Health Equity and Social Advantage: Key Concepts and Case Studies

1. The ethical concept of health equity is based on which of the following issues or principles?

a. Distributive justice and linked to human rights

2. Which of the following phrases is most closely related to the concept of "social advantage"?

c. Wealth, power, and/or prestige

3. Which of the following most accurately defines "health equity"?

d. The absence of systematic disparities in health between social hierarches

4. A 35-year-old male migrant farm worker client continues to have poorly controlled diabetes despite appropriate medical interventions. Which of the following best explains the contribution of health equity issues to his poorly controlled diabetes?

a. The patient is from a disadvantaged social group and has limited opportunities to implement the treatment regimen fully

5. Which client demonstrates effective self-management of their disease?

b. The 45 year-old client with type 2 diabetes who begins an exercise program under the supervision of her physician.