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Vulnerability and Vulnerable Populations.
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What is a vulnerable population group? - Answer✔A subgroup of the population that is more
likely to develop health problems as a result of exposure to risk or to have worse outcomes
from these health problems than the rest of the population
What are examples of vulnerable populations? - Answer✔- poor and homeless
- pregnant adolescents
- migrant workers and immigrants
- individuals with mental health problems
- drug addicts
- abuse victims
- people with communicable disease and those at risks
- people with HIV/Hepatitis B or an STD
What is the differential vulnerability hypothesis? - Answer✔That vulnerable population groups
are those that are particularly sensitive to risk factors and who possess multiple, cumulative risk
factors
Where can risks originate? - Answer✔May originate in:
- environmental hazards (e.g. lead exposure from lead paint)
- social hazards (crime and violence)
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- personal behaviors (diet and exercise habits)
- biological or genetic makeup (congential addiction or compromised immune status)
What are priority population groups? - Answer✔Groups target by national governments for
special emphasis in health care goals because their health status is poor. E.g. In Canada,
aboriginal Indians and people who live in remote rural areas of N. Canada
What do vulnerable populations suffer from? - Answer✔They suffer from disparities in access
to care, uneven quality of care, and the poorest health outcomes.
What are disparities - Answer✔racial or ethnic differences in the quality of care that are not
due to access-related factors or clinical needs, preferences, and appropriateness of intervention
IT is lower quality of care or poorer outcomes
What can disparities result from? - Answer✔It can result from client-level factors such as
mistrust, provider-level factors such as conscious or unconscious stereotyping or prejudice, or
health systems factors such as lack of insurance coverage
What are disadvantaged populations? - Answer✔Those that have fewer resources for
promoting health and treating illness than the average person in the United States. E.g. a family
below the poverty line is considered disadvantaged in terms of access to economic resources
What are some examples of health disparities? - Answer✔- infant mortality
- age-adjusted mortality rates
- mortality rates for children under aged 5
What is the trend to helping these vulnerable populations? - Answer✔Basically having more
outreach programs and case finding to make access to health care easier. Also to deelop more
culturally and linguisticaly appropriate forms of outreach and care delivery to promote health
of populations.
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Vulnerability and Vulnerable Populations.
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What is a vulnerable population group? - Answer✔A subgroup of the population that is more
likely to develop health problems as a result of exposure to risk or to have worse outcomes
from these health problems than the rest of the population
What are examples of vulnerable populations? - Answer✔- poor and homeless
- pregnant adolescents
- migrant workers and immigrants
- individuals with mental health problems
- drug addicts
- abuse victims
- people with communicable disease and those at risks
- people with HIV/Hepatitis B or an STD
What is the differential vulnerability hypothesis? - Answer✔That vulnerable population groups
are those that are particularly sensitive to risk factors and who possess multiple, cumulative risk
factors
Where can risks originate? - Answer✔May originate in:
- environmental hazards (e.g. lead exposure from lead paint)
- social hazards (crime and violence)
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- personal behaviors (diet and exercise habits)
- biological or genetic makeup (congential addiction or compromised immune status)
What are priority population groups? - Answer✔Groups target by national governments for
special emphasis in health care goals because their health status is poor. E.g. In Canada,
aboriginal Indians and people who live in remote rural areas of N. Canada
What do vulnerable populations suffer from? - Answer✔They suffer from disparities in access
to care, uneven quality of care, and the poorest health outcomes.
What are disparities - Answer✔racial or ethnic differences in the quality of care that are not
due to access-related factors or clinical needs, preferences, and appropriateness of intervention
IT is lower quality of care or poorer outcomes
What can disparities result from? - Answer✔It can result from client-level factors such as
mistrust, provider-level factors such as conscious or unconscious stereotyping or prejudice, or
health systems factors such as lack of insurance coverage
What are disadvantaged populations? - Answer✔Those that have fewer resources for
promoting health and treating illness than the average person in the United States. E.g. a family
below the poverty line is considered disadvantaged in terms of access to economic resources
What are some examples of health disparities? - Answer✔- infant mortality
- age-adjusted mortality rates
- mortality rates for children under aged 5
What is the trend to helping these vulnerable populations? - Answer✔Basically having more
outreach programs and case finding to make access to health care easier. Also to deelop more
culturally and linguisticaly appropriate forms of outreach and care delivery to promote health
of populations.
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