Reproductive Care
Health Insurance
Disadvantaged Groups
Substance Use
Environment
100

This is the percentage of Texans who believe that abortions should not be available in most or any cases.

What is 30%?

[Puritanism vs. Social Gospel]

100

This provides health coverage for millions of Americans and was enacted in 2010 by the Obama Administration. This is also decided by States. 

What is Medicaid? 

[Puritanism and Social Gospel]

100

20.8% of adults under the age of 65 fall into this disadvantaged group in Texas (compared to the national average of 9.8%) who have less access to preventative care, disease management, and overall worse health outcomes.

What are the uninsured? [Puritanism & Social Gospel]

100

The consequences of drug manufacturing, possession, or delivery according to Texas Law.

What is incarceration? 

 [Puritanism and Social Gospel]

100

 This city, McAllen,Texas is considered ranked no. 1 with the biggest obese population in Texas. Even as the biggest obese population they have won the “Its Time Texas” Statewide Community Challenge __ years consecutively.

What is 3?

[Link and Phelan’s Fundamental Cause Theory]

200

The most frequently cited reason why women have abortions.

What is financial concerns?

[Link and Phelan’s Fundamental Cause Theory]

200

This percentage represents a specific group of individuals that lack the resources and aid to benefit their well-being due to a multitude of reasons. 

What is 8.4%?

[Link and Phelan’s Fundamental Cause Theory]

200

In West Texas especially, one growing issue is the increase in “maternity deserts” in many rural hospitals, putting this disadvantaged group at risk.

What are pregnant people?[Fundamental Cause Theory]

200

Between 1986 and 1999, the incarceration rate of African Americans increased by _____% due to drug use.

What is 320%?

[Marmot’s Social Gradient]

200

The city in Texas has the biggest food desert in its county and relies on the Community Food Pantry for access to health and affordable food.

What is Mckinney, Texas?

[Link and Phelan’s Fundamental Cause Theory]

300

A means for abortion for a pregnant woman in current-day Texas without their life being at an immediate risk.

What is travel?

[Marmot’s Social Gradient]

300

States are the main deciders to this decision. Federal laws set broad guidelines so that States have more flexibility towards this decision. 

What is Medicaid expansion?

[Link and Phelan’s Fundamental Cause Theory]

300

About 14.4 million Texans rely on employer-based health insurance, putting this disadvantaged group at risk of becoming uninsured in the event of a recession.

What is the unemployed? [Puritanism vs. Social Gospel]

300

An implemented Texas policy to relieve Drug addiction in Texas set in 2020 and is a three-year program.

What is DSHS? 

[Link and Phelan’s Fundamental Cause Theory]

300

In the City of Houston, An abandoned chemical storage facility in the middle of a predominately African-American neighborhood began leaking off of the property, which already had a shaky history of neighborhood complaints and safety violations, including explosions and flash fires that killed three employees. A cocktail of heavy metals and volatile organic compounds were found on-site, and the odor left many residents complaining of _______and _______problems. 

What is headaches and respiratory?

[Marmot’s Social Gradient]

400

The percentage of abortion patients living below the federal poverty level.

What is 49%?

[Puritanism vs. Social Gospel]

400

The political landscape of Texas has to do with the individualism belief of expanding Medicaid. This is because Texas is ____ and ____. 

What is rural and conservative?

[Puritanism vs Social gospel]

400

This disadvantaged group is more likely to be uninsured due to fewer employer-based coverage options, eligibility restrictions for federal coverage like Medicaid, and language and literacy challenges.

What are non-citizens?[Fundamental Cause Theory]

400

The cost of treatment for drug addiction has increased by ___ times in the last decade in Texas.

What is 10? 

 [Marmot’s Social Gradient]

400

What ethnic minorities are more prone to being obese due to where they live?


What are black and brown minorities?

[Fundamental Cause Theory]

500

Percentage of working Texans who do not have access to unpaid leave.

What is 61%?

[Marmot’s Social Gradient]

500

Individuals who are considered to be in this threshold in different states may be eligible for federal benefits and programs and Medicaid coverage. This helps these individuals cover things like basic necessities. 

What is the Federal Poverty Line?

[Marmot’s Social Gradient]

500

This characteristic of a disadvantaged group can be explained with a gradient across a social hierarchy. It is correlated with a lack of a sense of control in life, as well as higher rates of mortality caused by congenital heart disease.

What is low socioeconomic status? [Social Gradient]

500

Pharmacies are required to look at patient's ____ before dispensing opioids and other medical drugs starting in 2020. 

What is a Prescription Monitoring Program(PMF)?

[Link and Phelan’s Fundamental Cause Theory]

500

_____ ______ County in Texas is planning to be used as a dam for Sulphur River by 2070 to alleviate the water shortage becuase of climate change and, in turn will flood thousands of acres of land.

What is Red River?

[Social Gospel v. Puritanism]