GLPH 271 - Module 3 Questions and Verified
Answers
Every human being has an equal __________ to a healthy life. Correct Answer: right
________ ________ of ___________ is a measure of total health loss from hundreds of diseases and
injuries (and their risk factors) that provides insight into the health status of different populations
throughout the world. Correct Answer: Global Burden of Disease
What three categories does the WHO divide the global burden of disease into? Correct Answer:
Noncommunicable diseases, communicable diseases, and injuries.
What 4 other conditions are included in the communicable diseases category? Correct Answer: Maternal,
neonatal, perinatal, and nutritional conditions.
What are 2 reasons male death rates for injury are almost double that of women? Correct Answer: Men
tend to engage in more unsafe behaviour and employment.
Women are more likely to be protected by relatives.
What are some reasons Canadian Indigenous populations are significantly more likely to die from
injuries? Correct Answer: Less likely to seek treatment, more likely to receive poor medical treatment -
both due to stigma and historical oppression.
What does SDI mean? Correct Answer: Socio-demographic index
What three factors are accounted for in SDI? Correct Answer: 1. income per person
2. educational attainment
3. fertility rate
What are the "big three" diseases in Group I? Correct Answer: HIV, malaria, tuberculosis
What is the burden of the "big three" in high SDI countries vs. low SDI countries? Correct Answer: less
than 10% of DALYs for high SDI
over 50% for low SDI
, What infectious organism causes each of the big three? Correct Answer: HIV - virus
TB - bacteria
Malaria - parasite
What two populations in Canada account for the majority of active TB cases? Correct Answer: Foreign-
born individuals and Indigenous Peoples
What Canadian population bears a greater relative burden of HIV? Correct Answer: Indigenous Peoples
What are socioeconomic factors contributing to higher rates of HIV in Indigenous populations? Correct
Answer: Domestic violence, stigma, discrimination, injection drug use, mistrust & lack of health services.
Which Indigenous population is at highest risk of contracting HIV/AIDS? Correct Answer: Indigenous
youth - 22x higher risk than the general population.
What are 2 factors contributing to this risk? Correct Answer: Higher likelihood of sharing injection drug
equipment.
Less access to risk reduction programs like methadone clinics or needle-exchange programs.
What is the CAAN? Correct Answer: The Canadian Aboriginal Aids Network, a non-profit that seeks to
ensure access to HIV and AIDS related services in a culturally relevant manner wherever Aboriginal
Peoples reside.
What is the difference between latent TB and active TB? Correct Answer: Infection by inhalation of TB
bacteria from someone with an active infection can result in a latent infection with no symptoms.
What is the method and length of treatment for latent vs. active TB? Correct Answer: Latent TB: 3-4
months of antibiotics
Active TB: multiple antibiotics for 6-9 months.
What are factors contributing to the risk of developing an active infection? Correct Answer:
Compromised immune system, such as with malnutrition or HIV co-infection.
What percentage of people with latent TB will go on to develop an active infection? Correct Answer: 5-
15%
Answers
Every human being has an equal __________ to a healthy life. Correct Answer: right
________ ________ of ___________ is a measure of total health loss from hundreds of diseases and
injuries (and their risk factors) that provides insight into the health status of different populations
throughout the world. Correct Answer: Global Burden of Disease
What three categories does the WHO divide the global burden of disease into? Correct Answer:
Noncommunicable diseases, communicable diseases, and injuries.
What 4 other conditions are included in the communicable diseases category? Correct Answer: Maternal,
neonatal, perinatal, and nutritional conditions.
What are 2 reasons male death rates for injury are almost double that of women? Correct Answer: Men
tend to engage in more unsafe behaviour and employment.
Women are more likely to be protected by relatives.
What are some reasons Canadian Indigenous populations are significantly more likely to die from
injuries? Correct Answer: Less likely to seek treatment, more likely to receive poor medical treatment -
both due to stigma and historical oppression.
What does SDI mean? Correct Answer: Socio-demographic index
What three factors are accounted for in SDI? Correct Answer: 1. income per person
2. educational attainment
3. fertility rate
What are the "big three" diseases in Group I? Correct Answer: HIV, malaria, tuberculosis
What is the burden of the "big three" in high SDI countries vs. low SDI countries? Correct Answer: less
than 10% of DALYs for high SDI
over 50% for low SDI
, What infectious organism causes each of the big three? Correct Answer: HIV - virus
TB - bacteria
Malaria - parasite
What two populations in Canada account for the majority of active TB cases? Correct Answer: Foreign-
born individuals and Indigenous Peoples
What Canadian population bears a greater relative burden of HIV? Correct Answer: Indigenous Peoples
What are socioeconomic factors contributing to higher rates of HIV in Indigenous populations? Correct
Answer: Domestic violence, stigma, discrimination, injection drug use, mistrust & lack of health services.
Which Indigenous population is at highest risk of contracting HIV/AIDS? Correct Answer: Indigenous
youth - 22x higher risk than the general population.
What are 2 factors contributing to this risk? Correct Answer: Higher likelihood of sharing injection drug
equipment.
Less access to risk reduction programs like methadone clinics or needle-exchange programs.
What is the CAAN? Correct Answer: The Canadian Aboriginal Aids Network, a non-profit that seeks to
ensure access to HIV and AIDS related services in a culturally relevant manner wherever Aboriginal
Peoples reside.
What is the difference between latent TB and active TB? Correct Answer: Infection by inhalation of TB
bacteria from someone with an active infection can result in a latent infection with no symptoms.
What is the method and length of treatment for latent vs. active TB? Correct Answer: Latent TB: 3-4
months of antibiotics
Active TB: multiple antibiotics for 6-9 months.
What are factors contributing to the risk of developing an active infection? Correct Answer:
Compromised immune system, such as with malnutrition or HIV co-infection.
What percentage of people with latent TB will go on to develop an active infection? Correct Answer: 5-
15%
