Deck 13: Closing the Gap: Strategies for Eliminating Health Disparities

Question 1

A culturally competent organization displays all of the following attributes except:

A) Values diversity
B) Relies on others to promote cultural competence
C) Institutionalizes cultural knowledge
D) Adapts services to fit needs

Answer 1

B

Question 2

In the United States, socioeconomic status has traditionally been measured by:

A) home ownership and income
B) education and income
C) education and net worth
D) disposable income and cost of one's home

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The Affordable Care Act used all of these methods to improve access to care except:

A) Tax credits
B) Expansion of Medicare
C) Mandates
D) Providing coverage to people with preexisting conditions

Answer 3

B

Question 4

This report showed that racial and ethnic minorities receive lower-quality health care than Caucasians, even when insurance status, income, age, and severity of conditions are comparable.

A) Racial Comparisons in Health Care
B) Unequal Treatment: Confronting Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care
C) Separate and Not Equal
D) The Sick Health Care System for Minorities

Question 5

This state became the first to address the issue of equity in health care and cultural competency training of physicians.

A) New York
B) California
C) New Jersey
D) Massachusetts

Question 6

One of the primary objectives of Healthy People 2020 is to decrease health disparities in the U.S.

Question 7

All information needed about health disparities already exists and further research would only be redundant.