GLPH 271 - FINAL EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
For all people to realize health in a comprehensive manner health-promoting social conditions
are needed, like (4 things) - ANS 1. The availability of health services
2. Adequate housing
3. Safe work conditions
4. Nutritious food
health defined - ANS " health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
and not simply an absence of disease or infirmity"
- there are a number of cultures who believe spiritual well- being contributes to health
WHO was formed in - ANS 1948
world health day - ANS April 7th
according to the constitution of the Who- health as a human right - ANS the enjoyment of
the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health is one of the fundamental rights
of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political benefit, economic or social
condition"
· In support of this mandate, WHO acts as the directing and coordinating authority for health
within the UN system by: - ANS - Providing leadership on global health matters
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,- Shaping the health research agenda
- Setting norms and standards
- Articulating evidence-based policy options
- Providing technical support to countries
- Monitoring and assessing health trends
the health promotion movement of 1980 was fostered by the Who. This movement brought in
a new understanding of health because it included the dynamic concept of_____ -
ANS Resiliency: the extent to which an individual or group is able to realize aspirations and
satisfy needs, and to change or cope with the environment. Health is a resource of everyday
life, not the objective of living, it is a positive concept, emphasizing social and personal
resources as well as physical capacities
___ + ____ + _____ = resiliency - ANS social support + emotional and mental capabilities +
physical strength = resiliency
Global health as a discipline was established on the basis of four factors - ANS 1. Decision
making based on data and evidence - vital statistics, surveillance and outbreak investigations,
laboratory science
2. A focus on populations rather than individuals
3. A goal of social justice and equity
4. An emphasis on prevention rather than curative care
What is global health - ANS an area of study, research and practice that places a priority on
improving health and achieving equity in health for all people worldwide. Global health
emphasizes transnational health issues, determinants, and solutions, involves many disciplines
within and beyond the health sciences and promoted interdisciplinary collaboration, and is a
synthesis of population based prevention with individual level clinical care
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,What is public health - ANS the organized efforts of society to keep people healthy and
prevent injury, illness and premature death. It is a combination of programs, services and
policies that protect and promote the health of all
- promoted the highest attainment of health for all people and death with health from a
population perspective. Public health ensures that health is addressed early in life and that
access to health resources are available as needed
public health activities fall under one of the three areas, what are they (3Ps) - ANS 1.
Prevention: vaccinations for the flu, immunization programs
2. Promotion: encouraging active transportation, breast feeding initiatives, nutritional
education programs
3. Protection: food inspection, evaluating air and water quality
Role of public health: aims to keep the population healthy through the following activities (5) -
ANS - Health protection
- Health promotion
- Health and disease surveillance
- Disease and injury prevention
- Population health assessment
social determinant of health definition: - ANS factors that would modify a persons physical,
mental, social or spiritual wellbeing
- Determinants can be through of as conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and
age they play a key role in determining a populations health
Individual social determinants of health (15) - ANS 1. health services
2. social safety net
3. food insecurity
4. social exclusion
5. employment and working conditions
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, 6. race
7. education
8. income and income distribution
9. early life
10. early life
11. housing
12. disability
13. gender
14. Indigenous status
15. Unemployment and job security
Factors what influence health (3 main factors) - ANS illness results from the interplay
between external factors, internal factors and the social determinates of health
what makes Canadians sick? (4 things- percentages) - ANS 50% your life
25% your health care
15% your biology
10% your environment
health equity definition - ANS the absence of avoidance or remediable health differences
among groups of people, whether those groups are defined socially, economically,
demographically or geographically
he ultimate goal of addressing health inequities and disparities is to achieve____ _____ -
ANS ·health equity
upstream prevention - ANS interventions that aim to treat the cause of a health problem
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
For all people to realize health in a comprehensive manner health-promoting social conditions
are needed, like (4 things) - ANS 1. The availability of health services
2. Adequate housing
3. Safe work conditions
4. Nutritious food
health defined - ANS " health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being
and not simply an absence of disease or infirmity"
- there are a number of cultures who believe spiritual well- being contributes to health
WHO was formed in - ANS 1948
world health day - ANS April 7th
according to the constitution of the Who- health as a human right - ANS the enjoyment of
the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health is one of the fundamental rights
of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political benefit, economic or social
condition"
· In support of this mandate, WHO acts as the directing and coordinating authority for health
within the UN system by: - ANS - Providing leadership on global health matters
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,- Shaping the health research agenda
- Setting norms and standards
- Articulating evidence-based policy options
- Providing technical support to countries
- Monitoring and assessing health trends
the health promotion movement of 1980 was fostered by the Who. This movement brought in
a new understanding of health because it included the dynamic concept of_____ -
ANS Resiliency: the extent to which an individual or group is able to realize aspirations and
satisfy needs, and to change or cope with the environment. Health is a resource of everyday
life, not the objective of living, it is a positive concept, emphasizing social and personal
resources as well as physical capacities
___ + ____ + _____ = resiliency - ANS social support + emotional and mental capabilities +
physical strength = resiliency
Global health as a discipline was established on the basis of four factors - ANS 1. Decision
making based on data and evidence - vital statistics, surveillance and outbreak investigations,
laboratory science
2. A focus on populations rather than individuals
3. A goal of social justice and equity
4. An emphasis on prevention rather than curative care
What is global health - ANS an area of study, research and practice that places a priority on
improving health and achieving equity in health for all people worldwide. Global health
emphasizes transnational health issues, determinants, and solutions, involves many disciplines
within and beyond the health sciences and promoted interdisciplinary collaboration, and is a
synthesis of population based prevention with individual level clinical care
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,What is public health - ANS the organized efforts of society to keep people healthy and
prevent injury, illness and premature death. It is a combination of programs, services and
policies that protect and promote the health of all
- promoted the highest attainment of health for all people and death with health from a
population perspective. Public health ensures that health is addressed early in life and that
access to health resources are available as needed
public health activities fall under one of the three areas, what are they (3Ps) - ANS 1.
Prevention: vaccinations for the flu, immunization programs
2. Promotion: encouraging active transportation, breast feeding initiatives, nutritional
education programs
3. Protection: food inspection, evaluating air and water quality
Role of public health: aims to keep the population healthy through the following activities (5) -
ANS - Health protection
- Health promotion
- Health and disease surveillance
- Disease and injury prevention
- Population health assessment
social determinant of health definition: - ANS factors that would modify a persons physical,
mental, social or spiritual wellbeing
- Determinants can be through of as conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and
age they play a key role in determining a populations health
Individual social determinants of health (15) - ANS 1. health services
2. social safety net
3. food insecurity
4. social exclusion
5. employment and working conditions
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, 6. race
7. education
8. income and income distribution
9. early life
10. early life
11. housing
12. disability
13. gender
14. Indigenous status
15. Unemployment and job security
Factors what influence health (3 main factors) - ANS illness results from the interplay
between external factors, internal factors and the social determinates of health
what makes Canadians sick? (4 things- percentages) - ANS 50% your life
25% your health care
15% your biology
10% your environment
health equity definition - ANS the absence of avoidance or remediable health differences
among groups of people, whether those groups are defined socially, economically,
demographically or geographically
he ultimate goal of addressing health inequities and disparities is to achieve____ _____ -
ANS ·health equity
upstream prevention - ANS interventions that aim to treat the cause of a health problem
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