1 - Global Determinants of Health

Question 1

What is population health affected by?

Answer 1

• Demographic shape (age-sex)
• Economic compositon (wealth distribution)
• Behavioural and lifestyle factors (exercise, diet)

Question 2

What does the burden of disease, ageing and disability depend on?

Answer 2

• Population size
• Population shape
• Age-sex specific rates

Question 3

What are sociodemographic factors?

Answer 3

• Demographic transition
• Economic transition
• Behavioural and lifestyle

(POPULATION HEALTH)

Question 4

What are population factors?

Answer 4

• Population size
• Population shape
• Age-sex specific rates

(BURDEN OF DISEASE)

Question 5

How does population science make assumptions about the population in general?

Answer 5

Sampling

Question 6

What is population strategy and high risk strategy?

Answer 6

PS - Targeting whole population

HRS - Targeting those at high risk

Go for the one that is going to lower the risk or disease the most

Question 7

What is Geoffrey Rose’s Prevention Paradox?

Answer 7

• Large numbers of people must participate in a preventative strategy for direct benefit to relatively few. (e.g fluoride in water)
• Large number of people at small risk may generate more cases than a small number at a higher risk

Question 8

What is a nanny state?

Answer 8

Term that describes the government as being overprotective or removing free choice (e.g fluoride in water)

Question 9

What is

• Demography?
• Epidemiology?
• Statistics?

Answer 9

1. Study of size and shape of population
2. Study of disease in populations
3. Study of data in numerical form

Question 10

What is cause and consequence?

Answer 10

Cause:

Demography, Epidemiology, Statistics

Consequence:

Public Health, Disease prevention, Health promotion

Question 11

Describe the demographic transition model?

Answer 11

Allows you to view natural increase and decline

Question 12

What are the 6 leading causes of death in the 21st century in order?

Answer 12

• Dementia
• Heart Diseases
• Cerebrovascular diseases (e.g stroke)
• Chronic lower respiratory diseases (COPD)
• Cancer (Lung)
• Diabetes

Question 13

Label these graphs?

Answer 13

Say about youthful, ageing and dependent populations

Question 14

How does disability vary with demographic transition?

Answer 14

Cause = Demographic transition

Consequence: Prevalence of disability

Question 15

What are the consequences of finances on healthcare in England?

Answer 15

Question 16

Which country has the best healthcare?

Answer 16

UK in everything but keeping people living longer (we are worst at that)

Question 17

What is the relationship between money spent per person in healthcare and the quality of healthcare?

Answer 17

Not necessarily a relationship

America have highest money spent from government on healthcare and not the best!! This is because half the money isn’t spent on half the people