Community Health
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QUIZ 5 - Chapter 17,
18 (2/21)
Vulnerable population? Chronically ill / disabeled.
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Chapter 17 - Substance Use:
- Abstinence: < 12 months
- Remission: criteria not met for 3-12 months.
Chapter 18 - Underserved populations
- Genomics: The study of DNA sequencing to analyze the function andstructure of
complete sets of DNA in a cell of an organism.
- Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA): Geographic area, pop group, med facility
with shortages of HCP that may not allow a full complement of healthcare services.
- Medically underserved arrea (MUA): ratio of primary medical care physicians per
1,000 pop, infant mortality rate, percentage of population with incomes below the
poverty line, & percentage pop 65+ yo.
- Medically underserved population (MUP): U.S. federal designation for the pop that
face economic barriers (low income / medicaid populations) / cultural / linguistic
access barriers to primary medical care services.
- Trimorbidity: common chronis illnesses of homeless people (mental illness, chronic
physical illness, substance addiction)
- Underserved population: subgroup of pop that has a higher risk of developing health
problems due to greater exposure to health risk because of marginalization in
sociocultural status, access to economic resources, age, gender. → HIV / Aids
- Veteran’s Health: care / service that will promote, preserve, restore health of military.
- Social Determinants of health: the conditions in which people are born, grow, live,
work, age.
YELLOW = Quizlet
QUIZ 5 - Chapter 17,
18 (2/21)
Vulnerable population? Chronically ill / disabeled.
Healthypeople2030
Chapter 17 - Substance Use:
- Abstinence: < 12 months
- Remission: criteria not met for 3-12 months.
Chapter 18 - Underserved populations
- Genomics: The study of DNA sequencing to analyze the function andstructure of
complete sets of DNA in a cell of an organism.
- Health Professional Shortage Area (HPSA): Geographic area, pop group, med facility
with shortages of HCP that may not allow a full complement of healthcare services.
- Medically underserved arrea (MUA): ratio of primary medical care physicians per
1,000 pop, infant mortality rate, percentage of population with incomes below the
poverty line, & percentage pop 65+ yo.
- Medically underserved population (MUP): U.S. federal designation for the pop that
face economic barriers (low income / medicaid populations) / cultural / linguistic
access barriers to primary medical care services.
- Trimorbidity: common chronis illnesses of homeless people (mental illness, chronic
physical illness, substance addiction)
- Underserved population: subgroup of pop that has a higher risk of developing health
problems due to greater exposure to health risk because of marginalization in
sociocultural status, access to economic resources, age, gender. → HIV / Aids
- Veteran’s Health: care / service that will promote, preserve, restore health of military.
- Social Determinants of health: the conditions in which people are born, grow, live,
work, age.
