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What are the 4 categories in understanding the individual
vs. population health relationships? - Answers-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? -
Answers-1. simply the sum of the parts (no more than a
summary of health)
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-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? - Answers-
a) aggregate variables:
-income distribution
-percent of high school graduates
b) environmental variables:
-neighborhood walkability
-water quality
-air pollution
-clustering of disease in a community
What are examples of individual-level health variables? -
Answers--age
-genetics
-sex
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-individual income
-health behaviors
Discuss age as an individual-level variable - Answers--
undoubtedly associated with health and diseases
-limited ability to predict disease=at each age there is
substantial variation in health in the population
-as society and technology develop, the relationship
between age and health changes
-different populations have different age-health
relationships
Discuss sex as an individual-level variable - Answers--
biological differences exist between males and females
-sex is a weak predictor of health outcomes
-disease is only partly determined by biological sex
(chromosomes and hormones, ect)
-shaped by social expectations, different society, different
expectations
Discuss genetics as an individual-level variable - Answers-
-important determinant of health and disease
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-knowing your genes won't tell you everything about your
health and disease risk (ex= identical twins have different
health status)
-genes interact with non-genetic factors to influence health
-environment shapes expression of genes (aka.
epigenetics)
What are the differences between the individual health and
population health perspective? - Answers-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