ADDRESSING HEALTH EQUITY VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Health Equity - Ans--Absence of socially unjust health disparities. It implies
that ideally, everyone could attain their full health potential.
Health Disparity vs.
Health Inequity - Ans--Disparity is a dimensional concept referring to
measurable quantities. Inequity is a political concept expressing a
commitment to social justice.
Healthcare Disparity - Ans--Disparity is a dimensional concept referring to
measurable quantities. Inequity is a political concept expressing a
commitment to social justice.
Health Inequity - Ans--Disparities in health that are systemic and avoidable;
therefore, considered unfair or unjust.
Social Determinants of Health Inequity - Ans--The economic and social
conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age.
Health Disparity - Ans--Health Disparities are variations or differences in
health status among certain groups of people.
factors that determine individual and population health. - Ans--The range of
personal, social, economic and environmental factors that influence health
status are known as determinants of health. It is the interrelationships
among these factors that determine individual and population health.
what are the roots of health disparities? - Ans--health disparities are
historically rooted in social and economic inequalities.
, Jim Crow Laws - Ans--laws designed to prevent black citizens from
improving their status or achieving equality. These statutes, known as Jim
Crow laws, were in place and enforced until the 1950s and 60s.
Prior to the Civil Rights Era, hospitals could legally refuse medical care to
black patients even in emergency situations
Eugenics - Ans--forced sterilizations - 60,000 Americans were sterilized
against their will. victims were poor and members of minority communities.
During the late 1960's and early 1970's surgical sterilization, often without
consent, was performed on Native American women of child bearing age, by
the Indian Health Service, a U.S. government-funded program
The Legacy of the
Tuskegee Experiment - Ans--400 poor black men with syphilis from Macon
County, Alabama - never told they had Syphilis, nor were they ever treated
for it so they could study the effects of it
Hepatitis Studies - Ans--Children with Mental Retardation were fed live local
hepatitis strains to aid in vaccine development.
Hurricane Katrina - Ans--most severely affected were the many African
American communities - They went for days without food and potable water
and without adequate transportation to move them to safe quarters. 1800
people dead and over 10,000 people homeless
During the 20th century, U.S. life expectancy increased by 30 years. Which
of the following was the most important factor behind the increase?
A) Social reforms (such as wage and labor laws, housing codes, etc.) and
increased prosperity
B) New drugs (like penicillin)
C) The development of the modern hospital system
D) Migration from rural areas to cities
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Health Equity - Ans--Absence of socially unjust health disparities. It implies
that ideally, everyone could attain their full health potential.
Health Disparity vs.
Health Inequity - Ans--Disparity is a dimensional concept referring to
measurable quantities. Inequity is a political concept expressing a
commitment to social justice.
Healthcare Disparity - Ans--Disparity is a dimensional concept referring to
measurable quantities. Inequity is a political concept expressing a
commitment to social justice.
Health Inequity - Ans--Disparities in health that are systemic and avoidable;
therefore, considered unfair or unjust.
Social Determinants of Health Inequity - Ans--The economic and social
conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age.
Health Disparity - Ans--Health Disparities are variations or differences in
health status among certain groups of people.
factors that determine individual and population health. - Ans--The range of
personal, social, economic and environmental factors that influence health
status are known as determinants of health. It is the interrelationships
among these factors that determine individual and population health.
what are the roots of health disparities? - Ans--health disparities are
historically rooted in social and economic inequalities.
, Jim Crow Laws - Ans--laws designed to prevent black citizens from
improving their status or achieving equality. These statutes, known as Jim
Crow laws, were in place and enforced until the 1950s and 60s.
Prior to the Civil Rights Era, hospitals could legally refuse medical care to
black patients even in emergency situations
Eugenics - Ans--forced sterilizations - 60,000 Americans were sterilized
against their will. victims were poor and members of minority communities.
During the late 1960's and early 1970's surgical sterilization, often without
consent, was performed on Native American women of child bearing age, by
the Indian Health Service, a U.S. government-funded program
The Legacy of the
Tuskegee Experiment - Ans--400 poor black men with syphilis from Macon
County, Alabama - never told they had Syphilis, nor were they ever treated
for it so they could study the effects of it
Hepatitis Studies - Ans--Children with Mental Retardation were fed live local
hepatitis strains to aid in vaccine development.
Hurricane Katrina - Ans--most severely affected were the many African
American communities - They went for days without food and potable water
and without adequate transportation to move them to safe quarters. 1800
people dead and over 10,000 people homeless
During the 20th century, U.S. life expectancy increased by 30 years. Which
of the following was the most important factor behind the increase?
A) Social reforms (such as wage and labor laws, housing codes, etc.) and
increased prosperity
B) New drugs (like penicillin)
C) The development of the modern hospital system
D) Migration from rural areas to cities
