HPAM 3600 Final || 100% Exact Answers.
Health disparity correct answers When one population group experiences a higher burden of
disability or illness than another group
Healthcare disparity correct answers Denotes differences in access to healthcare services or
health insurance, or in the quality of care actually received
Health equity correct answers - a situation in which everyone has the opportunity to attain his or
her full health potential
- when disparities exist, a society cannot achieve health equity
Health and Healthcare Disparities Factors correct answers - Individual behaviors
- Healthcare provider bias
- Cultural expectations and differences
- Location and financing of healthcare systems
- Social factors
Disparities appear through different lenses correct answers - Race
- Ethnicity
- Socioeconomic status
- Age
- Geography
- Language
- Gender
- Disability status
- Citizenship status
- Sexual identity and orientation
,Determinants of Health correct answers - According to the CDC, determinants of health are
"factors that contribute to a person's current state of health"
a. Biologic/genetic factors (e.g., carrying a genetic mutation that could increase one's chances of
developing a particular disease)
b. Behavior factors (e.g., alcohol/drug use, smoking)
c. Psychosocial factors (e.g., conflicts within one's family that may lead to stress)
d. Social factors
Evans and Stoddart Framework of Determinants of Health correct answers - graphic on S08
- Includes functional capacity and well-being as health outcomes
- Presents the behavioral and biologic responses of individuals
- Multidisciplinary approach
- Presents opportunities to intervene
Social Determinants of Health correct answers - Social conditions into which people are born
and that affect their daily lives and overall well-being as they move through life
a. WHO defines SDH as "the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age"
b. CDC defines SDH as "shaped by the distribution of money, power, and resources at both local
and national levels"
- Why is it important?
a. Economic stability
b. Education access and quality
c. Healthcare access and quality
d. Neighborhood and built environment
e. Social and community context
Types of Social Determinants of Health correct answers - Culture
- Language/literacy
, - Public safety
- Residential segregation
- Social norms and attitudes
- Socioeconomic conditions
- Transportation options
Social Determinants of Health (SDH) correct answers - Social conditions into which people are
born and that affect their daily lives and overall well-being as they move through life
a. WHO defines SDH as "the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age"
b. CDC: "SDH are shaped by the distribution of money, power, and resources at both local and
national levels"
Law as a Social Determinant of Health correct answers - The law can be used to design and
perpetuate social conditions that can have terrible physical, mental, and emotional effects on
individuals and populations
- The law can be utilized as a mechanism through which behaviors and prejudices are
transformed into distributions of well-being among populations
- Laws can be determinative of health through under-enforcement
- The law can be used to structure direct responses to health-harming social needs that result
from things like impoverishment, illness, market failure, and individual behavior that harms
others
Basic Health Insurance Terminology correct answers - Beneficiary - consumer; the individual
who is covered by the plan
- Premium - annual fee paid by the beneficiary to the health plan, usually in monthly
installments, to secure health insurance coverage
- Deductible - amount of money a beneficiary must pay out-of-pocked before the insurance
company assists with paying for services
- Cost-sharing - co-payment or co-insurance, an amount the beneficiary pays per service after the
deductible is met
- Fee-for-service
Health disparity correct answers When one population group experiences a higher burden of
disability or illness than another group
Healthcare disparity correct answers Denotes differences in access to healthcare services or
health insurance, or in the quality of care actually received
Health equity correct answers - a situation in which everyone has the opportunity to attain his or
her full health potential
- when disparities exist, a society cannot achieve health equity
Health and Healthcare Disparities Factors correct answers - Individual behaviors
- Healthcare provider bias
- Cultural expectations and differences
- Location and financing of healthcare systems
- Social factors
Disparities appear through different lenses correct answers - Race
- Ethnicity
- Socioeconomic status
- Age
- Geography
- Language
- Gender
- Disability status
- Citizenship status
- Sexual identity and orientation
,Determinants of Health correct answers - According to the CDC, determinants of health are
"factors that contribute to a person's current state of health"
a. Biologic/genetic factors (e.g., carrying a genetic mutation that could increase one's chances of
developing a particular disease)
b. Behavior factors (e.g., alcohol/drug use, smoking)
c. Psychosocial factors (e.g., conflicts within one's family that may lead to stress)
d. Social factors
Evans and Stoddart Framework of Determinants of Health correct answers - graphic on S08
- Includes functional capacity and well-being as health outcomes
- Presents the behavioral and biologic responses of individuals
- Multidisciplinary approach
- Presents opportunities to intervene
Social Determinants of Health correct answers - Social conditions into which people are born
and that affect their daily lives and overall well-being as they move through life
a. WHO defines SDH as "the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age"
b. CDC defines SDH as "shaped by the distribution of money, power, and resources at both local
and national levels"
- Why is it important?
a. Economic stability
b. Education access and quality
c. Healthcare access and quality
d. Neighborhood and built environment
e. Social and community context
Types of Social Determinants of Health correct answers - Culture
- Language/literacy
, - Public safety
- Residential segregation
- Social norms and attitudes
- Socioeconomic conditions
- Transportation options
Social Determinants of Health (SDH) correct answers - Social conditions into which people are
born and that affect their daily lives and overall well-being as they move through life
a. WHO defines SDH as "the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age"
b. CDC: "SDH are shaped by the distribution of money, power, and resources at both local and
national levels"
Law as a Social Determinant of Health correct answers - The law can be used to design and
perpetuate social conditions that can have terrible physical, mental, and emotional effects on
individuals and populations
- The law can be utilized as a mechanism through which behaviors and prejudices are
transformed into distributions of well-being among populations
- Laws can be determinative of health through under-enforcement
- The law can be used to structure direct responses to health-harming social needs that result
from things like impoverishment, illness, market failure, and individual behavior that harms
others
Basic Health Insurance Terminology correct answers - Beneficiary - consumer; the individual
who is covered by the plan
- Premium - annual fee paid by the beneficiary to the health plan, usually in monthly
installments, to secure health insurance coverage
- Deductible - amount of money a beneficiary must pay out-of-pocked before the insurance
company assists with paying for services
- Cost-sharing - co-payment or co-insurance, an amount the beneficiary pays per service after the
deductible is met
- Fee-for-service
