CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES IN GLOBAL
HEALTH PRACTICE EXAM 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
●● Where is the biosocial approach introduced? Answer: In Chapter 2 of
Reimagining Global Health and emphasized in lecture as central to
resocializing health.
●● How does traditional medical research differ from a biosocial
approach? Answer: Traditional research isolates biological causes;
biosocial analysis integrates social and structural forces.
●● What is a key example of biosocial interaction? Answer: The
correlation between poverty and disease risk.
●● What are other examples of biosocial relationships? Answer:
Economy ↔ diet, Economic depression ↔ psychological depression,
Infrastructure access (sanitation, education) ↔ disease rates.
●● Why is biosocial analysis historically specific? Answer: Because
social conditions change over time and shape biological outcomes
differently in different contexts.
, ●● How does Reimagining Global Health define global health? Answer:
A collection of problems centered on equity that require biosocial
analysis.
●● Why do the authors say global health is a collection of problems
rather than a discipline? Answer: Because it lacks unified theory and
method — it's organized around urgent issues rather than a coherent
framework.
●● What definition of global health do Garcia-Basteiro and Abimbola
critique? Answer: Koplan et al.'s definition: global health prioritizes
improving health and achieving equity for all people worldwide.
●● What is their critique of global health? Answer: In practice, global
health does not always prioritize all people or equity consistently.
●● What three questions do Garcia-Basteiro and Abimbola say we must
ask? Answer: What (what counts as global health?), Where (where is
global health located?), Who (who defines and conducts it?).
●● What is the 'Who' problem in global health? Answer: Those
conducting research/interventions are often different from those whose
health problems are being studied.
●● What alternative do they propose instead of 'global health'? Answer:
Replace 'global health' with 'health equity research.'
HEALTH PRACTICE EXAM 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
●● Where is the biosocial approach introduced? Answer: In Chapter 2 of
Reimagining Global Health and emphasized in lecture as central to
resocializing health.
●● How does traditional medical research differ from a biosocial
approach? Answer: Traditional research isolates biological causes;
biosocial analysis integrates social and structural forces.
●● What is a key example of biosocial interaction? Answer: The
correlation between poverty and disease risk.
●● What are other examples of biosocial relationships? Answer:
Economy ↔ diet, Economic depression ↔ psychological depression,
Infrastructure access (sanitation, education) ↔ disease rates.
●● Why is biosocial analysis historically specific? Answer: Because
social conditions change over time and shape biological outcomes
differently in different contexts.
, ●● How does Reimagining Global Health define global health? Answer:
A collection of problems centered on equity that require biosocial
analysis.
●● Why do the authors say global health is a collection of problems
rather than a discipline? Answer: Because it lacks unified theory and
method — it's organized around urgent issues rather than a coherent
framework.
●● What definition of global health do Garcia-Basteiro and Abimbola
critique? Answer: Koplan et al.'s definition: global health prioritizes
improving health and achieving equity for all people worldwide.
●● What is their critique of global health? Answer: In practice, global
health does not always prioritize all people or equity consistently.
●● What three questions do Garcia-Basteiro and Abimbola say we must
ask? Answer: What (what counts as global health?), Where (where is
global health located?), Who (who defines and conducts it?).
●● What is the 'Who' problem in global health? Answer: Those
conducting research/interventions are often different from those whose
health problems are being studied.
●● What alternative do they propose instead of 'global health'? Answer:
Replace 'global health' with 'health equity research.'
