Vital Statistics that Evaluate Health of a Pop. - Answers Birth rate
Death Rate
Mortality
Morbidity
Maternal Mortality
Neonatal Mortality
Difference between HALE and DALY - Answers Health Adjusted Life Expectancy: Number of years a
person can expect to live in good health.
Disability Adjusted Life Year: Years of health lost to premature death; years lived with a disability
4 different Views of Health and Disease - Answers Mechanistic: There is a breakdown or dysfunction of
the human body.
Moralistic: I have done wrong or some wrongdoing and that is why I'm sick.
Supernatural: Evil eye, God is angry, demonic possessions.
Disequilibrium: There is an imbalance in the body.
How a person's literacy level can impact their health - Answers Literacy: ability to understand written
words well enough to perform daily tasks.
Allows individuals to acquire health info and navigate a health system
3 Key Social Determinants of Health - Answers Economic Status: Income/wealth
Occupational Status: Stability of job, safety of job
, Educational Status: better education = better job = better economic status = better health
How can urbanization impact health services? - Answers Movement of people from rural to urban cause
a greater divide between high and low income populations.
What is a government social determinant of health that impacts a person's health - Answers Money
spent on healthcare
Percentage of gross domestic product (GDP)
Out of pocket spending
How does a person's culture influence their health? - Answers How they interpret symptoms and
diagnoses, when they seek treatment, type of therapy they choose, medical treatment, end of life care,
childbirth practices
Which categories of burden of disease are prominent in which income level countries? - Answers Group
1: Communicable, Maternal, and prenatal conditions, nutritional disorders
Group 2: Noncommunicable diseases
Group 3: Injuries, road traffic accidents, falls, self-inflicted injuries
2 basic principles the Canadian health system is founded on? - Answers Fairness and Equality
5 Pillars of the Canadian Health Act - Answers Public Administration
Comprehensiveness
Universality
Accessibility
Portability
How is Public Health Financed? - Answers Individuals pay taxes taken from wages, no cost sharing for
public services, Negotiate fee schedule, Private supplemental insurance
What insurance plan is used to help pay for services not covered by Medicare? - Answers Private Health
Care