What Does the Nursing Student Understand About Health Disparities in the United

question 6

Multiple Choice

What does the nursing student understand about health disparities in the United States?

• A) African American babies die by age 1 at a rate 2 ½ 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.

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