Nr503 midtermdocx - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

1. health disparities ANS differences in health outcomes among groups 2. Population ANS A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area 3. How are outcomes measured ANS the end result after treatment/intervention that describes a patients health status 4. social justice theory ANS relates advocacy, health disparities and outcomes (equal- ity) 5. primary intervention ANS an intervention that occurs before the onset of the disease 6. secondary interventio...

How does social justice and health inequities influence population health care provision? Why is this critical information for the provision of evidence-based care? - correct answer More and more studies are being conducted to look at the relationship of sustained exposure to toxic stress to a variety of poor health outcomes and high-risk behaviors. These behaviors include such things as cutting, hypervigilance, promiscuity, eating disorders, poor school performance, depression, violence, suicid...

prevalence - correct answer number of existing cases / number of population incidence - correct answer number of new cases / number of persons at risk of developing disease relationship between incidence and prevalence - correct answer prevalence = incidenceXduration relationship between incidence rate and mortality rate - correct answer mortality rate easier to obtain than incidence - use when case-fatality rate is high - use when duration of disease is short importance of surveil...