HK 100 EXAM 1 CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION TESTED QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● what does PICO stand for
Answer: Patient/Population/Problem, Intervention/Exposure,
Comparison, Outcome
●● what is the upstream approach
Answer: an idea that larger factors such as access to healthcare have
factors that affect someone at a lower level and has bigger implications
●● what are macro on upstream influences
Answer: politics, economics, labor markets, social norms
●● what are meso on upstream influences
Answer: communities, workplace, families
●● what are micro (downstream) upstream influences
Answer: genetics, demographic factors, physiology
●● what are social determinants of health
,Answer: -neighborhood and built environment
-health and health care
-social and community context
-education
-economic stability
●● what is weathering
Answer: long term stressors eventually hurting someones health
●● allostatic load
Answer: - wear and tear on the body caused by prolonged or excessive
stress responses
- always higher for black individuals
●● how does latinx population lifespan compare to US
Answer: - latinx has lowest SES
- latinx has longest lifespan
●● acculturation
Answer: - the adoption of cultural traits, such as language, by one group
under the influence of another
- high acculturation is associated with worse health outcomes
, ●● what does discrimination lead to
Answer: - institutional practice
- health damage self perception
- stereotype threat
●● what is the term miasma? where did it come from?
Answer: - Miasma is a fundamentally a term that refers to the polluted
air that is surrounding communities where lower socioeconomic status
individuals live. However, miasma is used by the author in the context
that it is a term used to describe broader environmental factors that have
negative outcomes for one's overall health
-19th century origin
●● 1994 HUD experiment
Answer: -housing voucher that moves to low poverty trade
- government help pay rent
- improved physical health and mental health in adults
- young females improved mental health
- no improvement in physical health overall
●● stress
Answer: experience of racism, classism, discrimination, with poor health
outcomes
EVALUATION TESTED QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● what does PICO stand for
Answer: Patient/Population/Problem, Intervention/Exposure,
Comparison, Outcome
●● what is the upstream approach
Answer: an idea that larger factors such as access to healthcare have
factors that affect someone at a lower level and has bigger implications
●● what are macro on upstream influences
Answer: politics, economics, labor markets, social norms
●● what are meso on upstream influences
Answer: communities, workplace, families
●● what are micro (downstream) upstream influences
Answer: genetics, demographic factors, physiology
●● what are social determinants of health
,Answer: -neighborhood and built environment
-health and health care
-social and community context
-education
-economic stability
●● what is weathering
Answer: long term stressors eventually hurting someones health
●● allostatic load
Answer: - wear and tear on the body caused by prolonged or excessive
stress responses
- always higher for black individuals
●● how does latinx population lifespan compare to US
Answer: - latinx has lowest SES
- latinx has longest lifespan
●● acculturation
Answer: - the adoption of cultural traits, such as language, by one group
under the influence of another
- high acculturation is associated with worse health outcomes
, ●● what does discrimination lead to
Answer: - institutional practice
- health damage self perception
- stereotype threat
●● what is the term miasma? where did it come from?
Answer: - Miasma is a fundamentally a term that refers to the polluted
air that is surrounding communities where lower socioeconomic status
individuals live. However, miasma is used by the author in the context
that it is a term used to describe broader environmental factors that have
negative outcomes for one's overall health
-19th century origin
●● 1994 HUD experiment
Answer: -housing voucher that moves to low poverty trade
- government help pay rent
- improved physical health and mental health in adults
- young females improved mental health
- no improvement in physical health overall
●● stress
Answer: experience of racism, classism, discrimination, with poor health
outcomes
