MCAT Behavioral Sciences Question 222: Answer and Explanation

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Question: 222

4. A study finds that lower-income Hispanic women from a specific urban community located near a factory are more than twice as likely to develop a rare form of cancer than women in the general population. This finding could be potentially attributed to all of the following, EXCEPT:

  • A. class-dependent healthcare disparities.
  • B. environmental injustice.
  • C. gender-dependent healthcare disparities.
  • D. ethnicity-dependent healthcare disparities.

Correct Answer: C

Explanation:

Gender-dependent healthcare disparities highlight differences in the treatment and outcomes between men and women; because this question relates lower-income Hispanic women to women in the general population, there is no evidence that the disparity is based on gender because no comparison is made to men (this finding is not attributable to choice C, so it is the correct answer choice). Class-dependent healthcare disparities are based on socioeconomic difference between classes and ethnicity-dependent healthcare disparities are based on ethnic difference between groups; because this question relates lower-income Hispanic women to women in the general population, it is possibly that this disparity exists due to either class and/or ethnicity (the finding could be attributable to either choices A or D. so both choices can be eliminated). Environmental injustice refers to the fact that people in poorer communities are more likely to be subjected to negative environmental impacts to their health and well-being; because these women live near a factory, this health disparity could be the results of environmental injustice (the finding could be attributable to choice B, so it can be eliminated).

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