NR503 Epidemiology Final, NR 503 Epi
Final, NR 503 Epi Midterm UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORECT
Answers
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
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
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
Final, NR 503 Epi Midterm UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORECT
Answers
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
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
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
