HLTH 101 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Lalonde cReport c(1974) c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cArgues cthat chealth-care cservices care cnot cprimary cmeans cof cimproving chealth
c
- cWe ccannot crely con cimproved cliving cconditions cand cconventional cpublic chealth cmeasures cto cimprove chealth c
- cCanadians cmust cbecome cmore cactive cindividually cand ccollectively cin cmaintaining cand cenhancing ctheir chealth cby cadopting
chealthy clifestyles cand cprotecting cair cand cwater cquality
- ceconomic cprogress chas cbrought calong cpoorer chealth cthrough cmany cfactors c(pollution, calcoholism, cdrug cuse, ceating chabits,
cetc.)
What care cthe cmain cgoals cof cthe cEpp cReport c(1986)? c
What cis cthe c"health cpromotion cframework"? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cIdentifies cthe cchallenge cto creduce chealth cinequalities
cbetween chigh- cand clow-income cCanadians
- cprevents cinjury cand cdisease c
- cUnlike cthe cLalonde creport, c"prevention" cfocuses con clifestyle, crecognizes cthat cchoices care cbounded cby ccontext cand
cresources c
-provide cbetter csupport cfor cindividuals cand ccommunities c
- c"health cpromotion cframework" c- cexpanded cto ca cmultifactorial capproach cthat caims cat cengaging ccommunities cand
cgovernments cat call clevels
What cis cthe cdifference cbetween chealth cinequalities cand chealth cinequities? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- chealth cinequities care cthe
cinequalities ccaused cby cconditions cthat ccan cbe cchanged cby ccollective caction. cex. cpublic cpolicies.
What care cthe cthree cmodels cof chealth cand cwhat cdo cthey cmean? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cBiomedical c(genes, cbirthweight, cetc.)
c
- cBehavioural c(inactivity, cdiet, cetc.) c
- cPopulation c(industrial cfood cproduction, ctaxation, ccorporate cadvertising, cetc)
Define cLiberal cIdeology* c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cat cliberty cto cchoose cwhatever cis cin ctheir cbest cinterests
- cnon-government cregulated cmarket cin cgoods cservices cand clabour
- cperson cis cfree cto cimprove csocial cposition cand cis cnot cconstrained cby ctheir csocial cposition c
- cuses cthe cstate cto cimprove csociety
Define cNeoliberal cIdeology* c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cgovernments cshould cminimize ctax cand cregulatory cburden con
cindividuals/corporations
- creduce cpublic cservices cand creplace cthem cwith cfor-profit ccompanies
- cpromotes ceconomic cgrowth cinstead cof cequality
What cis cpublic chealth cand cwhat cis cits cpurpose? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cthe c"patient" cis cthe cpopulation cand cit c"saves"
cstatistical clives cthrough cprevention
- chealth cbenefits cto cthe cpop. cdoes cnot cequal chealth cbenefits cto cthe cindividual c
- cpurpose cis cto cpromote chealth cand cextend clongevity cat cthe cpop. clevel cthrough cprevention
What care cthe cBaggot cIdeologies/Perspectives? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cCollectivist c(Communitarian) c& cSocialist c(Social
cdemocratic) cIdeology
- cLiberal cIndividualist cor cNeo-liberal cIdeology
-Environmental cand cGreen cIdeology
What cdid cthe cWhitehall cstudies cdiscover? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cshowed cthe cdistinct cgradient cin chealth cbased con cincome;
csuch cthat cwith cevery cincrease cin cemployment cgrade, cthere cwas calso can cincrease cin chealth
What cis cthe cdifference cbetween cchronic cstress cand cacute cstress? cHow ccan cchronic cstress cimpact chealth? c- cCORRECT
cANS✔✔- cAcute cstress chappens cduring cspecific csituations, ccan cbe cgood cfor cyou cto chelp cyou chandle csituations con cthe cspot.
- cChronic cstress cis cthe crepeated cexposure cto csituations cthat crelease cstress chormones
- cChronic cstress cis clinked cto cheart cdisease, chigh cblood cpressure, chigh ccholesterol, ctype cII cdiabetes cand cdepression.
