Healthcare
Vulnerable Groups
Services
Service Learning
Miscellaneous
100
What is the difference between equity and equality?
Equity- everyone receives what they need Equality- everyone receives the same amount
100
Define vulnerability
susceptibility to poor health
100
What are the three signs the Red Cross uses depending on the country?
The star of david, the cross, the crescent
100
Crucial service-learning activity that requires discussion on experience
What is service-learning?
100
True or False. Poor eyesight is associated with a higher IQ
True
200
What are two of the three things managed care seeks to do?
1. Seeks to achieve efficiency by integrating the basic functions of health care delivery 2. Employs mechanisms to manage utilization of medical services 3. Determines the price at which services are provided/ how much the provider gets paid Shi and Singh, Essentials of the US Health Care System, 3d ed. Chapter 1
200
What are the 3 key risk factors of vulnerability?
Race/ethnicity, Socioeconomic status, Health insurance coverage
200
What is one service that can be used in order to assist people in paying for medication?
Rx assist Needy Meds
200
How many other service-learning classes are offered at GW?
8
200
What is Stress Cardiomyopathy?
Broken heart syndrome
300
How many states have expanded medicaid as of February 2016? (Within 2 states)
32 States
300
What is a large health discrepancy in the rate in which premature babies are born? Why?
Race Socioeconomic status
300
What services does RAINN provide?
The Rape Abuse Incest National Network provides a helpline and online chat for survivors. It also provides advice on how to assist survivors
300
Why is the class service-learning?
It symbolizes the symbiotic relationship between service and learning
300
How many centers and institutes make-up the NIH? (Within 3)
27
400
Who are 4 of the 5 groups that access to health services are limited to?
1. Those insured by employers 2. Those covered under government programs 3. Those that can buy their own insurance 4. Those who can pay out of pocket 5. Those with safety net providers
400
How many senior citizens are living in poverty as of 2012? (Within 1 million)
3.9 million Goldberg, E. These Vulnerable Groups Are Suffering The Most Because Of Income Inequality. Huffpost Impact. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/29/sotu-income-inequality_n_4682553.html
400
What does allsup do?
Allsup is an advocate and support service for those applying for Social Security Disability Insurance.
400
When did service-learning classes emerge?
The late 1960s
400
One in what suffers from mental illness?
5
500
What are the 4 questions that health insurances under the Affordable Care Act can ask?
Zipcode? Age? Family Size? Tobacco use?
500
Who created the Individual and Community Interaction model?
Aday
500
Who provides essential and critical one-on-one assistance to those struggling service members, veterans and their families? Ex. Housing and education
Code of Support
500
What percentage of public schools offered a service-learning class as of 1999? (Within 5 percent)
32%
500
What is a crisis intervention team?
A crisis intervention team is a group of policemen trained to handle a person suffering from mental illness in crisis
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