SOC 152 Final Exam
Define life expectancy - Answer -the average number of years a person born in that given year can
expect to live
Know general gender differences related to life expectancy and healthcare seeking behavior - Answer -1.
Women out live men by more than 6 yrs
2. Women have worse health than men in many areas
3. Men have more life threatening diseases
4. Men lead more unhealthy lifestyles: smoking, drinking, reckless driving, work around environmental
hazards
5. Men are more reluctant to discuss and seek help for their medical problems
Be able to identify factors that account for the social class-health link - Answer -1. Lack of education
2. Unhealthy lifestyles: smoking, high-fate diet, avoid exercise
4. Poor living conditions
5. Lack of access to adequate healthcare
6. Stress associated with unemployment & low wages
Know trends related to the relationship between race and morbidity. - Answer -1. African Americans
expected to live 5 yrs less than white American
2. Black infants more than twice as likely as white infants to die before 1st birthday; Latino and Native
American infants almost 1.5 times
3. Rates of morbidity are higher for blacks than whites for most diseases
, Define medicalization and be able to identify some examples of medicalization and demedicalization
(Medley-Rath) - Answer -The process by which nonmedical problems become defined and treated as
medical problems
1. Biomedical and Cosmetic Enhancements: aesthetic surgeries
2. Medical Surveillance/Interventions: mammography, pap smears, prenatal testing, male circumcision
3. Medicalization of Normal Life Events: infertility, childbirth, menopause, aging, hormone replacement
therapy, PMS, menstrual suppression, erectile dysfunction
What are the negative consequences of medicalization? (Medley-Rath) - Answer -1. When medical
intervention occurs regardless of medical need and causes harm to individuals
2.Research on deadly disease is often neglected fro more high-profit drug research
3. The boundaries of what is considered normal are narrowed
4. It is economically costly
Review Medley-Rath's discussion about the 1997 FDA ruling that weakened guidelines regarding direct-
to-consumer advertising. - Answer -Give name, uses, and most significant side effects
What do consumers typically see prices for medical procedures? (Rosenthal) - Answer -Consumers do
not see prices until after the service is provided , if at all
What is a produce desert? (Brawley and Goldberg) - Answer -When the primary food stores do not offer
many healthy foods such as fruits and vegetables
How many people were uninsured at the time that the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010? -
Answer -47 million
Know what the main goals of the Affordable Car Act was - Answer -make insurance affordable
Who were some demographic characteristics of the uninsured at the time that the ACA was passed? -
Answer -1. 2/3 were white
2. Members of racial and ethnic groups were more than likely than whites to be uncovered
Define life expectancy - Answer -the average number of years a person born in that given year can
expect to live
Know general gender differences related to life expectancy and healthcare seeking behavior - Answer -1.
Women out live men by more than 6 yrs
2. Women have worse health than men in many areas
3. Men have more life threatening diseases
4. Men lead more unhealthy lifestyles: smoking, drinking, reckless driving, work around environmental
hazards
5. Men are more reluctant to discuss and seek help for their medical problems
Be able to identify factors that account for the social class-health link - Answer -1. Lack of education
2. Unhealthy lifestyles: smoking, high-fate diet, avoid exercise
4. Poor living conditions
5. Lack of access to adequate healthcare
6. Stress associated with unemployment & low wages
Know trends related to the relationship between race and morbidity. - Answer -1. African Americans
expected to live 5 yrs less than white American
2. Black infants more than twice as likely as white infants to die before 1st birthday; Latino and Native
American infants almost 1.5 times
3. Rates of morbidity are higher for blacks than whites for most diseases
, Define medicalization and be able to identify some examples of medicalization and demedicalization
(Medley-Rath) - Answer -The process by which nonmedical problems become defined and treated as
medical problems
1. Biomedical and Cosmetic Enhancements: aesthetic surgeries
2. Medical Surveillance/Interventions: mammography, pap smears, prenatal testing, male circumcision
3. Medicalization of Normal Life Events: infertility, childbirth, menopause, aging, hormone replacement
therapy, PMS, menstrual suppression, erectile dysfunction
What are the negative consequences of medicalization? (Medley-Rath) - Answer -1. When medical
intervention occurs regardless of medical need and causes harm to individuals
2.Research on deadly disease is often neglected fro more high-profit drug research
3. The boundaries of what is considered normal are narrowed
4. It is economically costly
Review Medley-Rath's discussion about the 1997 FDA ruling that weakened guidelines regarding direct-
to-consumer advertising. - Answer -Give name, uses, and most significant side effects
What do consumers typically see prices for medical procedures? (Rosenthal) - Answer -Consumers do
not see prices until after the service is provided , if at all
What is a produce desert? (Brawley and Goldberg) - Answer -When the primary food stores do not offer
many healthy foods such as fruits and vegetables
How many people were uninsured at the time that the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010? -
Answer -47 million
Know what the main goals of the Affordable Car Act was - Answer -make insurance affordable
Who were some demographic characteristics of the uninsured at the time that the ACA was passed? -
Answer -1. 2/3 were white
2. Members of racial and ethnic groups were more than likely than whites to be uncovered
