Acute diseases are illnesses that are long-term or lifelong and that develop gradually or are present from birth. In contrast, chronic diseases are illnesses that strike suddenly and cause dramatic incapacitation and sometimes death
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
False
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Of all Hispanic groups in the United States, Cubans have the highest family income, almost equaling that of whites
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Which of the following is TRUE about gender and health?
A. Women lose fat more quickly than do men because it is easier to metabolize the fat on hips and thighs than belly fat. B. Men lose fat more quickly than do women because belly fat is easier to metabolize than fat on hips and thighs. C. Women are more likely than men to suffer from heart disease. D. Women have higher rates of stroke.
The term for a participant in observational research who is interviewed is called a(n)
a. respondent. b. informant. c. protocol. d. helper. e. none of these
Central to the idea of __________ is that hierarchies of class, race, gender, sexuality, and disability in which each of us exists are simply additive in terms of the inequality they produce
A) the matrix of domination B) hegemony C) ableism D) stigma