MHA 708 EXAM D FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS | 100% PASS (A+ CERTIFIED)

MHA 708 EXAM D FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS | 100% PASS (A+ CERTIFIED) 1. Define vulnerable populations Correct Answer Populations that experience a convergence of health risks and exhibit poorer health status 2. Vulnerable populations include Correct Answer Racial and ethnic minorities, uninsured, groups of low socioeconomic status 3. In terms of the health Correct Answer Vulnerability can be defined as the convergence of health risks 4. Health risks occur along the following dimensions Correct Answer Physical mental social 5. Health needs Correct Answer Increase with compounding of risks along multiple dimensions 6. Health risk characteristics-predisposing characteristics Correct Answer Demographic characteristics, social structure variables, health beliefs 7. Health risk characteristics- enabling characteristics Correct Answer Resources available for the use of service ,Attributes of the surroundings that effect the availability of healthcare services 8. Health risk characteristics- need factors Correct Answer Specific illnesses or health needs that drive the search for healthcare 9. Why are targeted policies necessary Correct Answer Vulnerable populations have greater health needs 10. What influences vulnerability according to the justification for targeted policy Correct Answer Vulnerability is influenced by social forces 11. How is vulnerability linked with national resources Correct Answer Vulnerability is fundamentally linked with national resources 12. What is the relationship between vulnerability and total equity Correct Answer Vulnerability and total equity cannot coexist 13. What is the trend in the prevalence of vulnerability in the US Correct Answer The prevalence of vulnerability in the US is increasing 14. What percentage of the US population is made up of racial and ethnic minorities Correct Answer More than 34 percent 15. What disparities do racial and ethnic minorities experience in healthcare Correct Answer - Disparities in access to/quality of healthcare and in health status 16. Concerns for racial and ethnic minorities- general characteristics: healthcare access: Lack of regular source of care (RSC) as a result of: absence of health insurance coverage, low family income, language other than English spoken in the home, disengagement (may not value health as highly) 17. Concerns for racial and ethnic minorities Correct Answer healthcare quality: More likely to report dissatisfaction with quality of care, More likely to report dissatisfaction with patient-provider interactions, commonly perceive discrimination in quality of treatment 18. Concerns for racial and ethnic minorities Correct Answer health status: Health status perception: national children's health survey, cause of death: high rates of preventable causes of death, health risk behaviors: environmental quality 19. Policies/ programs to eliminate disparities Correct Answer federal initiatives: Office of minority health(OMH), public housing primary care program, head start 20. Policies/ programs to eliminate disparities Correct Answer state and local initiatives: Minneso- ta's eliminating health disparities initiative, California departments of public health strategic plan, south Carolina's welvista program, telekidcare- kansas