What cis cthe clink cbetween cstress cand cthe cclass csystem? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- clower cclass c= cmore cstress c
- cthis cis cbecause cthere cis cmore cto c"stress cabout", ctends cto cinvolve cincome, chousing, cmaking cends cmeet, cetc.
, Why cis cit cimportant cnot cto cconfuse cindividual cand ccollective cvariables? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cIt cis cimportant cnot cto cconfuse
cthe ctwo cbecause cthey capply cto cdifferent cthings c
- cex. cincome, cGDP cis cdifferent cthan cindividual cincome cand ccannot cbe clooked cat cunder cthe csame clight.
What care cthe ctwo cmain crisk cfactor cmodels cof chealth cand cdisease? cWhat cis cthe cdifference cbetween cthe ctwo? c- cCORRECT
cANS✔✔- cbiomedical cvariant c- cinteraction cof chost c(human) cand cagent c(toxins cand cpathogens) c
- cbehavioural cvariant c- chealth cbehaviour c(lifestyle cfactors)
What cwas cthe cMultiple cRisk cFactor cIntervention cTrial c(MR cFit)? cWhat cwere cthe cmain cresults? cWhat cdoes cit ctell cus cabout
cpublic chealth cinterventions? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cthe cstudy csuggests cthat ctargeting cindividual cbehaviour, cparticularly cat
cmid-life cor clater, cis cnot ca cvery cproductive cstrategy.
- cpublic chealth cinterventions cmay cnot chave ca cgreat cimpact con cthe cindividual
What cmight caccount cfor clower crates cof csmoking camong cthose cwho care cmore caffluent cand cbetter ceducated cthan cthose cwho
clive cin cpoverty? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cmore cresources cavailable cto chelp cthem cquit
- cmore ceducation cabout cthe crisks cof csmoking
- cdifferent csocietal cstandards
Who cwas cJohn cSnow? cWhy cwas chis cresearch crejected/what care cthe cflaws cin chis cresearch? cWhat cfields cis che ccredited cwith
cinventing? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cphysician c(1813-58) c
- cdiscovered cthe ccause cof ccholera
- cbelieved cthat c"miasma" cor cbad cair ccaused cillness
- cthis c"miasma" cwas cbelieved cto cbe cthe ccause cof ccholera
- cFlaw: cinstead cof clooking cfor cflaws cin cthe cperson ccombining cwith csome cexternal cfactor, che csaw ccholera cas carising cfrom
chow cppl cwere cliving c
- cthis ccreated ca cstigma cwithin csociety
- cSnow cis ccredited cwith cinventing cmodern cepidemiology cand chealth cgeography
Who cwas cFrederich cEngels? cWhat cwere cthe cmain cfindings cof chis cresearch? cWhat cwas chis ctheory cabout c"health-harming
cbehaviours" camong cthe cworking cclass? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- c1820-95
- csought cto cdemonstrate cthat csocial cand ceconomic cchange ccan csubstantially caffect chealth c
-living cand cworking cconditions care cthe cmajor cdeterminants cof chuman chealth cand cwell-being c
- c"health-harming cbehaviours" cwas ca cproduct cof cthe cconditions cunder cwhich cpeople clive, cnot ca cconsequence cof ccharacter
cflaw cor cbad cchoices
Who cwas cRudolf cVirchow? cWhy cis chis cwork cimportant cto cthe cdevelopment cof cpopulation chealth cthinking cand cthe csocial
cdeterminants cof chealth? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- c1821-1902
- cargued cthat cadditional cmedical ccare, cdrugs, cimproved cfood csupply, cetc. cwould cnot cimprove chealth
- cradical, cpolitical, ceconomic cand csocial creforms cwere crequired cto ctransform chealth
Who cwas cEmile cDurkheim? cHow cdid che cunderstand cthe crelationship cbetween cindividual cbehaviours cand csocial ccontext? c-
cCORRECT cANS✔✔- c1858-1917 c- csociologist c
- csuicide cis cnot can cindividual cact cbut cinstead cinfluenced cby csocial cfactors c(SOCY c122 cturn cup)
Who cwas cThomas cMcKeown? cWhat cwas chis cmain cthesis cor cargument? cWhy cwas cit ccontroversial? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔-
1976 c
- cargued cthat cmeasured csuch cas cimmunization cand ctreatment cplayed clittle cto cno crole cin cthe cimprovements cin chealth cevident
cin cwestern cEuropean cpopulation c
- cthe cdecline cwas cdue cto cchanging csocial cand cenvironmental cfactors cinstead, cavailability cand caffordability cof cmore
cnutritionally crich cand cdiverse cfoods
- csocial cchange c> chealth ccare
- cthis ctheory cmay cbe ccorrect cin cthe cpast cbut cnot cin cthe clast c30 cyears cin cadvanced ccountries
Why cdo cdoctors cwho csmoke cless clikely cto cdevelop clung ccancer cthan cnurses cwho csmoke, cwho care cin cturn cless clikely cto
cdevelop clung ccancer cthan chospital csupport cstaff? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cinfluence cof cs.e.s. con chealth cand cincome c
- cdifferent caccess cto cresources cand copportunities
Define cmarginalization: c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔A cform cof coppression cthat cexcludes cwhole cgroups cof cpeople cfrom cuseful cand
cmeaningful cparticipation cin csociety
How ccan cdoctors c"treat" cpoverty?
