Ambulatory Care Test Health Equity, Cultural Humility and Social Determinants of Health

Question 1

A patient with limited English proficiency arrives with an adult child who offers to interpret. What is the best action?

Accepted Answer

Use a qualified medical interpreter (in person, by phone, or by video)

Answer

Title VI and Section 1557 require meaningful language access. Qualified medical interpreters reduce errors and protect confidentiality, while family members as interpreters create risks of omission, bias, and privacy breaches.

Question 2

Which of the following is a social determinant of health?

Accepted Answer

Housing stability and food security

Answer

Social determinants of health are the conditions where people live, work, and age, including housing, food access, transportation, education, and income. These strongly affect health outcomes.

Question 3

A patient with diabetes keeps missing appointments, and screening shows they have no reliable transportation. Which nursing intervention best addresses the root cause?

Accepted Answer

Connect the patient with transportation resources and offer telehealth options

Answer

Addressing the identified social need through community resources, transportation benefits, or virtual visits removes the barrier. Labeling the patient as nonadherent ignores the cause.

Question 4

Which statement best reflects cultural humility?

Accepted Answer

Ongoing self-reflection and asking each patient about their own beliefs and preferences

Answer

Cultural humility is a lifelong process of self-reflection that treats the patient as the expert on their own culture. This avoids the stereotyping that can come from fixed cultural lists.

Question 5

Which strategy is a universal health literacy precaution?

Accepted Answer

Using plain language and confirming understanding with teach-back for all patients

Answer

Universal precautions assume any patient may have limited health literacy, so plain language and teach-back are used for everyone. A yes/no question like 'Do you understand?' does not reliably confirm comprehension.

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Ambulatory Care Test Health Equity, Cultural Humility and Social Determinants of Health