Other Global Pandemic 1
Racism and Health Care
Random- mix of 2 articles
Black Mothers Dying After Giving Birth
Other Global Pandemic 2
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Does the article believe that the  United States has a chance to get rid of racism in the nearby future?

 Yes they say we are on the verge with all of the movements taking place

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 What event led to an increase of anti-muslium prejudice, discrimination, race-related incidents in Australia?

Semptember 11, 2001

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What is Shalons daughters name?

Soliel

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What did Shalon want to expose?

“She wanted to expose how people’s limited health options were leading to poor health outcomes”

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The human experiment with _________ has demonstrated that broad-based participation in the legislative process is important to ensuring justice.

Democracy

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What does the article say is one of the longest lasting virus in society?

Racism
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In December 2004, a research was conducted on a large population of arabic-speaking people and so patients were drawn from seven language groups. What were they?

Vietnamese, Spanish, Italian, Croatian, Serbia, Chinese, and Arabic.

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Significant mainstream health service disparity is based on ____? It has been previously documented both in Australia and overseas.

Race

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What is the proportion of Black mothers who die compared to White mothers in the United States?

"Black mothers in the U.S. die at three to four times the rate of white mothers"

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What does the article say “patient problems” actually are?

System problems

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What two places have been dominated in medical literature that has lead to a lack of diversity?

United States and Europe

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 While information was not sought for racism or prejudice, there was a specific language speaking group that did emerge due to them feeling they were being treated unfairly because of their race and ethnic origin. Who were they?

 Arabic-speaking group

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True or False? More than half of maternal deaths occur in the postpartum period, and one-third happen seven or more days after delivery.

True

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True or False? White mothers who never graduated from high school and gave birth in local hospitals are more likely to experience severe pregnancy or childbirth complications than Black mothers who have completed college.

False

"black college-educated mothers who gave birth in local hospitals were more likely to suffer severe complications of pregnancy or childbirth than white women who never graduated from high school"

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What does the article say is the best solution to get rid of prejudice and bias?

Broad based perception

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 What is normality bias?

normalization of data and concepts that are prevalent in White populations while pathologizing conditions in non-White populations

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 Why did arabic-speaking patients feel a sperateness or difference based on their cultural beliefs?

 It was because of female modesty (a hijab), mixed wards, and examination of females by male providers

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What community(s) and cultural competency education for staff will be required to promote a transparent and fair healthcare environment that shows respect to all cultures?

 Muslim 



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Which countries have the same death rate for Black mothers in the United States?

Mexico and Uzbekistan

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What ultimately leads to bias especially with race?

flawed interpretation of objective facts.



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What are some of the ways the article says that people need to own the problems?

evaluate personal bias, evaluate communication strategies, look at personal prejudices

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Why did it appear that patient-provider relationships and health service organizational cultures show to some extent negative race relations? Provide at least one example?

The failure to call an interpreter, social assumptions, thoughtlessness or poor cross-cultural understanding. (could be viewed as racism)

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What medical condition was Shalon found to have, which helped to explain part of her family's health mystery?

Factor V Leidon: a genetic mutation that makes blood prone to abnormal clumping

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What are the two most common causes of death mentioned in the text for black mothers after giving birth?

Hypertensive disorders and peripartum cardiomyopathy  

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 In the past 30 years across over 200,000 articles have been released and only what percentage of them mention racism?

Less than 1%