HPA 311 EXAM STUDY QUESTIONS
Population Health - Answers :The study of interrelated health determinants and their
influence on patterns of health outcomes within and across populations.
Can be classified as :
Biological
Social
Environmental
Structural
Can happen across multiple levels of our lives such as:
Individual
Family
Community
Society
Health Determinants - Answers :Behavioral
Biological
Environmental
Social
Structural
Behavioral - Answers :The decisions and actions by individuals that affect their health
(e.g. diet, exercise, smoking, etc.); these determinants can influence biological
determinants;
Biological - Answers :Individual-level genetics and physiological systems and
processes; these determinants can also influence our behaviors;
Environmental - Answers :Includes natural (e.g. weather), social (e.g. our neighborhood
home values) and built (e.g. safe roads to drive on) conditions external to our human
bodies.
Social - Answers :The economic and social conditions that influence group differences
(e.g. race, education, income);
Structural - Answers :The complex systems and structures that influence social,
environmental and behavioral determinants of health (e.g. residential racial
segregation).
Levels of Health Determinants - Answers :Individual
Family
Society
Population Health - Answers :The study of interrelated health determinants and their
influence on patterns of health outcomes within and across populations.
Can be classified as :
Biological
Social
Environmental
Structural
Can happen across multiple levels of our lives such as:
Individual
Family
Community
Society
Health Determinants - Answers :Behavioral
Biological
Environmental
Social
Structural
Behavioral - Answers :The decisions and actions by individuals that affect their health
(e.g. diet, exercise, smoking, etc.); these determinants can influence biological
determinants;
Biological - Answers :Individual-level genetics and physiological systems and
processes; these determinants can also influence our behaviors;
Environmental - Answers :Includes natural (e.g. weather), social (e.g. our neighborhood
home values) and built (e.g. safe roads to drive on) conditions external to our human
bodies.
Social - Answers :The economic and social conditions that influence group differences
(e.g. race, education, income);
Structural - Answers :The complex systems and structures that influence social,
environmental and behavioral determinants of health (e.g. residential racial
segregation).
Levels of Health Determinants - Answers :Individual
Family
Society
