Cultural Competency & Public Health – Review

25 question-and-answer flashcards covering key concepts from the Cultural Competency Q2 lecture notes, including theories, models, ethics, communication, public health functions, and social determinants.

A set of interrelated concepts, definitions, and propositions that systematically explains and predicts events or situations by specifying relationships among variables to explain and predict the events or situations.

a. midset

b. theory

c. blueprint

d. implementation plan

b. theory

Behavior that leads to improved oral health can be affected at which levels?

a. intrapersonal

b. interpersonal

c. community

d. all of the above

d. all of the above

The model of care that will result in improving the

oral health of underserved populations by providing

services in communities where underserved individ-

uals receive social, educational, and general health

services, thus transitioning from a surgical model to

a comprehensive primary care model, is which of the

following?

a. Midlevel model

B. Interprofessional collaboration

C. Access to Care

d. Medicare

B. Interprofessional collaboration

Which of the following is not considered to be a com-

ponent of policy development?

a. Develop personal and professional relationships

with policy and decision makers

B. Work independently and avoid collaboration with

partners to identify data needed

C. Assess and quantify oral health needs and existing

resources

d. Share data with partners and identify possible

strategies and solutions

B. Work independently and avoid collaboration with partners to identify data needed is not considered a component of policy development.

Which of the following can be performed during and

after a program begins and is used to determine the

effectiveness of an intervention or program?

a. Needs assessment

b. Implementation

C. Evaluation

D. Planning cycle

c. Evaluation.

The shortage of dental professionals has led to new

interest in:

a. Shortening the length of the professional school

curriculum.

b. Increasing support for creation of more dental pro-

fessional schools.

c.Introducing a credential for a dental midlevel

provider.

d. Reducing entry restrictions for graduates of foreign

dental professional programs

c. Introducing a credential for a dental midlevel

provider.

Health promotion is different than health education,

because promotion enables and empowers individuals

to increase control over their own health and make an

impact and change.

A. True

b. False

a. true

Which of the following is not part of the American

Association of Public Health Dentistry code of ethics?

a. Maleficence

b. Patient autonomy

C. Veracity

D. Justice

a. Maleficence.

When speaking with a patient, it's important to un-

derstand your patient and that they understand you.

Which of the following is NOT recommended way to

promote effective communication?

A. Ask the patient what is meant by terms that she

uses and checking in to make sure terms you use are

understood.

B. Use highly technical dental language to explain to

patients about treatment options.

c. Work to develop trust with your patient.

d.Provide a higher quality care that leaves your patient

satisfied.

b. Using highly technical dental language to explain treatment options.

Which step is NOT part of the dental hygiene process of care?

A. Assessmcnt

b. Diagnosis

c. Investigation

d. Planning

c. Investigation.

What is an oral health disparity?

a. The opposite of having a privileged social status.

b. Discrimination toward a particular group of people

in an oral health setting.

C. The shared oral health needs across groups of peo-

ple.—

d. A health difference that is closely linked with social,

economic and/ot. environmental disadvantage

d. A health difference closely linked with social, economic, and/or environmental disadvantage.

Currently, the_____ has the primary responsibility for

ensuring the transfer of personal health informa-

tion among providers because the Health Information

Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) laws have

been enacted to protect patient privacy.

A. Patient

B. Provider

c. Hospital System

d. Dental hygienist

a. patient.

What is the best way to retain knowledge when provid-

ing health messages?

a.Lectures

b. Hands-on, interactive, multimedia formats-

c. PowerPoint slides

d. Handouts

b. Hands-on, interactive, multimedia formats.

 Effectively communicating for shared decision making

depends on which of the following?

a. Respecting beliefs

b. Gathering information consistent with the public's

point of view

c. Selecting the best vehicle for message delivery

D. Respecting beliefs, gathering information consis-

tent with the public's point of view, and providing a

professional account of the evidence

d. Respecting beliefs, gathering information consistent with the public’s point of view, and providing a professional account of the evidence.

What's is the second most common language spoken

in the Us after English?

A. Farsi

B. Japanese

C. Italian

D. Spanish

d. Spanish.

Which of the flowing is NOT true of the stages of

change (transtheoretical model?

A. It is an excellent etample for the process of quitting

smoking.

B. Views change as a

proces or cycle that ocurs over time rather than as a

single event

c. Assumes that at any point in time everyone is at a

different stage of readiness to make lifestyle changes

D. Views change as a ladder from unawareness to

awareness

d. It views change as a ladder from unawareness to awareness.

Which of the following are the core functions of public

health?

a. Assurance and education

b. Policy development and assessment

c. Assurance, assessment, and policy development

d. Assessment and assurance

c. Assessment, policy development, and assurance.

Under the Affordable Care Act, as of 2014, Medicaid

coverage was expanded to nearly all adults with in-

comes at or below 138% of the national poverty level

in states that decided to expand

A. True

b. False

a. True

What are social determinants of health?

A. The conditions in which people are born, grow, live,

work, and age.

B. The group to which a particular individual identifies

and relates.

C. Person-to-person interactions that ultimately affect

health.

d. The way people are referred to health care services.

a. The conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age.

What is oral health literacy?

A. How well a patient obtains, processes, and under-

stands oral bealth information and services needed to

make oral health decisions

b. How well a patient adheres to your treatment rec-

ommendations and engages in good oral health carepractices.

c. How much you share all that you know on a particu-

lar oral heath topic with your patients

d. How well a patient can read printed materials and

write legibly.

a. How well a patient obtains, processes, and understands oral health information and services needed to make oral health decisions.

The health belief model is related to the concept of a

person's believed

of a disease.

A. Susceptibility and severity

b. Symptoms and outcomes

c. Phobia and consequences

d. Symptoms and avoidance

A. Susceptibility and severity

_________ encompasses the "study and use of commu-

nication strategies to inform and influence individual

and community decisions that enhance health."

a. Health marketing

b. Cultural competency

C. Health communication

D. Care facilitation

c. Health communication.

To be successful, all policy initiatives should involve

which of the following types of effort among partners

and stakeholders?

a. Constrictive

B. Collaborative

C. Competing

D. Independent

b. Collaborative

Which of the following is a barrier to accessing oral

health care?

A. The patient's financial resources.

b. The patient's geographic location.

c. The patient's perception that there is a lack of re-

sources or staff to meet his/her needs.

D. All of the above are barriers to accessing oral health

care.

D. All of the above are barriers to accessing oral health

care.

What is culture?

a. Integrated patterns of human behavior

b. Behavioral patterns that may change over time

c. The language, thoughts, communications, actions,

customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, eth-

nic, religious, or social groups

d. All of the above

d. All of the above