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13 Cards in this Set
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examples of physiological stress responses?
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a. Musculoskeletal Stress Response
b. Immune Dysfunction c. Cardiovascular Stress Response |
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category of factors that impact health disparities?
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a. Proximal
b. Transitional c. Distal |
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Resource Deprivation Theory
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theory mentioned in the lecture says that racial/ethnic disparities in health status exist because minorities are more likely than whites to live in communities that are lacking the necessary infrastructure to support a healthy lifestyle
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The Weathering Hypothesis
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was developed to explain race differences in low birth weight and infant mortality.
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Most studies of racism and health have measured racism by way of:
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Questionnares
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theory of racial health disparities in the individual level or psychosocial/behavioral categories
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a. Acculturation
b. John Henryism d. Weathering Hypothesis |
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Slavery Hypertension Hypothesis
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hypothesis mentioned in the chapter states that the higher prevalence of hypertension among African Americans is a result of selective survival
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which category of factors takes into account smoking, inactivity, and substance abuse?
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Psychosocial
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possible way in which biogenetic factors may play a role in explaining health disparities?
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b. The slavery hypertension hypothesis
c. Biogenetic or Environmental interactions d. Biological or genetic differences among racial and ethnic groups |
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What category drawn from the Determinants of Health Model is concerned with causes associated with genetic or biological processes?
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Biophysiological
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Risk Exposure Theory
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theory mentioned in the lecture says that high prevalence of social or environmental health risks in predominately minority communities lead to a higher prevalence of disease and death
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Weathering Hypothesis
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theory mentioned in the lecture proposes that because of social stress in the community, in the environment and the society, that African Americans and probably other minorities are actually aging at accelerated rates because of increased exposure to stress
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Acculturation Theory
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theory mentioned in the book finds that foreign born persons have better health outcomes than their U.S. born counterparts and as the number of years the foreign born person lives in the United States increases, the person's health status begins to approximate the health status of U.S. born counterparts
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