chapter 5 part 2 aging

____ and ___ has a strong relationship

health and SES

which social class and level of educatoin have worse health and shorter lives

lower income and less education

There are disparities found in different educational and income groups is because of

SES because it affects experience and exposure that shape health

what does SES impact acess to what

health insurance, healthcare, health behaviors, support, stress

TRUE OR FALSE: SES explains ethinc/racial disparities explained later

FALSE

MEN are more healthier than WOMEN TRUE OR FALSE

TRUE because women have more long term chronic conditions and fewer economic resources

in men and women what are the 3 main causes of death

heart disease, cancer stroke, respiratory illness

• men get more life threatening diseases in younger ages

which ethnicity have 3 times more likely to get emphysema? and which gender is 2 times more likely to get cancer

native americans; men

which race/ethincity had highest ratings and lowest ratings of health?

high: asian americans. low: blacks

do african americans have distrust on doctors?

yes

• they have high rates of disability, diabetes, cardio. diease, hypertensions

• low rates of immunization

which ethnicity/race makes an impact based on their place of brith and age of immigration?

hispanic elders

over the past 10 years has there een improves in education and income for hispanics?

yes

which kind of asians have higher rates of cardio. disease than asians in japan

asian americans

model minority

sterotypes asians potrayed as sucessful but ignores issues such as poverty, high unenployment, and limited educational oppurtunities

____ have more higher rates of chronic diseases than general US population

American indians and alaska natives

• twice rates of diabetes than whites

• high rates of cardiovasular disease

• disability is a common problem

culturally appropriate intervention programs need to be increase for

native and indians

LGTBQ older adult health is limited or not?

limited

transgender aults should be tested sperated for research, true or false

true

womens mortaility rate went up due to

suicide, drug/alchohol abuse, smoking

what are the 2 top causes for all racial and ethnic group deaths 65+

heart diease and cancer