GLPH 171 – Final Exam Questions with Complete Solutions –
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the absence of illness - ANS ✔Medical definition of Health
a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not simply the absence of disease
or infirmity - ANS ✔World Health Organization (WHO) health definition
a broader definition of health.... likely includes: social cohesion, support, a sense of belonging
and connection/ takes into account the social and biological precursors of health - ANS ✔Why is
the WHO definition better?
Individual. household. community. national. international - ANS ✔Levels of Health determinants
genes;age;parity;birth order;education;employment;decision making;marital status - ANS
✔individual health determinants
household access to resources;SES of household - ANS ✔household health determinants
level of development;rural/urban;stratefied or homogeneous;inheritance;martial norms - ANS
✔community health determinants
country size; population; development level; government structure; health system structure;
global market dependence; health policies - ANS ✔national health determinants
balance of power btw geopolitical sources; health sector reform, economic idealogies,
international human rights - ANS ✔internation health determinants
, connections btw determinants; combined effects; individual impacts - ANS ✔what to consider
about SDHs
The study of the distribution, determinants and deterrents of morbidity (illness, disease, injury,
etc) and mortality (death) in human population. - ANS ✔epidemiology
uses probability and statistical reasoning to study "how and why different patterns of health and
disease occur among various subgroups in a population - ANS ✔how does epidemiology work
those being examined as predictors of an outcome - ANS ✔independent variable
the outcome(s) - ANS ✔dependent variable
proximity to water pumps - ANS ✔what caused the rise of cholera in 1854 london
means that changes in an independent variable lead to changes in a dependent variable. - ANS
✔causation
relationship between two or more variable that does not infer causality. - ANS ✔Correlation
1. A strong association between variables to rule out other explanations 2. Must be
demonstrated repeatedly (replicability)3. The cause should occur before the effect (temporal
change)4. Increased exposure should increase the chance or magnitude of the effect5. Must be
plausible6. Must not contradict other knowledge 7. Is verifiable by experiments - ANS ✔Criteria
for causation
which is within a causal pathway. - ANS ✔Interaction (aka effect modification): when the
magnitude of an association between an independent and a dependant variable varies
according to the level of a third variable
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the absence of illness - ANS ✔Medical definition of Health
a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not simply the absence of disease
or infirmity - ANS ✔World Health Organization (WHO) health definition
a broader definition of health.... likely includes: social cohesion, support, a sense of belonging
and connection/ takes into account the social and biological precursors of health - ANS ✔Why is
the WHO definition better?
Individual. household. community. national. international - ANS ✔Levels of Health determinants
genes;age;parity;birth order;education;employment;decision making;marital status - ANS
✔individual health determinants
household access to resources;SES of household - ANS ✔household health determinants
level of development;rural/urban;stratefied or homogeneous;inheritance;martial norms - ANS
✔community health determinants
country size; population; development level; government structure; health system structure;
global market dependence; health policies - ANS ✔national health determinants
balance of power btw geopolitical sources; health sector reform, economic idealogies,
international human rights - ANS ✔internation health determinants
, connections btw determinants; combined effects; individual impacts - ANS ✔what to consider
about SDHs
The study of the distribution, determinants and deterrents of morbidity (illness, disease, injury,
etc) and mortality (death) in human population. - ANS ✔epidemiology
uses probability and statistical reasoning to study "how and why different patterns of health and
disease occur among various subgroups in a population - ANS ✔how does epidemiology work
those being examined as predictors of an outcome - ANS ✔independent variable
the outcome(s) - ANS ✔dependent variable
proximity to water pumps - ANS ✔what caused the rise of cholera in 1854 london
means that changes in an independent variable lead to changes in a dependent variable. - ANS
✔causation
relationship between two or more variable that does not infer causality. - ANS ✔Correlation
1. A strong association between variables to rule out other explanations 2. Must be
demonstrated repeatedly (replicability)3. The cause should occur before the effect (temporal
change)4. Increased exposure should increase the chance or magnitude of the effect5. Must be
plausible6. Must not contradict other knowledge 7. Is verifiable by experiments - ANS ✔Criteria
for causation
which is within a causal pathway. - ANS ✔Interaction (aka effect modification): when the
magnitude of an association between an independent and a dependant variable varies
according to the level of a third variable
