Question 1 language barriers often compromise the quality

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Question 1: Language barriers often compromise the quality of care individuals receive.

• True
• False

Question 2: Health disparities can be attributed to a lack of cultural competency of public health professionals and clinical care providers.

• True
• False

Question 3: It is not as important to have community collaboration when addressing health disparities and cultural competency as it is to have strong education programs for public health and clinical care providers.

• True
• False

Question 4: Which action will have the greatest impact on reducing health disparities?

• Collaboration between health professionals and the minority community being targeted.
• Using media messages to provide culturally competent health information to the community.
• Collaboration within the health community.
• Using the same health education materials for all groups regardless of language and culture.

 Question 5:  Cultural issues are at the center of providing quality health care.

• True
• False

Question 6: When addressing health disparities, socioeconomic status, behavioral risk factors, women and men's health, access to health care and environmental issues are taken into consideration.

• True
• False

Question 7: To have a culturally competent health workforce, there needs to be diversity within the institutions that provide health services.

• True
• False

Question 8: Before all else, trust has to be earned within the minority communities before health problems can be addressed.

• True
• False

Question 9: Public health professionals should do what is in the best interest of the community as a whole, even if that means not addressing some minority groups since they are fewer in number.

• True
• False

Question 10: Cultural self-assessment for public health professionals and clinical health providers should be done routinely to improve cultural competency.

• True
• False