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NR 503 Midterm Reviewhealth disparities - ANSdifferences in health outcomes among groups
The differences identified in incidence or prevalence of illness, health outcomes, mortality, injury,
violence, or difference in opportunities to reach optimal health equity due to disadvantages
based on ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, sexual orientation, geographic location or
other reasons
Population - ANSA group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same
area
How are outcomes measured? - ANSthe end result after treatment/intervention that describes a
patients health status
Incidence - ANSmeasures the number of new cases over a certain time period, as compared
with the general healthy population
Prevalence - ANSThe number or proportion of cases of a particular disease or condition present
in a population at a given time.
period prevalence rate - ANSall cases that existed anytime during the specified time 'period' are
included in the numerator regardless of outcome
Populations - ANS- All the people inhabiting a specified area
- The total number of inhabitants constituting a particular race, class, or group in a specified are
social justice theory - ANSrelates advocacy, health disparities and outcomes (equality)
primary intervention - ANSan intervention that occurs before the onset of the disease
secondary intervention - ANSafter disease but before symptoms *screening*
health inequity - ANSa difference or disparity in health outcomes that is systematic, avoidable,
and unjust
Social Justice - ANSthe defense of human dignity by ensuring that essential human needs are
met and that essential human rights are protected for all people
Campaign for Action - ANSlimit health disparities across the nation
, Sources of epidemiological data - ANSHP 2020, Quick Health Data Online System, NCHS,
AAMC, Health Equity
Screening and Diagnostic Tests - ANS** population specific
** should be tested and have available statistics that speak to their specificity, sensitivity, and +
predictive value
Speceficity - ANSPatients DO NOT have disease and were given negative test results
Sensitivity - ANSPatients who DO have disease AND are given positive test results
Sensitive to the truth
+ predictive value - ANSProbability that a person with a + result truly does have the disease
descriptive epidemiology - ANScollection and analysis of data: what, who, where, when,
why/how (causes, risk factors, modes of transportation)
causation - ANSA cause and effect relationship in which one variable controls the changes in
another variable.
interprofessional collaboration - ANSpromotes sharing of expertise from health care
professionals to create a plan of care that will restore and maintain a client's health with
evidence-based care
risk analysis - ANSAn initial reflection that identifies the possible risks before the intervention is
completed.
tertiary intervention - ANSrehabilitation to the highest level of functioning
(prevents disease from getting worse)
Provider determining to use a screening test? - ANSused to reduce morbidity/mortality by
detecting diseases early. (pap smear, mammogram, ect)
Determined by: -Sensitivity and specificity are measures of a test's ability to correctly classify a
person as having a disease or not having a disease. Predictive Value: the probability of having
the disease.
Found at: CDC
how is descriptive epidemiology used? - ANSinvestigates health problem, used to change
natural HX of disease, tracked by database
Causation - ANSA cause and effect relationship in which one variable controls the changes in
another variable.
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