HSCI 130 FINAL QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
The famous Epidemiologist who discovered the source of the 1854 Cholera outbreak in
London - Answers - John Snow
The ppl who truly have a disease but test negative on a particular test - Answers - False
negative
The proportion of a pop who become diseased during a specific time period - Answers -
Cumulative Incidence
In this type of study design, exposure is randomized - Answers - Randomized Control
Trials
Number of new cases/ person time of observation - Answers - Incidence rate formula
These highly cited studies in England demonstrated that there is a social gradient in
health - Answers - Whitehall Studies led Micheal Marmot
This construct describes the finding that immigrants to Canada arrive healthy and then
see their health deteriorate - Answers - Healthy immigrant effect
That materialist explanation that the higher number of health problems among lower
SES groups is a result of stress - Answers - What is the differential exposure hypothesis
This hypothesis is focused on explaining why men are more likely to die from accidents
- Answers - Risk taking hypothesis
Virchow concluded that this was the cause of the 1848 typhus epidemic in Upper Silesia
- Answers - Lack of democracy
The idea that we need to understand an individual's definition and understanding of a
situation falls under this sociological paradigm - Answers - Symbolic interactionism
NPHS data indicate this is the number one reason people seek formal health care in
Canada - Answers - Chronic pain
This concept describes illness caused by medical intervention - Answers - Iatrogenesis
Raphael's term to describe macro-level factors like tax policies that indirectly influence
health - Answers - Vertical structures
Antonvosky's that describes the factors that make populations healthy - Answers -
Salutogenic model of health
The famous Epidemiologist who discovered the source of the 1854 Cholera outbreak in
London - Answers - John Snow
The ppl who truly have a disease but test negative on a particular test - Answers - False
negative
The proportion of a pop who become diseased during a specific time period - Answers -
Cumulative Incidence
In this type of study design, exposure is randomized - Answers - Randomized Control
Trials
Number of new cases/ person time of observation - Answers - Incidence rate formula
These highly cited studies in England demonstrated that there is a social gradient in
health - Answers - Whitehall Studies led Micheal Marmot
This construct describes the finding that immigrants to Canada arrive healthy and then
see their health deteriorate - Answers - Healthy immigrant effect
That materialist explanation that the higher number of health problems among lower
SES groups is a result of stress - Answers - What is the differential exposure hypothesis
This hypothesis is focused on explaining why men are more likely to die from accidents
- Answers - Risk taking hypothesis
Virchow concluded that this was the cause of the 1848 typhus epidemic in Upper Silesia
- Answers - Lack of democracy
The idea that we need to understand an individual's definition and understanding of a
situation falls under this sociological paradigm - Answers - Symbolic interactionism
NPHS data indicate this is the number one reason people seek formal health care in
Canada - Answers - Chronic pain
This concept describes illness caused by medical intervention - Answers - Iatrogenesis
Raphael's term to describe macro-level factors like tax policies that indirectly influence
health - Answers - Vertical structures
Antonvosky's that describes the factors that make populations healthy - Answers -
Salutogenic model of health
