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"Isms" - We refer to "isms" throughout this course to describe any kind of discrimination against another person because of a particular characteristic. This may be discrimination due to race or ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or any other characteristic. When we discuss racism, you will be encouraged to think about how the discussion could also apply to sexism, heterosexism, ageism, or other isms. Acculturation - Cultural modification of an individual, group, ...

#1 cause of death in NH/OPI - Heart disease #1 Leading cause of death for AI/AN - Heart Disease #1 leading cause of death in Asians - Cancer #1 leading cause of death in blacks - Heart disease #1 leading cause of death in hispanics/latino - Cancer 1st and 2nd highest asthma rates in what 2 populations? - Adults : - 1St: NH+OPI Children: -1st: Blacks -2nd: NH+OPI African women had birth outcomes similar to white americans - if not genetics, environment and stressors such as discriminat...

_______ are most highly affected in areas in which heterosexual contact is the primary mode of transmission - women _________ are most highly affected in areas where male-to-male sexual contact is the most common mode of transmission - men "hospitals could maximize the success of affordable housing programs by combining them with wraparound services that provide social services, wellness initiatives, and medical care" - safety net programs 185% - percentage of poverty to apply for WIC ...

Acculturation Process - the longer you have been here you start to adopt practices of US. An increased risk of disease with increasing length of being here. Acculturation you still retain parts of your culture, assimilation you lose your culture. African American women have babies born small at twice rate of white women- why - African Americans collectively have lower SES but even when you correct for that the gap doesn't go away- actually widened as SES improved. Due to unequal treatment ...

3 challenges to measuring health disparities - inadequate numbers, data and information Although this is would be an intervention that would be impossible to fund, Dr. Warne mentioned that he would like to prescribe affluence as a treatment for diabetes. In ONE sentence, describe what he meant by that. - prescribing affluence means that you would give everyone more money, which would provide better access to health insurance, healthy lifestyles, better healthcare, etc. alzheimers - -asians ...

2015 U.S census black populations - -14.5% of american population is black -13.3% is black only According to Galea, 38% of all deaths that occurred in the U.S in the year 2000 were due to - - Social inequality -residential racial segregation -poverty According to the film, Unnatural Causes: In sickness and wealth, home ownership predicted the likelihood of what - getting a cold after being exposed to the virus african americans in 1990 - -by 1900 the black population was 11.6% of populat...

_______________ are two explanations for the phenomena that Black women are more likely to experience higher rates of prenatal and maternal mortality rates than all other groups of women. (Select TWO answers) - weathering hypothesis minority stress hypothesis _________________ is when an immigrant adopts all of the norms and customs of the new country; _________________ is when an immigrant adopts some of the norms and customs of the new country, but also keeps some from their country of o...

_________ is the major root cause of health disparities in the Appalachia region as highlighted in A Hidden America. - poverty, rurality, & lack of opportunity a county/counties associated with at least one urban cluster of at least 10,000 and less than 50,000 inhabitants - micropolitan statistical area a county/counties associated with at least one urbanized area. they are larger than cities and are sometimes referred to as regions - metropolitan statistical area a physician in Place Matt...