CORRECT ANSWERS
\.True or False? Native Americans are the only indigenous group to the US -
ANSWERS -true
\.true or false? cancer rates are lower among black women when compared with
white women - ANSWERS -false
\.__________ is a term that is used to describe an inevitable change taking place
in American society based on the prediction that by the years 2042-2050, in
certain areas in the U.S., the majority populations will be Hispanic and Black
people and other non-majority groups. - ANSWERS -emerging majority
\.________ are now the 2nd largest emerging majority in the U.S. - ANSWERS -
African Americans
\.By treaty rights, _____________________ own their own lands - ANSWERS -
Native Americans
\.as a consequences of beliefs, people from different cultures may have different -
ANSWERS -treatment seeking behaviors
, \.the main racial & ethnic groups, as determined by the ________ are designated
by category for federal statistics & administrative reporting - ANSWERS -office
of management & budget (OMB)
\.Generally speaking, health disparity refers to equal status in health among
varying racial and ethnic groups. - ANSWERS -false
\.The White population, which is currently the majority population, has a higher
health status than members of the African American/Black population. -
ANSWERS -true
\.Which of the following studies involved the manipulation of Black men into
believing that they were receiving treatment for syphilis? - ANSWERS -tuskegee
syphyllis study
\.Genetics has no substantial basis as the sole explanation of health disparities. -
ANSWERS -true
\.Lack of sufficient health care for some in the United States has led to: -
ANSWERS -both poorer health & health inequality
\.__________ are descendants of slaves, and may have inherited the dietary
preferences of slaves that have been passed from one generation to the next. -
ANSWERS -African Americans