HKR 3400 (SOCIAL DETERMINANTS)
FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Social determinants of health - Correct Answers -•the economic and social conditions
that shape the health of the individuals, communities, and jurisdictions as a whole"
(Raphael, 2016, p.3).
- The primary determinants of whether individuals stay healthy or become ill
- Determine the extent to which a person processes the physical, social, and personal
resources to identify and achieve personal aspirations and needs and cope with their
environment
Fredrich Engels - Correct Answers -- mid 1800's
- •studied how poor housing, clothing, diet, and lack of sanitation led directly to the
infections and diseases associated with early death among-working class people in
England.
Rudoplh Virchow - Correct Answers -- 1848
- •identified how health-threatening living conditions were rooted in public policy-making
and emphasized politics' role in promoting health and preventing disease.
1980-1992 - Correct Answers -- UK reports showed how the lowest employment-level
groups showed a greater likelihood of a wide range of diseases and premature death
from illness or injury at every stage in the life cycle
1974 - Correct Answers -- The federal government's a new perspective on the health of
Canadians identified that: Human biology, environment, lifestyle, health care
organization as determinants of health
SDoH Framework - Correct Answers -- 4 Criteria
- All SDoH are important to the health of Canadians
- All these SDoH are understandable to Canadians
- All these SDoH have clear policy relevance to canadian decision-makers and citizens
- All SDoH are especially timely and relevant
The 12 SDoH - Correct Answers -•Aboriginal status
•Early life
•Education
, •Employment and working conditions
•Food security
•Gender
•Health care services
•Housing
•Income
•Social safety net
•Social exclusion
•Unemployment and employment security
Traditional model of health - Correct Answers -- Body is seen as a machine either
running well or in need of repair
- We pay attention to medical treatment, discoveries and treatment, access to doctors
and nurses
- we are told what to eat and why we should exercise
Individual approach - Correct Answers -- An individual perspective limits analysis of
health risks to individual biomedical and behavioural risk factors for disease
- •This includes screening for physiological and medical risk factors such as;
•Hypertension
•Excess weight
•Cholesterol
•High blood glucose levels
•To treat this a mandated behavioural regime or treatment with drugs is needed.
•The individual need to play a role in changing his or her behaviour.
- Carry the assumption that these factors are the primary contributors to health
conditions or illness
- Biomedical/behavioural risk factors are heavily influenced by the SDoH that people
experience
Why are SDoH important - Correct Answers -- Health of Canadians are not distributed
equally
- Rich people have too much, poor not enough
- inequality is a result of SDoH
- Unfair and unjust differences in health result from this
Health inequality - Correct Answers -•a generic term used to designate differences,
variations and disparities in the health achievements and risk factors of individuals and
groups.
Health inequity - Correct Answers -•inequalities in health that are deemed to be unfair or
stemming from some form of injustice. Ex: Access to educational opportunities, safe
jobs, health care
Ways to measure health inequities - Correct Answers -- Mortality among groups
- Presence of disease or injuries
FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Social determinants of health - Correct Answers -•the economic and social conditions
that shape the health of the individuals, communities, and jurisdictions as a whole"
(Raphael, 2016, p.3).
- The primary determinants of whether individuals stay healthy or become ill
- Determine the extent to which a person processes the physical, social, and personal
resources to identify and achieve personal aspirations and needs and cope with their
environment
Fredrich Engels - Correct Answers -- mid 1800's
- •studied how poor housing, clothing, diet, and lack of sanitation led directly to the
infections and diseases associated with early death among-working class people in
England.
Rudoplh Virchow - Correct Answers -- 1848
- •identified how health-threatening living conditions were rooted in public policy-making
and emphasized politics' role in promoting health and preventing disease.
1980-1992 - Correct Answers -- UK reports showed how the lowest employment-level
groups showed a greater likelihood of a wide range of diseases and premature death
from illness or injury at every stage in the life cycle
1974 - Correct Answers -- The federal government's a new perspective on the health of
Canadians identified that: Human biology, environment, lifestyle, health care
organization as determinants of health
SDoH Framework - Correct Answers -- 4 Criteria
- All SDoH are important to the health of Canadians
- All these SDoH are understandable to Canadians
- All these SDoH have clear policy relevance to canadian decision-makers and citizens
- All SDoH are especially timely and relevant
The 12 SDoH - Correct Answers -•Aboriginal status
•Early life
•Education
, •Employment and working conditions
•Food security
•Gender
•Health care services
•Housing
•Income
•Social safety net
•Social exclusion
•Unemployment and employment security
Traditional model of health - Correct Answers -- Body is seen as a machine either
running well or in need of repair
- We pay attention to medical treatment, discoveries and treatment, access to doctors
and nurses
- we are told what to eat and why we should exercise
Individual approach - Correct Answers -- An individual perspective limits analysis of
health risks to individual biomedical and behavioural risk factors for disease
- •This includes screening for physiological and medical risk factors such as;
•Hypertension
•Excess weight
•Cholesterol
•High blood glucose levels
•To treat this a mandated behavioural regime or treatment with drugs is needed.
•The individual need to play a role in changing his or her behaviour.
- Carry the assumption that these factors are the primary contributors to health
conditions or illness
- Biomedical/behavioural risk factors are heavily influenced by the SDoH that people
experience
Why are SDoH important - Correct Answers -- Health of Canadians are not distributed
equally
- Rich people have too much, poor not enough
- inequality is a result of SDoH
- Unfair and unjust differences in health result from this
Health inequality - Correct Answers -•a generic term used to designate differences,
variations and disparities in the health achievements and risk factors of individuals and
groups.
Health inequity - Correct Answers -•inequalities in health that are deemed to be unfair or
stemming from some form of injustice. Ex: Access to educational opportunities, safe
jobs, health care
Ways to measure health inequities - Correct Answers -- Mortality among groups
- Presence of disease or injuries
