Response to the following Multiple Choice questions:
1. Karr (1990) stated the purpose of ADA is:
To provide a clear and comprehensive national mandate for the elimination of discrimination against individuals with disabilities.
To provide clear, strong, consistent, enforceable standards addressing discrimination against individuals with disabilities.
To ensure that the Federal Government plays a central role in enforcing the standards established in this Act on behalf of individuals with disabilities.
To invoke the sweep of congressional authority, including the power to enforce the fourteenth amendment and to regulate commerce, in order to address the major areas of discrimination faced day-to-day by people with disabilities.
All of the above
2. The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 expanded and improved the federal rehabilitation program. It included Section 504 which borrowed language from:
the Thirteenth amendment to the Constitution
Title VI of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
Education for all Handicapped Children Act
3. According to Myers and Shelton (1987), the public did not become aware of older person abuse until the _______.
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
None of the above
4. Gay men and lesbians are at a higher risk for substance abuse for which of the following reasons:
homophobia
alienation
isolation from society
greater risk of depression
all of the above
5. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 required that women be paid at the same rate as men but:
it was overshadowed by the other accomplishments by the women's suffrage movement
it also led to men being paid higher wages
it was overturned in November of 1964 only to be reinstated the very next month.
it did nothing to make job discrimination illegal
6. Who is more likely to be treated for mental illness?
Men
Women
Both equally
7. An American Indian who generally speaks both his native language and English, who does not fully accept the cultural heritage of their tribal group, nor does he identify completely with mainstream culture.
What type of cultural commitment does this describe?
Traditional
Marginal
Bicultural
Assimilated
8. Which of the following is a specific health need for African American adults identified in the text?
Cardiovascular disease
Sleep disorders
Influenza
Allergies
All of the above
9. Native Americans have the highest rate of completed suicide of any ethnic group. This epidemic is thought to be caused by:
cultural practices
inadequate gun control laws
the role of shame in the identity development of Native Americans
all of the above
none of the above
10. Which population in the United States had a 72% growth between 1990 and 2000 (compared to the general population's growth of 13%)?
African Americans
American Indians
Latino Americans
Asian Americans
11. Which of the following is NOT a culturally bound syndrome?
Ataques de Nervios
Kage Bunshin
Mal de Ojo
Taijjin Kyofusho
12. Which group is twice as likely to have Diabetes as a White American
American Indian
African American
Asian
Latino
Response to the following True/False:
State and federal governments helped to establish special schools for the blind, deaf, and mentally ill in the 1800s, but did not become significantly involved with the needs of people with disabilities until the 20th century.
Between 1978 and 1998 the earnings gap between men and women narrowed by 75%.
According to the Health People 2010 report, Black infant mortality is more than twice that for Whites.
Native Americans are 500 times more likely than European Americans to develop diabetes.
Antimiscegenation laws kept Asian immigrants from marrying outside their race. These laws would remain in effect until 1967 (when they were removed in the United States).
The extended family of an Asian American victim of domestic violence sometimes act to protect the victim, more often though is that they maintain the status quo and sometimes even contribute to the violence.
The least educated, rural population of Hispanics has the highest utilization of professional mental health services whereas the best educated, urban population of Hispanics has the highest use of informal alternative care providers.
Currently, there are at least 23 instruments developed to measure Hispanic acculturation, 8 of which were designed to be used with Hispanics in general, 3 with Cuban Americans, 11 with Mexican Americans, and 1 with Puerto Rican Americans.