
-be sensitive to risk factors bc they are often exposed to cumulative risk
factors
-results from combined effects of limited physical, environmental etc
resources
,●● List of vulnerable population groups
Answer: -poor and homeless persons
-pregnant adolescents
-migrant workers
-severely mentally ill individuals
-substance abusers
-abused persons
-perons w/ communicable disease
-persons with HIV, HepB, STDS
-racial and ethnic minorities
●● Factors contributing to vulnerability
Answer: -social determinants of health (economic status, poverty, lack of
insurance)
-education
-environmental factors
-nutrition, stress
-prejudice
,-health status (age, changes in normal physiology)
●● Outcomes of vulnerability
Answer: -neg or post
-often have worse health outcomes in terms of morbidity and mortality
-cycle to vulnerability (sometimes when one problem is solved, another
quickly emerges-->feelings of hopelessness)
●● Predictors of populations at risk
Answer: -social status: age, sex, race
-social capitol: family structure, marital status, volunteer org, social
networks
**marriage usually is helpful but not in veterans returning to civilian life
-populations at risk: high, lower
-human capitol: schools, jobs, income, housing
●● Disempowerment
Answer: lack of power or control over critical resources
, ●● Victim blaming
Answer: blaming individual for things outside of their control
●● disenfranchisement
Answer: feeling of separation from mainstream society
●● disadvantaged status
Answer: limited political power or control in minority groups over
potential and actual health needs in a system that focuses on the majority
●● SES
Answer: poverty in its relative and absolute sense predisposes people to
vulnerability
●● Age
Answer: very young and very old are more vulnerable
●● health related causes
Answer: certain diseases compromise the ability to respond effectively
to additional risks
●● life experiences
Answer: negative experiences early in life decrease resilience
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED RESPONSES
●● vulnerable populations
Answer: those groups with increased risk for adverse health outcomes
more likely than the general population to suffer from heath disparities
●● health disparities
Answer: the wide variations in health services and health status among
certain population groups
●● vulnerable population are more likely to....
Answer: -develop health problems as a result of exposure to risk or to
have worse outcomes from those health problems than the population as
a whole
-be sensitive to risk factors bc they are often exposed to cumulative risk
factors
-results from combined effects of limited physical, environmental etc
resources
,●● List of vulnerable population groups
Answer: -poor and homeless persons
-pregnant adolescents
-migrant workers
-severely mentally ill individuals
-substance abusers
-abused persons
-perons w/ communicable disease
-persons with HIV, HepB, STDS
-racial and ethnic minorities
●● Factors contributing to vulnerability
Answer: -social determinants of health (economic status, poverty, lack of
insurance)
-education
-environmental factors
-nutrition, stress
-prejudice
,-health status (age, changes in normal physiology)
●● Outcomes of vulnerability
Answer: -neg or post
-often have worse health outcomes in terms of morbidity and mortality
-cycle to vulnerability (sometimes when one problem is solved, another
quickly emerges-->feelings of hopelessness)
●● Predictors of populations at risk
Answer: -social status: age, sex, race
-social capitol: family structure, marital status, volunteer org, social
networks
**marriage usually is helpful but not in veterans returning to civilian life
-populations at risk: high, lower
-human capitol: schools, jobs, income, housing
●● Disempowerment
Answer: lack of power or control over critical resources
, ●● Victim blaming
Answer: blaming individual for things outside of their control
●● disenfranchisement
Answer: feeling of separation from mainstream society
●● disadvantaged status
Answer: limited political power or control in minority groups over
potential and actual health needs in a system that focuses on the majority
●● SES
Answer: poverty in its relative and absolute sense predisposes people to
vulnerability
●● Age
Answer: very young and very old are more vulnerable
●● health related causes
Answer: certain diseases compromise the ability to respond effectively
to additional risks
●● life experiences
Answer: negative experiences early in life decrease resilience