Why cdoes cDr. cGary cBloch c"prescribe cmoney" cto chis clow-income cphysicians? cHow cdoes che cdo cthis? c- cCORRECT
cANS✔✔***
Define csocial cepidemiology: c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔the cbranch cof cepidemiology c(the cstudy cof cpatterns, ccauses c& ceffects cof
chealth cand cdisease cconditions cin cdefined cpopulations) cthat cstudies chow csocial cposition cand ccontext cinfluences chuman
chealth
What care cthe cfour cmain cfeatures cof csocial cepidemiology? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔1. cSocial cepidemiology ctakes ca cpopulation-
level cperspective
2. cSocial cepidemiology cconcerns citself cwith cthe csocial ccontext cof cbehaviour
3. cRelies con cmulti-level canalyses
4. ctakes ca cdevelopmental, clife ccourse cperspective
ANSWERS
Lalonde cReport c(1974) c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cArgues cthat chealth-care cservices care cnot cprimary cmeans cof cimproving chealth
c
- cWe ccannot crely con cimproved cliving cconditions cand cconventional cpublic chealth cmeasures cto cimprove chealth c
- cCanadians cmust cbecome cmore cactive cindividually cand ccollectively cin cmaintaining cand cenhancing ctheir chealth cby cadopting
chealthy clifestyles cand cprotecting cair cand cwater cquality
- ceconomic cprogress chas cbrought calong cpoorer chealth cthrough cmany cfactors c(pollution, calcoholism, cdrug cuse, ceating chabits,
cetc.)
What care cthe cmain cgoals cof cthe cEpp cReport c(1986)? c
What cis cthe c"health cpromotion cframework"? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cIdentifies cthe cchallenge cto creduce chealth cinequalities
cbetween chigh- cand clow-income cCanadians
- cprevents cinjury cand cdisease c
- cUnlike cthe cLalonde creport, c"prevention" cfocuses con clifestyle, crecognizes cthat cchoices care cbounded cby ccontext cand
cresources c
-provide cbetter csupport cfor cindividuals cand ccommunities c
- c"health cpromotion cframework" c- cexpanded cto ca cmultifactorial capproach cthat caims cat cengaging ccommunities cand
cgovernments cat call clevels
What cis cthe cdifference cbetween chealth cinequalities cand chealth cinequities? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- chealth cinequities care cthe
cinequalities ccaused cby cconditions cthat ccan cbe cchanged cby ccollective caction. cex. cpublic cpolicies.
