Food Desserts
What is a food desert?
Geographic areas where residents' access to affordable, healthy food options (especially fresh fruits and vegetables) is restricted or nonexistent due to the absence of grocery stores within convenient traveling distance are BEST characterized as
Who is Henrietta Lacks?
She was a black tobacco farmer from southern Virginia who got cervical cancer. A doctor at Johns Hopkins took a piece of her tumor without telling her and her cells have been used for research since
What are some healthcare challenges faced by rural communities?
access to healthcare, access to transportation, poverty, education, hospital closures, pharmacy closures
What are some of the impacts of food deserts?
weight related conditions, obesity, diabetes
What is the Tuskegee Study?
an unethical study about syphilis in which subjects were denied treatment so that the effects of the disease could be studied
How are insurance and hospital closures related?
Mass amounts of uninsured people in one area can lead to hospitals not being able to pay to stay open
What is a food mirage?
describes an area where people live close to grocery stores offering a variety of healthful foods but cannot afford those foods.
What are the arguments for using tissue in research?
leads to developments in medicine such as vaccines, basic drugs, and tests
In states with more funds for medicaid, are there more or less hospital closures?
Less, because more people have a way to pay for hospital bills
What is a food swamp?
a region that while providing adequate access to healthful and affordable food in places like grocery stores, an overabundance of less healthful food options attract people with less income because of the low cost and convenience of these unhealthy options
What are the arguments against using tissue in research?
issues with informed consent, autonomy of the patient and compensation for the patient and family
What are some innovative ways to improve rural healthcare?
telehealth, drone use, digital health records, patient-centered care
How many people people in the US live low income areas that more than 1 mile to the nearest grocery store?
23.5 million
What guidelines should be considered when treating patients based on religious beliefs?
dietary restrictions, patient autonomy, include family in decision making, offer patients quiet time to pray or meditate, contact a religious representative
How have/will access to pharmacies impact the ability for communities to be vaccinated?
If communities do not have pharmacies, the demand for vaccinations can be placed on the health departments who do not have the ability to vaccinated the entire community