HEALTH SCI 2250 MIDTERM REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
A 1970's class had a death rate of _____ times higher and every ___ mins a black man
dies prematurely - Answers - 3 x's, 7
Racism - Answers - systemic problem; policies, structures and practices. Assign values
based on looks
______ and _____ factors both effect physical and mental health - Answers -
interpersonal and structural
What are the 3 scale to measure impact of racism on health - Answers - 1. Major
expereinces of discrim -
2.more sublte minor- everyday discrimination scale; captures 9 items
3.implicit bias
There is another one that talks about institutional racism-- e.x. Residential segregation
What is institutional racisms - Answers - seperate balck and whites
What is residential segregation - Answers - where you live determines your
oppertunities, education and safety.
Removing residential seg will emliminate b/w dif in income, education, employment,
single motherhood....
What other things are apart of racism - Answers - 1. Negative steryotypes/ images of
black men. Americans associate certain words with black people. Poor, violent, lazy
2. Wealth gap; for evey dollar of wealth blacks have 6 pennies and latinos have 7 . 1978
59 cents for every dollar earned
What is implicit bias? - Answers - -thought process that happens without even knowing
about it. Ordinary mental functining. Unconsious bias
What is blindspot bias - Answers - mental bias that allows you to see bias in others but
not yourself
What is a bias? - Answers - it is a neutral term for evaluation or beleif. Can be +ve or -
ve.
What is a steryotype - Answers - beleifs we mentally associate with a given category
Science behind implicit bias - Answers - when we are given incomplete info we rely on
associative memory to fill the gaps
,- our brain makes perceptions of images
What is associative learning - Answers - brain makes connection between 2 concepts
- e.x. Classical conditioning with pavlov.
Family experiences can reflect dynamics and cause unconscious associations
Knowing implicit biases helps mitigate them
Control of behavioural risk factors could prevent _____% of all premature and ______
of all acute siabilities and _____of chronic ones - Answers - 40-70%, 1/3, 2/3
What is health promotion? - Answers - enabling people to gain control over health and
to improve ; broad spectrum not indivisual only. Optimal health. A new presepective on
the health of canadians came up with the term ; lalonde report. 1974
Explain the ottowa charter for guides and principle for health promotion - Answers -
1986 international conference for health promotion by the who
5 action areas:
1. Building healthy public policy
2. Creating supportive environments
3. Strengthening community action
4. Developing skills
5. Reorienting health services --> hollistic approach
3 strategies:
1. Advocate -->individual and social actions. Good health as a mjor resource of life.
Advocacy makes conditions that promote health more favorable.
2. Mediate --> how public and private sectors in communities come together.
Coordination of people
3. Enable --> activities and actions in partership with individuals. Remove equity in
health; equal resources
What is salutogenesis? - Answers - focus on salutary; health enhancing rather than
pathogenic
What is antonvsky's main theory? - Answers - about factors that determine the extent to
which people become healthy or unhealthy
- challenge posed by coping with the inherent stressor of human exixstance
- chao/ entropy is undesirable and we strive to limit it/ decrease the perception
What is a sense of coherence and what is it needed for? - Answers - -central attribute of
healthy person. Needed for salutogenisis
-confidence; internal/ esternal environment are predictable with outcome of things
working out
, What are the 3 elements of cohereance - Answers - 1. Manegability
2. Meaningfulness
3. Comprehnsability
Show the timeline of the continuing evolution of health promotions - Answers - 1. 1980's
when the term emerged 1974 term emerged- bradely argued using messages to show
health info
- pre 1974 (ww2) sanitrary reform ; more water brought to communities --> pamphlets
and stuff for health info given
2. 1950's leo and lucien led international union for health education. Health risks
associated with morbitity and mortality were studied. Social scientists to predict health
related behaviours. Helath promotion was a change of perception, behaviour change,
interpersonal
-more envolvment of social scientists
3. 1974's post war economy boost to introduce social services but the oil shocks led to
having to take loans ; there was no health promotion
Lalonde report : first gov document with health field concepts including human health
due to; human bio, lifestyle, environment and hc orginization
-alma-ala decleration: basic nutrition, sanitation and portable water water proposed
-ottowa charter- 1986 first internaltional conference of health promotion. Achieving
health for all. EPP framework for all canadians. Too much focus on individual behavour
in the past and said that individual behaviour could lead to victim blaming
-environemnt should promote individual behaviour change
- knowledge development strategy: lit reviews of EPP, conferences on health promotion
4. 1994 shift from promotion to pop health. Fedral gov started to abandon health
promotion
John frank pop health: focused on social determinants in pop
- 1992 advisory committee on pop health was established.
5. 2008 lack of funding= down shift. Global economic crisis cuz of mortgage market.
Who released commissions on social determinants of health report.
-
Describe the rlationship b/w health and empowerment - Answers - empowerment is
having control and is a part of achieving health. It can be terminal and instrumental(
used to achieve health) . Leads to health equity. The commission of social determinants
of health 2007; empowerment is important to receive health equity.
What are the 3 dimensions of empowerment? - Answers - material, psychosocial, and
political; also focuses on the disadvantage for women in the world
- there are also structural factors necessary for empowerment.
