What does the nursing student understand about health disparities in the United States? (Select all that apply.)
A.
African American babies die by age 1 at a rate times that of European Americans.
B.
Asian American babies have the highest rate of preterm birth of any other group.
C.
Despite large expenditures, health resources are unevenly distributed.
D.
European Americans have double the number of low-birth-weight babies than other groups.
E.
Sudden infant death syndrome is most prevalent in American Indian and Alaska native babies.
ANS: A, C, E
Many health disparities exist in America, despite huge outlays of money. A major problem is that health resources are not distributed evenly across demographic and geographic groups. This leads to such problems as the high rate at which African American babies die before age 1, and the high incidence of sudden infant death syndrome in American Indian and Alaska Native populations. Asian American babies do not have the highest rate of preterm birth, and European American women do not have double the number of low-birth-weight babies of other groups.
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