Tuskegee Experiment
About how many men were taken for this study?
600 men
What date does health equity date back to?
The 19th century
True or False: Technology can be racist
True
what was the name of the victim in this story?
Elaine Rodrick
The Tuskegee Study was originally intended to document the natural progression of untreated syphilis in this demographic group
African American Men
When did the concept of health equity spark?
During the civil rights movement
List two barriers minority groups might face while seeking health care?
Lack of insurance, cultural preferences, not being able to afford it, or not being able to skip a day of work to go to an appointment.
true or false: the victims husband remarried her 3 years after their divorce.
false, they remained divorce
The Tuskegee Experiment primarily studied the effects of this untreated disease in African American men
syphilis
What is health equity?
Where everyone is able to attain their highest level of health
What is systematic discrimination?
Systematic discrimination is when society traps lower income people into areas. For example, people living in more polluted areas tend to be living in poverty
True or False: Sterilization was a typical procedure after birth
false
This describes the practice of obtaining voluntary consent from patients which did not occur in the Tuskegee Experiment
informed consent
In current times, what is the biggest issue of achieving health equity?
Getting accurate information by using demographic data
Today, only 12.1% of healthcare workers are _____ and 18.2% are ____
Black, Hispanic
What year did the “good breeding” movement begin?
It began in the 1970's
What year did the Tuskegee experiment start
1932
How can health equity be improved?
Work to get accurate and real data from your patient population
List two out of the three corporations that issued a final rule under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) advancing protections against discrimination in health care. Hint: the U.S. Department of ____ (HHS), _____ (OCR), and the _____ (CMS)
Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
How many states had eugenics programs at the time?
30 States