Health inequities Flashcards
(20 cards)
context of health disparities
-vulnerability
-SDOH and health disparities
-genomics and underserved populations
Vulnerability:
-what is availability
-insufficient number of diversity of formal services and providers
-lack of acceptable services and human service infrastructure
Vulnerability:
-what is accessability
-shortages of adequate, appropriate, and affordable transportation
-cultural and geographic isolation
what populations are at a higher risk for vulnerability
-persons w chronic illness or disability
-people w HIV/AIDS
-persons w mental health challenges/illness
-substance abuse
-homeless
-immigrants and refugees
-rural living
-elderly
recidivism
-refers to persons relapse into criminal behavior AFTER experiencing institutional intervention
-solution: increase job availability/awareness
why is the LGBTQ+ population a vulnerable population
difficult to find compassionate care or a HCP
what is trauma informed care
work w people who have had trauma in the past
-reexposure can happen
*be polite
what is important with persons/families experiencing homelessness?
-don’t demoralize
-trauma informed care
-show respect to build trust
-increase risk of TB
how does environment influence health?
take care of the planet as a means to take care of patients
risk=_________+_________
hazard
exposure
what is the exposure pathway
- source of contamination (START)
- environmental media and transport mechanisms
- point of exposure
- route of exposure
- receptor population (susceptible individuals)
what three contaminants have toxic CNS effects?
-PCBs
-lead
-mercury
the study of the adverse effects of chemical, physical, or biologic agents on people, animals, and the environment
toxicology
exposure estimate
determines a persons level of exposure contaminant
amount of a contaminant that actually ends up in the systemic circulation
bioavailability
process of using medical tests such as blood or urine collection to determine whether a person has been exposed to a contaminant and how much exposure he or she has recieved
biomonitoring
for a contaminant to pose a risk, there must be….
completed exposure pathway
why are children at a vulnerable risk
their body systems are still developing
Flint Water Crisis
-140,000 individuals exposed for 18 months
-considerable damage to the brain and nervous system
-children most impacted (still developing)
environmental justice
the belief that no group of people should bear a disproportionate share of neg. environmental health consequences regardless of race, culture, or income
