Healthcare access and quality
The meaning of "underinsured."
When individuals are unable to use their health insurance due to high deductibles and copays that are unaffordable.
Name some reasons why a quality education can lead to positive health outcomes.
What are:
Gaining knowledge to make good health decisions (not to smoke, to eat healthy, to exercise, etc.)
Chance to make a living wage and thus have improved access to health care benefits.
Unemployment rates are especially high in ________ areas when compared to _________ areas.
What are rural... urban?
The Boys & Girls Club of America is an example of where adolescents can interact with a ________.
What is a mentor?
A human-made environment that serves as a setting for living, working, and playing.
What is a built environment?
Lack of ____ healthcare is a hallmark sign of poverty in America.
Oral
Children enrolled in school have access to:
What are:
Preventative screenings by a school nurse/family nurse for vision, hearing, obesity, mental health issues
Healthy meals
This refers to lack of access to healthy food.
What is a food desert?
Among those 10-24 years of age, __________ is the third leading cause of death.
What is homicide?
The quality of where someone lives causes _________ ________ that give rise to unequal health metrics such as life expectancy.
What is structural inequity?
This is the term that refers to the ability of the client to understand what the healthcare provider has prescribed or taught.
What is health literacy?
Areas of poverty have less school funding because school funding comes from:
What are property taxes?
This refers to an area where there are more unhealthy food options available than healthy food options.
What is a food swamp?
Social factors that contribute to an increased incidence of adolescent sexual behavior and STIs: (name 2)
single parent households
children of teenage parent(s)
residing in a poorer community
Condition of unequal access to the benefits of society.
What is social inequality?
Individuals can purchase health insurance coverage in the Insurance Marketplace under what program?
What is The Affordable Care Act?
This program matches a low-income, first-time pregnant person with a professional nurse, who provides support during the pregnancy until the child is 2yrs old.
What is the Nurse-Family Partnership Program?
Food insecurity can lead to chronic diseases such as:
What are:
blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, diabetes
The Healthy Teen Network works with what population?
What are pregnant teens?
Environmental pollution affects those who are _____________ the least, and ____________ the most.
What are:
non-Hispanic whites
people of color
Individuals who don't have a primary care provider often seek care during later stages of illness/disease at:
EDs and Community health centers.
Research shows that there is a need for __________ services due to the frequency of adolescent depression and other mental health disorders.
What is mental health?
Besides housing, what necessary factor contributes to great expense for families?
What is Transportation?
One way members of the community can support each other if they share a particular health concern is through:
What are support groups?
Federal agency that regulates workplace safety.
What is Occupational and Safety Health Administration (OSHA)?