Update ) Epidemiology
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A]– Chamberlain
Common risk factors - correct answer unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, tobacco use
Childhood risk - correct answer conditions before birth and early in childhood
influence health in adult life.
Risk accumulation - correct answer Ageing is an important marker of the
accumulation of modifiable risks for chronic disease
Underlying determinants - correct answer a reflection of the major forces driving
social, economic, and cultural change. I.e. globalization, urbanization, population
ageing, and general policy environment
Poverty - correct answer interconnected with chronic disease in a vicious circle
increasing exposure to risks and decreased access to health services
Primary prevention - correct answer aims to prevent disease. I.e. banning hazardous
products, educating on healthy/safe habits, immunizations
Secondary prevention - correct answer reduce impact of disease or injury that has
already occurred. I.e. screening tests, low-dose ASA, suitably modified work
Tertiary prevention - correct answer aims to soften impact of ongoing illness. I.e.
cardiac or stroke rehab, support groups, vocational rehab
Cross Cultural Health Care Program (CCHCP) - correct answer materials to improve
cultural competency among health providers to provide healthcare interventions and
other cultural variants
Marginalization - correct answer Major cause of vulnerability referring to exposure to
a range of possible harms
Variables at risk for marginalization - correct answer high risk health literacy, cultural
barriers, low english proficiency
Cultural competence - correct answer a dynamic, fluid, continuous process whereby
an individual, system or health care agency find meaningful and useful care delivery
, NR503 Final Exam EPIDEMIOLOGY (Latest
Update ) Epidemiology
Questions & 100% Correct Answers [Grade
A]– Chamberlain
strategies based on knowledge of the cultural heritage, beliefs, attitudes, and behavior
of those whom they render care
Norms & values - correct 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 - correct answer A set of questions that the APN can use
in order to assess the culture of a patient.
Socioeconomic status - correct answer A measure that takes into account three
interrelated dimensions: a person's income level, education level, and typ of
occupation.
Disparities - correct answer a higher burden of illness, injury, disability, or mortality
experiences by one grup relative to another
Minorities - correct answer a group of people who because of their physical or cultural
characteristics, are singled out from the other in society
Food desert - correct answer neighborhoods and communities that have limited
access to affordable and nutritious foods
Social determinants of health - correct answer poverty, education level, raciam,
income, and poor housisng that effect access to healthcare
Social justice theory - correct 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 - correct answer Healthy
People 2020, US Census, US Department of Health and Human Services, Office of
Minority Health and Health Disparities
Accommodation - correct answer To create an environment that accomodates health
practice and ritual from other cultures within a plan of care
, NR503 Final Exam EPIDEMIOLOGY (Latest
Update ) Epidemiology
Questions & 100% Correct Answers [Grade
A]– Chamberlain
Acculturation - correct answer degree to which an individual from one culture has
given up the traits of that culture and adopted the traits of the dominant culture in
which they now reside
Assimilation - correct answer the social, economic, and political integration of a
cultural group into mainstream society to which it may have emigrated
Genetics - correct answer place patients at higher risk for certain disease and if family
history reveals this a screening tool could be used to determine the likelihood of a
person developing the disease
Genetic risk assessment - correct answer when a patient is determined to have a gene
that places them at a higher risk of having a disease such as cancer, diabetes, or
cardiovascular disease
Genomics - correct answer study of all genes in the human genome as well as their
interaction with other genes, the individuals environment, and the influence of cultural
and psychosocial factors
Pharmacogenomics - correct answer medication efficacy, toxicity, and drug interaction
based on genetic variations
Components of genetic risk assessment - correct answer Accurate family history for 3
generations or genetic blood testing to reveal genes
Relationship between genetics and environment - correct answer a patient may have a
gene increasing risks of disease while also being exposed to environmental factors
that also increase risk for disease. i.e. lung cancer and radon gas
Cultural competence - correct answer A dynamic, fluid, continuous process whereby
an individual, system or healthcare agency find meaningful and useful care delivery
strategies based in knowledge of the cultural heritage, beliefs, attitudes, and behavior
of those to whom they tender care