Exam 12: Health Inequalities, Environmental Racism, and Environmental Justice

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Dr. Whitney Pirtle argues that _______ _________ is a fundamental cause of COVID-19 because it fundamentally influences how the disease spreads and reproduces itself.

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What were the findings of a study between acculturation and diabetes risk among Arab Americans in south-eastern Louisiana?

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What does Dorothy Roberts explain is the primary motive for finding genetic explanations for diseases and/or illnesses?

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Which of the following are related to genetics?

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A 2007 report on grassroots efforts against environmental racism used the 2000 census data and databases of hazardous waste facilities to find out if there were racial disparities in the location of toxic waste facilities. What did they find?

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Scholars who adopt the weathering perspective making Black Americans age more quickly than Whites. What are some social, economic, or environmental conditions they face?

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, Black workers are laid off more and hired less. If researchers connect higher rates of COVID deaths among Black patients to stress from being unemployed, this is called the:

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A study of emergency room care providers found _______ _______ against Native American adults and children, which likely affected their care.

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Diane Lauderdale (2006) found that Arab women had higher rates of birth outcomes six months after what event?

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A framework used to explain how health outcomes change over the life course is a:

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A recent study found that although Blacks and Mexican Americans have worse health outcomes than Whites overall:

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Obesity and weight-related beliefs and attitudes differ between African American and White women. What are they?

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In one generation between 1940 and 1999, more than _________African Americans died prematurely relative to Whites.

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One study in Baltimore found that neighborhoods with a high percentage of African Americans are more likely to have __________ than White communities:

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