VERIFIED ANSWERS
A 1970's class had a death rate of _____ times higher and every ___ mins a black man
dies prematurely - Answers - 3 x's, 7
Racism - Answers - systemic problem; policies, structures and practices. Assign values
based on looks
______ and _____ factors both effect physical and mental health - Answers -
interpersonal and structural
What are the 3 scale to measure impact of racism on health - Answers - 1. Major
expereinces of discrim -
2.more sublte minor- everyday discrimination scale; captures 9 items
3.implicit bias
There is another one that talks about institutional racism-- e.x. Residential segregation
What is institutional racisms - Answers - seperate balck and whites
What is residential segregation - Answers - where you live determines your
oppertunities, education and safety.
Removing residential seg will emliminate b/w dif in income, education, employment,
single motherhood....
What other things are apart of racism - Answers - 1. Negative steryotypes/ images of
black men. Americans associate certain words with black people. Poor, violent, lazy
2. Wealth gap; for evey dollar of wealth blacks have 6 pennies and latinos have 7 . 1978
59 cents for every dollar earned
What is implicit bias? - Answers - -thought process that happens without even knowing
about it. Ordinary mental functining. Unconsious bias
What is blindspot bias - Answers - mental bias that allows you to see bias in others but
not yourself
What is a bias? - Answers - it is a neutral term for evaluation or beleif. Can be +ve or -
ve.
What is a steryotype - Answers - beleifs we mentally associate with a given category
Science behind implicit bias - Answers - when we are given incomplete info we rely on
associative memory to fill the gaps
,- our brain makes perceptions of images
What is associative learning - Answers - brain makes connection between 2 concepts
- e.x. Classical conditioning with pavlov.
Family experiences can reflect dynamics and cause unconscious associations
Knowing implicit biases helps mitigate them
Control of behavioural risk factors could prevent _____% of all premature and ______
of all acute siabilities and _____of chronic ones - Answers - 40-70%, 1/3, 2/3
What is health promotion? - Answers - enabling people to gain control over health and
to improve ; broad spectrum not indivisual only. Optimal health. A new presepective on
the health of canadians came up with the term ; lalonde report. 1974
Explain the ottowa charter for guides and principle for health promotion - Answers -
1986 international conference for health promotion by the who
5 action areas:
1. Building healthy public policy
2. Creating supportive environments
3. Strengthening community action
4. Developing skills
5. Reorienting health services --> hollistic approach
3 strategies:
1. Advocate -->individual and social actions. Good health as a mjor resource of life.
Advocacy makes conditions that promote health more favorable.
2. Mediate --> how public and private sectors in communities come together.
Coordination of people
3. Enable --> activities and actions in partership with individuals. Remove equity in
health; equal resources
What is salutogenesis? - Answers - focus on salutary; health enhancing rather than
pathogenic
What is antonvsky's main theory? - Answers - about factors that determine the extent to
which people become healthy or unhealthy
- challenge posed by coping with the inherent stressor of human exixstance
- chao/ entropy is undesirable and we strive to limit it/ decrease the perception
What is a sense of coherence and what is it needed for? - Answers - -central attribute of
healthy person. Needed for salutogenisis
-confidence; internal/ esternal environment are predictable with outcome of things
working out
, What are the 3 elements of cohereance - Answers - 1. Manegability
2. Meaningfulness
3. Comprehnsability
Show the timeline of the continuing evolution of health promotions - Answers - 1. 1980's
when the term emerged 1974 term emerged- bradely argued using messages to show
health info
- pre 1974 (ww2) sanitrary reform ; more water brought to communities --> pamphlets
and stuff for health info given
2. 1950's leo and lucien led international union for health education. Health risks
associated with morbitity and mortality were studied. Social scientists to predict health
related behaviours. Helath promotion was a change of perception, behaviour change,
interpersonal
-more envolvment of social scientists
3. 1974's post war economy boost to introduce social services but the oil shocks led to
having to take loans ; there was no health promotion
Lalonde report : first gov document with health field concepts including human health
due to; human bio, lifestyle, environment and hc orginization
-alma-ala decleration: basic nutrition, sanitation and portable water water proposed
-ottowa charter- 1986 first internaltional conference of health promotion. Achieving
health for all. EPP framework for all canadians. Too much focus on individual behavour
in the past and said that individual behaviour could lead to victim blaming
-environemnt should promote individual behaviour change
- knowledge development strategy: lit reviews of EPP, conferences on health promotion
4. 1994 shift from promotion to pop health. Fedral gov started to abandon health
promotion
John frank pop health: focused on social determinants in pop
- 1992 advisory committee on pop health was established.
5. 2008 lack of funding= down shift. Global economic crisis cuz of mortgage market.
Who released commissions on social determinants of health report.
-
Describe the rlationship b/w health and empowerment - Answers - empowerment is
having control and is a part of achieving health. It can be terminal and instrumental(
used to achieve health) . Leads to health equity. The commission of social determinants
of health 2007; empowerment is important to receive health equity.
What are the 3 dimensions of empowerment? - Answers - material, psychosocial, and
political; also focuses on the disadvantage for women in the world
- there are also structural factors necessary for empowerment.
