Vulnerability
Susceptibility to actual or potential stressors that may lead to an adverse effect
Vulnerability
The wide variations in health services and health status among certain population groups
Health disparities
Created largest federal support program for elderly and poor Americans
Social Security Act of 1935
What is Primary Prevention and give an example?
Intervening before health effects occur
Ex: Vaccinations, altering risky behaviors (poor eating. habits, tobacco use), and banning substances known to be associated
What is the Affordable Care Act also knows as?
ObamaCare
Those groups with increased risk for adverse health outcomes
Vulnerable populations
What are common disparities in healthcare?
Socioeconomic status, age, geography, language, gender, disability status, citizenship status, and sexual identity and orientation
Intended to help people keep their health insurance when moving from one place to another.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
What is Tertiary Prevention and give an example?
Focuses on people who are already affected by a disease.
Ex: For diabetic patient, Control of blood sugar, excellent skin care, frequent examination of the feet, and frequent exercise to prevent heart and blood vessel disorders
Which state has the longest hospitalization rate?
Wyoming (An average of 9 days, and in contrast Utah had an average of 4.4 days)
This is an epidemiologic term that means some people have a higher probability than others
Risk
What are three things to address health disparities?
Expanding health insurance coverage; Improving the capacity and number of providers in underserved communities; and Increasing the knowledge base on causes and interventions to reduce disparities.
Ddvances efforts to reduce disparities and to improve health and health care for vulnerable populations.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA)
Who developed the levels of prevention?
Leavell and Clark
What is the percentage of the American Population who work in healthcare?
12.5% or 1/8
Individuals with lower incomes and less education are at higher risk for health problems
Effects on Health status
Generally refers to a higher burden of illness, injury, disability, or mortality experienced by one population group relative to another group
Health Disparity
provisions for reducing the growth of future Medicare expenditures.
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010
Which is the most important level of prevention? Why?
Primary/Secondary. If you prevent the client from getting the disease in the first place, tertiary prevention would be irrelevant.
What is the percentage of the American Population who do not fufil their perscriptions?
25% or 1/4