NR503 Epidemiology Final, NR 503 Epi
Final, NR 503 Epi Midterm
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.
, NR503 Epidemiology Final, NR 503 Epi
Final, NR 503 Epi Midterm
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
Pharmacogenomics - correct answer medication efficacy, toxicity, and drug interaction based
on genetic variations
