HLST 210 M1 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
Research - ANSWER systematic process of inquiry that aims to generate new scientific
knowledge, or further expand previous knowledge
CIHR four pillars of health - ANSWER biomedical; clinical; health services and policy;
social, cultural, environmental, and population health
Biomedical (CIHR) - ANSWER investigating mechanisms of health or disease of the
cellular, body system, or whole body level
Clinical (CIHR) - ANSWER on or for patients and includes diagnosis and intervention
Health services and policy - ANSWER investigating health services themselves, how
they are delivered, quality of costs, and how they are received
Social, cultural, environmental, and population health - ANSWER investigating
populations and broader health determinants
Purpose of health research - ANSWER to generate new knowledge about health, to
ultimately improve the health of individuals
To describe (Young) - ANSWER comparisons between people or groups (incidence of
disease, the way it manifests); illustrate differences in health, health inequities, and
barriers to health
To explain (Young) - ANSWER following groups overtime and monitoring health risks and
outcomes; cohort studies often used
, To predict and to control (Young) - ANSWER using research findings to develop and
evaluate strategies to mitigate health problems; can inform development of services and
policy to improve health outcomes
Intersectionality - ANSWER the ways in which race, gender, and class combine to
influence population patterns of morbidity and mortality
research paradigm - ANSWER reflects one's beliefs about what constitutes knowledge
and how it is to be generalized
epistemology - ANSWER the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and
definition of knowledge and truth
ontology - ANSWER the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of reality
methodology - ANSWER approach to data collection and analysis
positivism - ANSWER the branch of epistemology that argues that valid knowledge and
truth is generated through a scientific process based on observation/measurement and
generalization
interpretivism - ANSWER the branch of epistemology that emphasizes the subjective
understanding of social phenomena; argue that there are fundamental distinctions
between the social and natural sciences, and these distinctions lead us to different
ways of knowing
critical realism - ANSWER the branch of epistemology that argues that true knowledge
and truth is often generated by theorizing, rather than measuring or observing
generative mechanisms - ANSWER deep-rooted structural forces that shape our lived
experiences and that influence patterns of morbidity and mortality as well as the
structure of health care systems (critical realism)
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
Research - ANSWER systematic process of inquiry that aims to generate new scientific
knowledge, or further expand previous knowledge
CIHR four pillars of health - ANSWER biomedical; clinical; health services and policy;
social, cultural, environmental, and population health
Biomedical (CIHR) - ANSWER investigating mechanisms of health or disease of the
cellular, body system, or whole body level
Clinical (CIHR) - ANSWER on or for patients and includes diagnosis and intervention
Health services and policy - ANSWER investigating health services themselves, how
they are delivered, quality of costs, and how they are received
Social, cultural, environmental, and population health - ANSWER investigating
populations and broader health determinants
Purpose of health research - ANSWER to generate new knowledge about health, to
ultimately improve the health of individuals
To describe (Young) - ANSWER comparisons between people or groups (incidence of
disease, the way it manifests); illustrate differences in health, health inequities, and
barriers to health
To explain (Young) - ANSWER following groups overtime and monitoring health risks and
outcomes; cohort studies often used
, To predict and to control (Young) - ANSWER using research findings to develop and
evaluate strategies to mitigate health problems; can inform development of services and
policy to improve health outcomes
Intersectionality - ANSWER the ways in which race, gender, and class combine to
influence population patterns of morbidity and mortality
research paradigm - ANSWER reflects one's beliefs about what constitutes knowledge
and how it is to be generalized
epistemology - ANSWER the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and
definition of knowledge and truth
ontology - ANSWER the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of reality
methodology - ANSWER approach to data collection and analysis
positivism - ANSWER the branch of epistemology that argues that valid knowledge and
truth is generated through a scientific process based on observation/measurement and
generalization
interpretivism - ANSWER the branch of epistemology that emphasizes the subjective
understanding of social phenomena; argue that there are fundamental distinctions
between the social and natural sciences, and these distinctions lead us to different
ways of knowing
critical realism - ANSWER the branch of epistemology that argues that true knowledge
and truth is often generated by theorizing, rather than measuring or observing
generative mechanisms - ANSWER deep-rooted structural forces that shape our lived
experiences and that influence patterns of morbidity and mortality as well as the
structure of health care systems (critical realism)