What care cthe cthree cmodels cof chealth cand cwhat cdo cthey cmean? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cBiomedical c(genes, cbirthweight, cetc.)
c
- cBehavioural c(inactivity, cdiet, cetc.) c
- cPopulation c(industrial cfood cproduction, ctaxation, ccorporate cadvertising, cetc)
Define cLiberal cIdeology* c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cat cliberty cto cchoose cwhatever cis cin ctheir cbest cinterests
- cnon-government cregulated cmarket cin cgoods cservices cand clabour
- cperson cis cfree cto cimprove csocial cposition cand cis cnot cconstrained cby ctheir csocial cposition c
- cuses cthe cstate cto cimprove csociety
Define cNeoliberal cIdeology* c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cgovernments cshould cminimize ctax cand cregulatory cburden con
cindividuals/corporations
- creduce cpublic cservices cand creplace cthem cwith cfor-profit ccompanies
- cpromotes ceconomic cgrowth cinstead cof cequality
What cis cpublic chealth cand cwhat cis cits cpurpose? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cthe c"patient" cis cthe cpopulation cand cit c"saves"
cstatistical clives cthrough cprevention
- chealth cbenefits cto cthe cpop. cdoes cnot cequal chealth cbenefits cto cthe cindividual c
- cpurpose cis cto cpromote chealth cand cextend clongevity cat cthe cpop. clevel cthrough cprevention
What care cthe cBaggot cIdeologies/Perspectives? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cCollectivist c(Communitarian) c& cSocialist c(Social
cdemocratic) cIdeology
- cLiberal cIndividualist cor cNeo-liberal cIdeology
-Environmental cand cGreen cIdeology
What cdid cthe cWhitehall cstudies cdiscover? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cshowed cthe cdistinct cgradient cin chealth cbased con cincome;
csuch cthat cwith cevery cincrease cin cemployment cgrade, cthere cwas calso can cincrease cin chealth
What cis cthe cdifference cbetween cchronic cstress cand cacute cstress? cHow ccan cchronic cstress cimpact chealth? c- cCORRECT
cANS✔✔- cAcute cstress chappens cduring cspecific csituations, ccan cbe cgood cfor cyou cto chelp cyou chandle csituations con cthe cspot.
- cChronic cstress cis cthe crepeated cexposure cto csituations cthat crelease cstress chormones
- cChronic cstress cis clinked cto cheart cdisease, chigh cblood cpressure, chigh ccholesterol, ctype cII cdiabetes cand cdepression.
What cis cthe clink cbetween cstress cand cthe cclass csystem? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- clower cclass c= cmore cstress c
- cthis cis cbecause cthere cis cmore cto c"stress cabout", ctends cto cinvolve cincome, chousing, cmaking cends cmeet, cetc.
, Why cis cit cimportant cnot cto cconfuse cindividual cand ccollective cvariables? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cIt cis cimportant cnot cto cconfuse
cthe ctwo cbecause cthey capply cto cdifferent cthings c
- cex. cincome, cGDP cis cdifferent cthan cindividual cincome cand ccannot cbe clooked cat cunder cthe csame clight.
What care cthe ctwo cmain crisk cfactor cmodels cof chealth cand cdisease? cWhat cis cthe cdifference cbetween cthe ctwo? c- cCORRECT
cANS✔✔- cbiomedical cvariant c- cinteraction cof chost c(human) cand cagent c(toxins cand cpathogens) c
- cbehavioural cvariant c- chealth cbehaviour c(lifestyle cfactors)
What cwas cthe cMultiple cRisk cFactor cIntervention cTrial c(MR cFit)? cWhat cwere cthe cmain cresults? cWhat cdoes cit ctell cus cabout
cpublic chealth cinterventions? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cthe cstudy csuggests cthat ctargeting cindividual cbehaviour, cparticularly cat
cmid-life cor clater, cis cnot ca cvery cproductive cstrategy.
