CCHP Exam #1 Questions And Well Elaborated Answers.

good governance for health health literacy healthy cities - correct answer 3 key elements for health promotion health promotion - correct answer the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health good governance for health - correct answer requires policy makers across all government departments to make health a central line of government policy health literacy - correct answer a person's capacity to learn about and understand basic health information and services, and to use these resources to promote one's health and wellness healthy cities - correct answer strong leadership and commitment at the municipal level is essential to healthy urban planning and to build up preventative measures in communities and primary health care facilities demographic shifts - correct answer statistical changes in the socioeconomic characteristics of a population or consumer group race - correct answer the categorization of a population based on physical appearance due to particular historical social and political forces ethnicity - correct answer pertaining to a group sharing a common and distinctive culture, religion, language, etc hispanics - correct answer largest minority group and fastest growing population in the U.S. acculturation - correct answer a process of cultural contact and exchange through which a person or group comes to adopt certain values and practices of a culture that is not originally their own, to a greater or lesser extent health - correct answer a group's view of the physical, mental, emotional, & social components required for a person to be considered healthy axiology - correct answer interpersonal values ethos - correct answer beliefs or character of a group epistemology - correct answer ways of knowing ontology - correct answer the study of being and existence Ulysses Syndrome - correct answer a series of symptoms that affects migrants confronted with multiple and chronic levels of stress; gateway between mental health and mental disorder Latino Paradox - correct answer the finding that Hispanic and Latino Americans tend to have health outcomes that are comparable to, or in some cases better than, those of their U.S. non-hispanic white counterparts, but the longer they stay in the U.S., the worse their health becomes health equality - correct answer refers to a person's ability to attain his or her full health potential without interference from his or her social position or ethnic/racial background health disparities - correct answer the differences in the incidence and prevalence of health conditions and health status between groups based on race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, disability status, or a combination of these factors social determinants of health - correct answer Aspects of society and the social environment that impact on health, such as poverty, early life experiences, social networks and support. CLAS (Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services) - correct answer standards that are intended to advance health equity, improve quality, and help eliminate health care disparities by establishing a blueprint for health and health care organizations CAM (complementary and alternative medicine) - correct answer the medical and health practices, systems, and products that are not included yet in the conventional medicine delivery system conventional medicine - correct answer the body of scientific knowledge, practiced by doctors of medicine, doctors of osteopathic medicine, and allied health professionals folk medicine - correct answer the treatment of illnesses through remedies and therapies that are based on experience and knowledge transmitted throughout generations integrative medicine - correct answer combination of conventional practices and CAM therapies religion - correct answer the practice of participation in culturally based activities, including prayer and meditation, attendance at services, reading religious texts, and performance or rituals spirituality - correct answer the emotional or experimental expression of "feelings or experiences of awe, wonder, harmony, peace, or connectedness with the universe or a higher power" worldview - correct answer focused on individual inner subjectivity in relation to an external world. It strives to identify the meaning and value of the universe and human life Spiritual Competence - correct answer a form of cultural competence that deals with spirituality and religion, specifically clients' individually constructed spiritual worldviews