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Vulnerability
Homelessness
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Rural Population
100
A subgroup of the population more likely to develop health problems as a result of exposure to risk or to have worse outcomes from these health problems
What is vulnerable population?
100
True or False: Adult women are the most likely group to be homeless in America.
What is False? Homeless adults are more likely to be male (70%).
100
The United States health program for certain people and families with low incomes and resources.
What is medicaid?
100
True or False: A family of 5 with an income of $29,000 living in Arizona is below the poverty level. (according to the Department of Health and Human Services)
What is false? Poverty line for family of 5 is $27,010 in 48 contiguous states and D.C..
100
The percentage of rural counties in the US that are medically underserved.
What is 80%?
200
Three barriers to health care for vulnerable populations.
What is inaccessibility of care, fragmentation of care, and cultural insensitivity of health care providers?
200
The more appropriate count of homelessness and examines the number of people who are homeless over a given period of time.
What is period prevalence counts?
200
The provision of supportive housing for people with disabilities is an example of homelessness prevention at what level (primary, secondary or tertiary)?
What is primary prevention? (preventing problem before it happens)
200
A term describing economic inequality in the location of society in which people live.
What is relative poverty?
200
True or False: Rural populations face a relative lack of nutritious food.
What is True? Prof Q can you explain?
300
Term describing a mentality that cites the member of a vulnerable population as being solely responsible for their situation.
What is "blame the victim" mentality?
300
The percentage of homeless men that have served in the US armed forces.
What is 40%?
300
A national social insurance program, administered by the U.S. federal government since 1965, that guarantees access to health insurance for Americans ages 65 and older and younger people with disabilities as well as people with end stage renal disease.
What is medicare?
300
The percentage of families headed by single females in America that are living in poverty.
What is 42%?
300
Three general characteristics of rural populations that can impact health.
What is less educated, poorer, underinsured?
400
A feeling of separation from the mainstream society in which the individual does not have an emotional connection with any group in particular or the larger society in general
What is disenfranchisement?
400
Homelessness that is transient or episodic.
What is crisis homelessness?
400
Establishing rural health clinics is an example of what level of prevention of health problems in rural populations? (primary, secondary, tertiary)
What is primary?
400
The region of the US with the highest concentration of poverty.
What is the south?
400
Three unique rural health needs.
What is any 3 of the following: Health professionals scarce, fewer health care services available in rural areas, poverty, limited access to medical specialty services, lack of knowledge, social isolation, technology gap, migrant workers?
500
Three factors that contribute to vulnerability.
What are any 3 of the following: financial circumstances or place of residence, health, age, functional or developmental status, ability to communicate effectively, presence of chronic or terminal illness or disability, personal characteristics, populations less able than others to safeguard their own needs and interests adequately?
500
Two effects of homelessness on health.
What are: - health care is often crisis oriented - Difficulty following medical regimes i.e. securing and taking medications?
500
Communities using knowledge of homelessness risk factors to screen individuals or families for vulnerability to homelessness is an example of what level of prevention? (primary, secondary, tertiary)
What is secondary? (screening and detecting problem)
500
The 5 "H" effects of poverty on children.
What is hungry, homeless, hugless, hopeless, and without health care?
500
True or false: Rural populations have lower rates of chronic illness than urban populations?
What is false? Rural populations have higher rates of COPD, heart disease, hypertension, cancer and diabetes.