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Flashcards by Micah Blevins, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Micah Blevins
almost 7 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Focus group study (ch.10) | a structural series of group discussions designed to reveal perceptions and opinions on a defined issue involving carefully selected participants who share common charateristics |
| Alabama population in 2000 | 4,447,100 |
| Alabama's Black population percentage in 2000 | 26.3% |
| Number of focus group participants in 2005 (ch.10) | 128 |
| Number of Alabama counties with mostly African Americans | 10 |
| Number of counties in Alabama | 67 |
| Number of college focus group participants (ch.10) | 50 |
| Male percentage of college focus group participants (ch.10) | 36% |
| Female percentage of college focus group participants (ch.10) | 64% |
| Names of counties in 2005 focus group surveys (ch.10) | Blacksville and Forestville |
| 2005 survey's timespan | June to August 2005 |
| Variables for increased incidence of cancer, HIV/AIDS and other diseases among African Americans | poverty, segregation, substandard health care, feelings of meaninglessness, hopelessness and social despair |
| Number of single mothers surveyed in rural Alabama (ch.11) | 300 |
| Names of counties in single mother survey (ch.11) | Bullock, Dallas, Lowndes, Macon and Wilcox |
| Organization that approved the structured questionnaire about food insecurity (ch.9) | Human Subject Participants Review Committee at Tuskegee University |
| The food insecured single mothers were more likely to be... (ch.9) | in poor health, living with children, have less education, and use food stamps |
| Strategies used by single mothers to make ends meet (ch.9) | government assistance, informal support (relatives, friends, and partners), charities and social services, cohabiting, doubling-up |
| College students' perceived factors of racial disparities in health (ch.10) | health insurance, unequal access to health care facilities, poverty, lack of doctors in African American communities, diet/exercise/lifestyle choices, environmental racism, lack of representation in health care, lack of trust in medical professionals, unemployment |
| Food insecurity | the uncertainty of having enough food due to not having enough money or other food resources |
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