HTHRHSC 4400 Exam #1 Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) Ethnic Disparities - Correct Answers ✅White people will always have better health outcomes 44% of homeless people have jobs White people typically get better treatment than minorities Ethnic Minorities - Correct Answers ✅Higher rates of disease Lower treatment options Lower access to care Healthcare Disparities - Correct Answers ✅Differences/gaps in care experienced by one population compared w/ another NDHR says Americans too often do NOT receive care that they need or they receive care that causes harm
Disparities are due to differences in: - Correct Answers
✅Access to care Provider biases 1 / 3
HTHRHSC 4400 Exam #1 Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) Poor pt-provider communication Poor health literacy Healthy People 2020 Goals - Correct Answers ✅1. Increase life expectancy & improve the quality of life
- Eliminate health disparities among population subgroups
based on race, ethnicity, gender & income NDHR (National Healthcare Disparities Report) - Correct
Answers ✅Focus on 4 dimensions of quality:
- Effectiveness
- Patient Safety
- Timeliness
- Patient-Centeredness
Some Reasons for Health Care Disparites - Correct Answers ✅Implicit bias toward vulnerable/under served populations Medical mistrust among vulnerable populations Racism/sexism Sloan Kettering - Correct Answers ✅Injected live cancer cells into Jews & prisoners (1952) 2 / 3
HTHRHSC 4400 Exam #1 Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) San Antonio Planned Parenthood - Correct Answers ✅They wanted to see what would happen if they gave them half the dose of BC...they got pregnant Skills Needed for Health Literacy - Correct Answers ✅Evaluate information for credibility & quality Analyze relative risks & benefits Calculate dosages Understand the meaning of test results Locate health information
To perform skills, people need to be: - Correct Answers
✅Visually literate Computer literate Information literate Numerically literate
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