CDINH

Question 1

Healthy People 2020 defines health equity as…

Answer 1

the “attainment of the highest level of health for all people.

(Achieving health equity requires valuing everyone equally with focused and ongoing societal efforts to address avoidable inequalities, historical and contemporary injustices, and the elimination of health and health care disparities.”)

Question 2

Healthy People 2020 defines a health disparity as…

Answer 2

“a particular type of health difference that is closely linked with social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantage. Health disparities adversely affect groups of people who have systematically experienced greater obstacles to health based on their racial or ethnic group; religion; socioeconomic status; gender; age; mental health; cognitive, sensory, or physical disability; sexual orientation or gender identity; geographic location; or other characteristics historically linked to discrimination or exclusion.”

Question 3

However, the absence of disease does not automatically equate…

Answer 3

… to good health.

Question 4

Powerful, complex relationships exist between health and biology, genetics, and individual behavior, and between health and health services, socioeconomic status, the physical environment, discrimination, racism, literacy levels, and legislative policies. These factors, which influence an individual’s or population’s health, are known as…

Answer 4

…determinants of health.

Question 5

For all Americans, other influences on health include the availability of and access to:

Answer 5

High-quality education
Nutritious food
Decent and safe housing
Affordable, reliable public transportation
Culturally sensitive health care providers
Health insurance
Clean water and non-polluted air

Question 6

SEX

Answer 6

biological classification

( Males have XY chromosomes, and females have XX chromosomes. Sex makes us male or female.
Every cell in your body has a sex—making up tissues and organs, like your skin, brain, heart, and stomach. Each cell is either male or female depending on
whether you are a man or a woman.)

Question 7

Gender

Answer 7

refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviors, expressions, and identities of girls, women, boys, men, and gender diverse people. It influences
how people perceive themselves and each other, and how they act and interact. Gender is usually conceptualized as binary (girl/woman and boy/man), yet
there is considerable diversity in how individuals and groups understand, experience, and express it.

Question 8

Women are twice as likely to experience:

Answer 8

Depression

(/mood changes due to horomones)

Question 9

Women are more likely to:

Answer 9

Admit to negative feelings and seek therapy

Question 10

women have a harder time…

Answer 10

quitting smoking, since they metabolize nicotine faster

Question 11

Men are more sensitive to…

Answer 11

nicotine related effects

Question 12

Women are susceptible to…

Answer 12

non nicotine factors (Sensory and social stimuli)