Exam 10: Health Inequalities, Environmental Racism, and Environmental Justice

Immigrants often have better health than their native-born counterparts.

Scientists who continue to look for genetic reasons behind health disparities are primarily motivated by:

In the nineteenth century, from where did doctors at the Medical College of Georgia acquire the bodies they used for medical dissection?

Involuntary experimentation on Blacks, such as Ebb Cade, were conducted well into the twentieth century. The adoption of the _________ in 1953 made involuntary experimentation illegal; however, these practices continued.

Which of the following is an example of environmental racism in the United States?

According to most scholars, why do Black and Latinx children tend to have higher rates of asthma than White children?

The cumulative disadvantage perspective and the weathering hypothesis are two of the most accepted _________, which attempt to explain health disparities.

Is it correct to state that African Americans experience the same health gains as Whites when their socioeconomic status and education level increases? Why or why not?

Which of the following is an example of an environmental justice movement?

Efforts to ensure the right to live in nontoxic neighborhoods, regardless of race is called:

Health disparities show no connection to socioeconomic status.

Blacks with college degrees were less likely than Whites, Hispanics, and Asians with less than a high school education to have low-birthweight babies.

In the early to mid-twentieth century, thousands of Black women who went to the doctor for reasons, such as an appendectomy, would later discover that they had been sterilized without their permission.

The 2007 report on toxic waste and race found what about hazardous waste facilities?

Environmental cleanups of hazardous waste produced by industrialized nations like the United States can often lead to pollution in Latin America, the Caribbean, South and Southeast Asia, and Africa.

What were the causes of the Flint water crisis? Which groups were responsible for this crisis and who was most impacted by it?

African Americans have higher rates of poor _______ health and lower rates of poor_____ health.

A primary motive for seeking genetic explanations for health disparities is profit potential.

Compare the weight-related beliefs of White women to those of Black women. How does the difference in these beliefs explain higher rates of obesity in African American women?