A Reverse Disparity Occurs When Outcomes for Subgroups with a Positive

question 20

Multiple Choice

A Reverse Disparity occurs when outcomes for subgroups with a positive disparity shift and become outcomes that reflect a negative disparity. The objective of health and health care disparity researchers and interventions is not that of creating reverse disparities. Rather, it is that of improving remediable outcomes for all groups. Which, if any, subgroups listed below experienced reverse disparities relative to the receipt of influenza vaccinations from 2000 to 2015:

• A) African Americans and White Americans
• B) African Americans and Latino Americans
• C) Native Americans and White Americans
• D) Asian Americans and White Americans
• E) Latino Americans and Asian Americans
• F) a and b
• G) b and c
• H) c and d
• I) d and e
• J) There were no reverse disparities
• K) All of the combinations listed above experience reverse disparities

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