cc psy q11

________________ is a growing field that incorporates medical and health care systems and practices that ​​are not considered conventional medicine to treat illness and promote health.

Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Many studies have pointed to profound and traumatic large-scale ___________ as a key determinant of suicidal behavior, such as forced migration of an entire cultural group and eradication of cultural heritage, practices, and language.

sociocultural changes

The __________ refers to the way immigrants tend to show better physical health compared to nonimmigrants despite the many challenges of adapting and adjusting to a new country. 

immigrant paradox

According to Yip (2005), from the Chinese perspective, the concept of health is not confined to an individual but encompasses the surrounding relationships and environment-a view of health that is:

holistic

In China, the concept of health, based on Chinese religion and philosophy, focuses on the principles of yin and yang, which represent, ________________ respectively.

negative and positive energies

According to MacLachlan (1997), the notion of ____________, at least within the body, is a common concept across cultures.

balance and imbalance

According to the National Center for Health Statistics (2011), what were the life expectancies in 2011 of European Americans and African Americans in the United States when ethnicity was taken into account?

The life expectancy for European Americans was 79 years and for African Americans was 75 years. 

According to MacLachlan (1997), a type of balance, common in theories of disease in many Latin American cultures, concentrates on ________. 

hot and cold

According to Lester (2006), the ___________________ associated with forced social and cultural changes have been implicated in the suicide rates of many indigenous cultural groups around the world.

physical and psychological trauma

Which of the following statements is true in terms of the national health system?

Cultural differences are related to the type of national health system a country is likely to adopt.

Differences across cultures in _______ play a role in contributing to the striking differences in rates of overweight and obesity.

lifestyles

According to MacDorman and Mathews (2008), which of the following ethnic groups has the highest infant mortality rate in the United States?

African Americans

According to Triandis and his colleagues (1988), people who live in more _______ cultures may have access to stronger and deeper social ties with others than do people in _____ cultures.

Collectivist; individualistic

In the context of sociocultural influences on physical health and disease, hotter climates such as those in countries nearer the equator foster the spread of organisms responsible for infectious and parasitic diseases. These countries also tend to be more _________.

Collectivistic 

According to Kelleher, Chambers, Corcoran, Williamson, and Keeley (1998), data from suicide rates reported to the _________________ showed that countries with religions that strongly condemned the act of suicide had lower reported rates of suicide than countries without religions that strongly condemned suicide.

World Health Organization (WHO)

The process of individual change and adaptation as a result of continuous contact with a new, distinct culture is called __________.

acculturation

According to The World Factbook (2014), a comparison of 223 countries showed that the country with the longest average life expectancy is ______.

Monaco