bbh 302 exam 1 Questions with well explained answers

___________ is the major root cause of health disparities in the Appalachian region, as highlighted in this movie. - poverty, rurality, lack of opportunity a physician in the movie referred to a friend who treated 10-12 teenage girls who had their gall bladder removed. What was the major factor that led to the girls needing this surgery? - eating a diet high in fast food although tobacco, alcohol, and fast food are easy to find in Gwal's neighborhood, the narrator stated that the release of toxins from petrochemicals is the worst environmental health threat - false Based on a statement Dr. Marmot made on the health-wealth gradient, we can conclude that unemployment could influence illness AND illness could influence unemployment. - true Based on the definition of dissimilarity (distribution of a racial/ethnic group across a residential area) which group is most segregated? - non-hispanic whites based on what was discussed in the film, the main reason for jobs leaving the us is - the transfer of work to low wage countries believing that your race/ethnicity is biologically inferior - internalized racism bypass surgery after a heart attack - tertiary prevention cancers in all sites were higher in rural compared to non-rural populations in 2019. of those discussed in this lesson, which form of cancer was NOT higher in rural populations? - breast community clinic that provides free bp screening - secondary preventiondr. brenner stated that there is an association between unemployment and health, and that changes usually occur over a ... period - 10-year Dr. Williams talked about health policy. Select all of the following that are true about what he referred to as health policy. - housing policy, educational policy, anti-violence policy, neighborhood improvement policies eating a healthy diet - primary prevention for a majority of diseases and conditions that were reviewed in this lesson, there was a stair-step association between health and measures of socioeconomic status. For which disease was this stair-step pattern not seen? - cancer for the association between children's health and SES, which measures were most commonly used to assess SES? - parents' income and education having access to chain supermarkets increases one's access to fruits and vegetables at lower prices - true how do the authors suggest correcting health disparities - implementing policies In Sweden, the association between health and wealth is most likely TIGHT. That is, they likely see a similar health-wealth gradient that we see here in the U.S. - false in the NYT article that described the results of a study on social class in adulthood for black and white boys raised in rich families, what was the general conclusion - black boys raised in rich families were far LESS likely to become a rich adult, compared to white boys in what area of the us has there been an increase in the prevalence of CWP in the last 20 years - central appalachiaminorities often receive health care at lower-quality, lower-resource health clinics close to their homes. this is an example of which level of racism? - institutionalized neglecting to refer a patient for a needed diagnostic test is an example of an act of - omission not having interpreters in areas in which there is a large prevalence of immigrants from china is an example of what type of racism? - institutionalized not referring people of color for diagnostic medical tests - personally-mediated racism one limitation of the braveman study is that, due to measurement error, the size of health disparities between groups may be even greater than indicated - true one of the major explanations for residential segregation is the fact that blacks prefer to live in black neighborhoods - false