NR503 Epidemiology Final, NR 503 Epi Final, NR 503
Epi Midterm / Exam Newest Actual Questions and
Answers (A+ Guide Solution.
Common risk factors - (ANSWER)unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, tobacco use
Childhood risk - (ANSWER)conditions before birth and early in childhood
influence health in adult life.
Risk accumulation - (ANSWER)Ageing is an important marker of the accumulation
of modifiable risks for chronic disease
Underlying determinants - (ANSWER)a reflection of the major forces driving
social, economic, and cultural change. I.e. globalization, urbanization, population
ageing, and general policy environment
Poverty - (ANSWER)interconnected with chronic disease in a vicious circle
increasing exposure to risks and decreased access to health services
Primary prevention - (ANSWER)aims to prevent disease. I.e. banning hazardous
products, educating on healthy/safe habits, immunizations
Secondary prevention - (ANSWER)reduce impact of disease or injury that has
already occurred. I.e. screening tests, low-dose ASA, suitably modified work
,Tertiary prevention - (ANSWER)aims to soften impact of ongoing illness. I.e.
cardiac or stroke rehab, support groups, vocational rehab
Cross Cultural Health Care Program (CCHCP) - (ANSWER)materials to improve
cultural competency among health providers to provide healthcare interventions
and other cultural variants
Marginalization - (ANSWER)Major cause of vulnerability referring to exposure to
a range of possible harms
Variables at risk for marginalization - (ANSWER)high risk health literacy, cultural
barriers, low english proficiency
Cultural competence - (ANSWER)a dynamic, fluid, continuous process whereby
an individual, system or health care 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
Norms & values - (ANSWER)soecific practices that guide the actions and decisions
of each person in a group based on their culture. Can be learned or shared.
Kleinman Explanatory Model - (ANSWER)A set of questions that the APN can use
in order to assess the culture of a patient.
, Socioeconomic status - (ANSWER)A measure that takes into account three
interrelated dimensions: a person's income level, education level, and typ of
occupation.
Disparities - (ANSWER)a higher burden of illness, injury, disability, or mortality
experiences by one grup relative to another
Minorities - (ANSWER)a group of people who because of their physical or cultural
characteristics, are singled out from the other in society
Food desert - (ANSWER)neighborhoods and communities that have limited
access to affordable and nutritious foods
Social determinants of health - (ANSWER)poverty, education level, raciam,
income, and poor housisng that effect access to healthcare
Social justice theory - (ANSWER)the goal that all people will have equal
opportunity to healthcare access and quality of healthcare will be the same
Data sources utilized to access determinants of health - (ANSWER)Healthy People
2020, US Census, US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of
Minority Health and Health Disparities
Accommodation - (ANSWER)To create an environment that accomodates health
practice and ritual from other cultures within a plan of care
Epi Midterm / Exam Newest Actual Questions and
Answers (A+ Guide Solution.
Common risk factors - (ANSWER)unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, tobacco use
Childhood risk - (ANSWER)conditions before birth and early in childhood
influence health in adult life.
Risk accumulation - (ANSWER)Ageing is an important marker of the accumulation
of modifiable risks for chronic disease
Underlying determinants - (ANSWER)a reflection of the major forces driving
social, economic, and cultural change. I.e. globalization, urbanization, population
ageing, and general policy environment
Poverty - (ANSWER)interconnected with chronic disease in a vicious circle
increasing exposure to risks and decreased access to health services
Primary prevention - (ANSWER)aims to prevent disease. I.e. banning hazardous
products, educating on healthy/safe habits, immunizations
Secondary prevention - (ANSWER)reduce impact of disease or injury that has
already occurred. I.e. screening tests, low-dose ASA, suitably modified work
,Tertiary prevention - (ANSWER)aims to soften impact of ongoing illness. I.e.
cardiac or stroke rehab, support groups, vocational rehab
Cross Cultural Health Care Program (CCHCP) - (ANSWER)materials to improve
cultural competency among health providers to provide healthcare interventions
and other cultural variants
Marginalization - (ANSWER)Major cause of vulnerability referring to exposure to
a range of possible harms
Variables at risk for marginalization - (ANSWER)high risk health literacy, cultural
barriers, low english proficiency
Cultural competence - (ANSWER)a dynamic, fluid, continuous process whereby
an individual, system or health care 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
Norms & values - (ANSWER)soecific practices that guide the actions and decisions
of each person in a group based on their culture. Can be learned or shared.
Kleinman Explanatory Model - (ANSWER)A set of questions that the APN can use
in order to assess the culture of a patient.
, Socioeconomic status - (ANSWER)A measure that takes into account three
interrelated dimensions: a person's income level, education level, and typ of
occupation.
Disparities - (ANSWER)a higher burden of illness, injury, disability, or mortality
experiences by one grup relative to another
Minorities - (ANSWER)a group of people who because of their physical or cultural
characteristics, are singled out from the other in society
Food desert - (ANSWER)neighborhoods and communities that have limited
access to affordable and nutritious foods
Social determinants of health - (ANSWER)poverty, education level, raciam,
income, and poor housisng that effect access to healthcare
Social justice theory - (ANSWER)the goal that all people will have equal
opportunity to healthcare access and quality of healthcare will be the same
Data sources utilized to access determinants of health - (ANSWER)Healthy People
2020, US Census, US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of
Minority Health and Health Disparities
Accommodation - (ANSWER)To create an environment that accomodates health
practice and ritual from other cultures within a plan of care
