SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH EXAM 1
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS!!
What are the differences between the individual health and population health
perspective? Answer - 1. individual (medical)
-medicinal
-individual
-diagnosis
-treatment
-clinicians prioritize how they can intervene (technology, medical devices,
pharmaceuticals)
-simply the sum of the parts=no more than a summary of health (non-
distinguishable)
2. population
-population
-prevention
-health promotion
-public health professionals ask how they can remove hazards, reduce risks of
illness and injury (health promotion)
-greater-than-the-sum-of-the-parts=individuble health experience as a
collection of individuals) (distinguishable)
What is the Naturalist theory of health? Answer - -an individual is completely
healthy, if and only, if all organs function normally in a statistically normal
environment
,What is the normative theory of health? Answer - -an individual is healthy, in
and only if, the person is given the circumstances to reach vital and essential
goals in life
What 3 properties have to be present in order for disease to be present?
Answer - -health is a continuum
-3 important properties
1. context has to be seen in terms of external-internal balance between the
individual and the environment
2. the contextual balance must be causal (causative or determinant) in nature
3. the context is cumulative
Who is the leading federal agency of prevention in the US? Answer - CDC
What are the origins of population health? Answer - -John Snow (physician),
known as the father of modern epidemiology, found that cholera in water from
the well was making people sick (not poor air quality)
-Snow started the germ theory which lead to the pasteurization of milk
-broke handle off well
-Friedrich engels= produced data showing poor people in urban areas had
higher death rates than poor people in rural areas
True or False.
Cholera is a leading cause of death in developing countries Answer - true
Population health investigates... Answer - -health outcomes and distribution in
a population
-patterns of health determinants of the life course
, -policies and interventions at the individual and social levels
What are the 4 categories in understanding the individual vs. population health
relationships? Answer - 1. immune= individual, no matter what the
environment, they will remain in good health
2. causative= health will be better if they lived in a population health context,
individual health is boosted in favorable population health or context
3. preventive= health is compromised if living in a bad environment, individual
health is compromised when population health or context is unfavorable
4. doomed= no matter what you have access to you will be unhealthy
*most logical*
What theory of health aligns with each perspective? Answer - 1. simply the
sum of the parts (no more than a summary of health)
-indistinguishable
-individual (medical) perspective
2. greater than the sum of the parts (indivisible health experience as a
collection of individuals)
-distinguishable
-population perspective
What are examples population-level variables? Answer - a) aggregate
variables:
-income distribution
-percent of high school graduates
b) environmental variables:
-neighborhood walkability
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS!!
What are the differences between the individual health and population health
perspective? Answer - 1. individual (medical)
-medicinal
-individual
-diagnosis
-treatment
-clinicians prioritize how they can intervene (technology, medical devices,
pharmaceuticals)
-simply the sum of the parts=no more than a summary of health (non-
distinguishable)
2. population
-population
-prevention
-health promotion
-public health professionals ask how they can remove hazards, reduce risks of
illness and injury (health promotion)
-greater-than-the-sum-of-the-parts=individuble health experience as a
collection of individuals) (distinguishable)
What is the Naturalist theory of health? Answer - -an individual is completely
healthy, if and only, if all organs function normally in a statistically normal
environment
,What is the normative theory of health? Answer - -an individual is healthy, in
and only if, the person is given the circumstances to reach vital and essential
goals in life
What 3 properties have to be present in order for disease to be present?
Answer - -health is a continuum
-3 important properties
1. context has to be seen in terms of external-internal balance between the
individual and the environment
2. the contextual balance must be causal (causative or determinant) in nature
3. the context is cumulative
Who is the leading federal agency of prevention in the US? Answer - CDC
What are the origins of population health? Answer - -John Snow (physician),
known as the father of modern epidemiology, found that cholera in water from
the well was making people sick (not poor air quality)
-Snow started the germ theory which lead to the pasteurization of milk
-broke handle off well
-Friedrich engels= produced data showing poor people in urban areas had
higher death rates than poor people in rural areas
True or False.
Cholera is a leading cause of death in developing countries Answer - true
Population health investigates... Answer - -health outcomes and distribution in
a population
-patterns of health determinants of the life course
, -policies and interventions at the individual and social levels
What are the 4 categories in understanding the individual vs. population health
relationships? Answer - 1. immune= individual, no matter what the
environment, they will remain in good health
2. causative= health will be better if they lived in a population health context,
individual health is boosted in favorable population health or context
3. preventive= health is compromised if living in a bad environment, individual
health is compromised when population health or context is unfavorable
4. doomed= no matter what you have access to you will be unhealthy
*most logical*
What theory of health aligns with each perspective? Answer - 1. simply the
sum of the parts (no more than a summary of health)
-indistinguishable
-individual (medical) perspective
2. greater than the sum of the parts (indivisible health experience as a
collection of individuals)
-distinguishable
-population perspective
What are examples population-level variables? Answer - a) aggregate
variables:
-income distribution
-percent of high school graduates
b) environmental variables:
-neighborhood walkability