- cpublic chealth cinterventions cmay cnot chave ca cgreat cimpact con cthe cindividual
What cmight caccount cfor clower crates cof csmoking camong cthose cwho care cmore caffluent cand cbetter ceducated cthan cthose cwho
clive cin cpoverty? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cmore cresources cavailable cto chelp cthem cquit
- cmore ceducation cabout cthe crisks cof csmoking
- cdifferent csocietal cstandards
Who cwas cJohn cSnow? cWhy cwas chis cresearch crejected/what care cthe cflaws cin chis cresearch? cWhat cfields cis che ccredited cwith
cinventing? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cphysician c(1813-58) c
- cdiscovered cthe ccause cof ccholera
- cbelieved cthat c"miasma" cor cbad cair ccaused cillness
- cthis c"miasma" cwas cbelieved cto cbe cthe ccause cof ccholera
- cFlaw: cinstead cof clooking cfor cflaws cin cthe cperson ccombining cwith csome cexternal cfactor, che csaw ccholera cas carising cfrom
chow cppl cwere cliving c
- cthis ccreated ca cstigma cwithin csociety
- cSnow cis ccredited cwith cinventing cmodern cepidemiology cand chealth cgeography
Who cwas cFrederich cEngels? cWhat cwere cthe cmain cfindings cof chis cresearch? cWhat cwas chis ctheory cabout c"health-harming
cbehaviours" camong cthe cworking cclass? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- c1820-95
- csought cto cdemonstrate cthat csocial cand ceconomic cchange ccan csubstantially caffect chealth c
-living cand cworking cconditions care cthe cmajor cdeterminants cof chuman chealth cand cwell-being c
- c"health-harming cbehaviours" cwas ca cproduct cof cthe cconditions cunder cwhich cpeople clive, cnot ca cconsequence cof ccharacter
cflaw cor cbad cchoices
Who cwas cRudolf cVirchow? cWhy cis chis cwork cimportant cto cthe cdevelopment cof cpopulation chealth cthinking cand cthe csocial
cdeterminants cof chealth? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- c1821-1902
- cargued cthat cadditional cmedical ccare, cdrugs, cimproved cfood csupply, cetc. cwould cnot cimprove chealth
- cradical, cpolitical, ceconomic cand csocial creforms cwere crequired cto ctransform chealth
Who cwas cEmile cDurkheim? cHow cdid che cunderstand cthe crelationship cbetween cindividual cbehaviours cand csocial ccontext? c-
cCORRECT cANS✔✔- c1858-1917 c- csociologist c
- csuicide cis cnot can cindividual cact cbut cinstead cinfluenced cby csocial cfactors c(SOCY c122 cturn cup)
Who cwas cThomas cMcKeown? cWhat cwas chis cmain cthesis cor cargument? cWhy cwas cit ccontroversial? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔-
1976 c
- cargued cthat cmeasured csuch cas cimmunization cand ctreatment cplayed clittle cto cno crole cin cthe cimprovements cin chealth cevident
cin cwestern cEuropean cpopulation c
- cthe cdecline cwas cdue cto cchanging csocial cand cenvironmental cfactors cinstead, cavailability cand caffordability cof cmore
cnutritionally crich cand cdiverse cfoods
- csocial cchange c> chealth ccare
- cthis ctheory cmay cbe ccorrect cin cthe cpast cbut cnot cin cthe clast c30 cyears cin cadvanced ccountries
Why cdo cdoctors cwho csmoke cless clikely cto cdevelop clung ccancer cthan cnurses cwho csmoke, cwho care cin cturn cless clikely cto
cdevelop clung ccancer cthan chospital csupport cstaff? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cinfluence cof cs.e.s. con chealth cand cincome c
- cdifferent caccess cto cresources cand copportunities
Define cmarginalization: c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔A cform cof coppression cthat cexcludes cwhole cgroups cof cpeople cfrom cuseful cand
cmeaningful cparticipation cin csociety
How ccan cdoctors c"treat" cpoverty?
Why cdoes cDr. cGary cBloch c"prescribe cmoney" cto chis clow-income cphysicians? cHow cdoes che cdo cthis? c- cCORRECT
cANS✔✔***
Define csocial cepidemiology: c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔the cbranch cof cepidemiology c(the cstudy cof cpatterns, ccauses c& ceffects cof
chealth cand cdisease cconditions cin cdefined cpopulations) cthat cstudies chow csocial cposition cand ccontext cinfluences chuman
chealth
What care cthe cfour cmain cfeatures cof csocial cepidemiology? c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔1. cSocial cepidemiology ctakes ca cpopulation-
level cperspective
2. cSocial cepidemiology cconcerns citself cwith cthe csocial ccontext cof cbehaviour
3. cRelies con cmulti-level canalyses
4. ctakes ca cdevelopmental, clife ccourse cperspective
