HSCI 345 midterm Exam (latest update
2025-2026) questions and 100% correct
answers [Grade A]
Determinants of prediabetes in Canadian youth Rodd, C et all. 2018 - correct answer -
2 cycles of data from Canadian health measures survey
- Youth ages 6-19 years
examined biological and socio-economic risk factors
- Biological (sex, age, BMI, waist circumference, self-reported physical activity, *race)
- Socioeconomic - income adequacy, highest education level of household,
immigrant status, region
Results:
- Risk factors - male, obese, non-White, region, physical activity
Adjusted model
- "even after adjusting for biological variables, lower education and middle-income
adequacy were associated with increased odds of prediabetes" (pg. 253)
- "increased physical activity was significantly associated with a reduced risk of
prediabetes for those 12 years and older in the fully adjusted model"
2014 Ontario Child Health Study Findings Waddell et. All. (2019) - correct answer -
Examining mental disorder
, HSCI 345 midterm Exam (latest update
2025-2026) questions and 100% correct
answers [Grade A]
- main social influences: relative socio-economic disadvantage and neighborhood
adversity
- proposes six steps to address issues:
1. Coherent policy leadership
2. Make and sustain comprehensive children's mental health plans
3. Ensure the use of effective interventions
4. Use innovative service approaches
5. Address avoidable childhood adversity
6. Dedicated budgets
Adolescent socio-economic status and mental health inequalities in the Netherlands
Weinberg et/ al. (2019) - correct answer Results:
range of measures of SES all important
- parental socioeconomic status
- self-perceived subjective SES
- adolescent educational level
resilience can be supported by - correct answer -positive peer and familial
relationships
-cohesive neighborhoods
, HSCI 345 midterm Exam (latest update
2025-2026) questions and 100% correct
answers [Grade A]
-good self-esteem, internal locus control, communication skills,
limitation on external factors of resilience - correct answer there is emerging studies
on skin-deep resiliance
despite established skin-deep resilience - correct answer structural inequities and
discrimination can break down resiliance and harm health
Application/case study refugee youth in hamilton edge et. All (2014) - correct answer
qualitative inquiry involving focus groups and interviews
18 - 26 year old refugee youth in Hamilton, Ontario
youth identified three salient concepts: Sense of belonging and positive identity
Mental and emotional well-being and the ability to cope Support environments and
relationships that facilitate agency, self-determination and empowerment
sleep is not - correct answer simply rest
for sleep what needs to be examined - correct answer -continuity, timing, patterning
of different stages of sleep
-restorative function of sleep
-across species more sleep is requires in younger than older
, HSCI 345 midterm Exam (latest update
2025-2026) questions and 100% correct
answers [Grade A]
REM - correct answer describes sleep in which vivid dreams typically occur; this type
of sleep increases as the night progresses while stage 4 sleep decreases
-restorative process happens here
-deepest stage
REM has aspects of - correct answer deep and light sleep
what happens during REM - correct answer -changes in body, muscle tone
-temp regulation
-respiration greater in REM
-occurs in cycles of 90 mins
easy to awaken someone from - correct answer REM
non-REM is divided into - correct answer 4 stages of sleep
stages 3 and 4 of sleep - correct answer stage of sleep associated with delta waves
delta sleep - correct answer increases in relation to length of hours awake
2025-2026) questions and 100% correct
answers [Grade A]
Determinants of prediabetes in Canadian youth Rodd, C et all. 2018 - correct answer -
2 cycles of data from Canadian health measures survey
- Youth ages 6-19 years
examined biological and socio-economic risk factors
- Biological (sex, age, BMI, waist circumference, self-reported physical activity, *race)
- Socioeconomic - income adequacy, highest education level of household,
immigrant status, region
Results:
- Risk factors - male, obese, non-White, region, physical activity
Adjusted model
- "even after adjusting for biological variables, lower education and middle-income
adequacy were associated with increased odds of prediabetes" (pg. 253)
- "increased physical activity was significantly associated with a reduced risk of
prediabetes for those 12 years and older in the fully adjusted model"
2014 Ontario Child Health Study Findings Waddell et. All. (2019) - correct answer -
Examining mental disorder
, HSCI 345 midterm Exam (latest update
2025-2026) questions and 100% correct
answers [Grade A]
- main social influences: relative socio-economic disadvantage and neighborhood
adversity
- proposes six steps to address issues:
1. Coherent policy leadership
2. Make and sustain comprehensive children's mental health plans
3. Ensure the use of effective interventions
4. Use innovative service approaches
5. Address avoidable childhood adversity
6. Dedicated budgets
Adolescent socio-economic status and mental health inequalities in the Netherlands
Weinberg et/ al. (2019) - correct answer Results:
range of measures of SES all important
- parental socioeconomic status
- self-perceived subjective SES
- adolescent educational level
resilience can be supported by - correct answer -positive peer and familial
relationships
-cohesive neighborhoods
, HSCI 345 midterm Exam (latest update
2025-2026) questions and 100% correct
answers [Grade A]
-good self-esteem, internal locus control, communication skills,
limitation on external factors of resilience - correct answer there is emerging studies
on skin-deep resiliance
despite established skin-deep resilience - correct answer structural inequities and
discrimination can break down resiliance and harm health
Application/case study refugee youth in hamilton edge et. All (2014) - correct answer
qualitative inquiry involving focus groups and interviews
18 - 26 year old refugee youth in Hamilton, Ontario
youth identified three salient concepts: Sense of belonging and positive identity
Mental and emotional well-being and the ability to cope Support environments and
relationships that facilitate agency, self-determination and empowerment
sleep is not - correct answer simply rest
for sleep what needs to be examined - correct answer -continuity, timing, patterning
of different stages of sleep
-restorative function of sleep
-across species more sleep is requires in younger than older
, HSCI 345 midterm Exam (latest update
2025-2026) questions and 100% correct
answers [Grade A]
REM - correct answer describes sleep in which vivid dreams typically occur; this type
of sleep increases as the night progresses while stage 4 sleep decreases
-restorative process happens here
-deepest stage
REM has aspects of - correct answer deep and light sleep
what happens during REM - correct answer -changes in body, muscle tone
-temp regulation
-respiration greater in REM
-occurs in cycles of 90 mins
easy to awaken someone from - correct answer REM
non-REM is divided into - correct answer 4 stages of sleep
stages 3 and 4 of sleep - correct answer stage of sleep associated with delta waves
delta sleep - correct answer increases in relation to length of hours awake
