Cultural Diversity in Health Care
Question and answer
1. The conditions in which people live have an impact on health
A. True.
B. False (Answer)A
2. The social determinants of health model has only been applied in the United
States?
A. True
B. False (Answer)B
3. What are the determinants of health main contribution to an understanding of
health care delivery?
A. The only way to successfully improve health is to focus on individual
behaviors
B. There is no solution to improving health through health care delivery
C. There are multiple factors that impact health status so health care delivery
must address individual as well as population health interventions
D. The only was to successfully improve health is to focus on policy changes
(Answer)C
4. What are three biologically based factors that may affect the prevalence of health
disparities? Select all that apply.
A. Early life stages are most susceptible to environmentally induced disease
B. Even a single early life exposure can yield long term negative effects
C. Ancestrally linked gene variants may be a potential target of action
D. Individual behavior alone determines disease risk (Answer)A,B,C
5. What are two strategies of the US Department of Health and Human Services'
Office of Minority Health to address Health and Health-Care disparities? Select
the two that apply.
A. Promoting cultural competency training
B. Community-level initiatives
C. Expecting patients to adhere to the medical model of health care delivery
D. Creating a call center for addresssing health care questions (Answer)A,B
6. What did Nitardy et al. find had an impact on the prevalence of routine physical
exam among racially and ethnically diverse adolescents? Select all that apply.
A. Racial and ethnic disparities
B. Receipt of free or reduced lunch
C. Family structure
D. Participation in sports (Answer)A,B,C
7. What does CLAS stand for?
A. Culturally and linguistically appropriate services
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Question and answer
1. The conditions in which people live have an impact on health
A. True.
B. False (Answer)A
2. The social determinants of health model has only been applied in the United
States?
A. True
B. False (Answer)B
3. What are the determinants of health main contribution to an understanding of
health care delivery?
A. The only way to successfully improve health is to focus on individual
behaviors
B. There is no solution to improving health through health care delivery
C. There are multiple factors that impact health status so health care delivery
must address individual as well as population health interventions
D. The only was to successfully improve health is to focus on policy changes
(Answer)C
4. What are three biologically based factors that may affect the prevalence of health
disparities? Select all that apply.
A. Early life stages are most susceptible to environmentally induced disease
B. Even a single early life exposure can yield long term negative effects
C. Ancestrally linked gene variants may be a potential target of action
D. Individual behavior alone determines disease risk (Answer)A,B,C
5. What are two strategies of the US Department of Health and Human Services'
Office of Minority Health to address Health and Health-Care disparities? Select
the two that apply.
A. Promoting cultural competency training
B. Community-level initiatives
C. Expecting patients to adhere to the medical model of health care delivery
D. Creating a call center for addresssing health care questions (Answer)A,B
6. What did Nitardy et al. find had an impact on the prevalence of routine physical
exam among racially and ethnically diverse adolescents? Select all that apply.
A. Racial and ethnic disparities
B. Receipt of free or reduced lunch
C. Family structure
D. Participation in sports (Answer)A,B,C
7. What does CLAS stand for?
A. Culturally and linguistically appropriate services
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