Chapter 1: Intro To SDOH

Question 1

Medical definition of health

Answer 1

The normal physical state, ie, the star of being whole and free from physical, and mental disease or pain, so that the part of body can carry on their proper function

Question 2

WHO definition of health

Answer 2

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity

Question 3

Health is a positive concept emphasizing _______

Answer 3

Personal resources and physical capacities

Question 4

Ottawa charter 1986

Answer 4

Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health

Question 5

Health promotion perspective: health concept

Answer 5

Health concept is individualized, health as functional ability, disease-preventing lifestyle

Question 6

Health promotion perspective: leading health problems

Answer 6

Defined in terms of behavioural risk factors: smoking, poor eating habits, drug abuse, alcohol abuse

Question 7

Socio-ecological model of health

Answer 7

Broader framework that takes contextual factor into account with greater emphasis

Question 8

Population health promotion perspective includes both elements of:

Answer 8

Health concept and leading health problems

Question 9

Population health perspective: health concept

Answer 9

Is a positive state defined in connectedness to family/friends/community; being in control, ability to do things that are important or have meaning, community and societal structures supporting human development

Question 10

Population health perspective: leading health problems

Answer 10

Defined in terms of psychosocial risk factors and socio-environmental risk conditions: poverty, income gap, isolation, pollution, hazardous living and working condition.

Question 11

List Health Canada’s determinants of health

Answer 11

• Personal practices and coping skills
• education and literacy
• Healthy child development
• gender
• culture
• social environment
• biology and genetic endowment
• income and social status
• employment and working condition
• health services
• physical environment
• social support services

Question 12

SDOH

Answer 12

Economic and social condition

Shape the health of individuals,communities and areas as a whole

Question 13

Cumulative mechanism

Answer 13

Effects that are does or exposure dependant, regardless of age or developmental stage
Example: environmental tobacco smoking

Question 14

Programming mechanism

Answer 14

Effects of exposure to risk during sensitive or critical developmental periods.

Can be physical/prenatal or social
Ex: prenatal- before baby is born, mom drinking
Social- putting child to school early and not developed yet for school

Question 15

Depressed mothers (maternal depression)

Answer 15

Less attentive, less positive and less engaged

Question 16

Infants of depressed mothers

Answer 16

Shorter attention span, elevated cortisol levels, elevated Heart rates

Question 17

Life course perspective

Answer 17

Framework developed by halfon and hochstein in 2002

Question 18

Rudolph Virchow

Answer 18

German physician in 1821-1902 also known as the father of modern pathology

Question 19

Where was Rudolph Virchow sent in 1848?

Answer 19

Was sent by Berlin authorities to investigate the epidemic in Upper Selisia

Question 20

Virchows report

Answer 20

His report argued the lack of democracy, feudalism and tax polices in the province were the primary determinant of the inhabitants poor health conditions, inadequate diet and poor hygiene that fuelled the epidemic

Question 21

16 social determinants by York university

Answer 21

• indigenous ancestry
• disability
• early life
• education
• employment and working condition **
• food security
• gender **
• geography
• health care services **
• housing
• immigrant status
• income and its distribution
• race
• social safety net
• social exclusion
• unemployment and employment security

Question 22

Macro context examples

Answer 22

• genetic endowment of species

- physical, social, family and psychological environment

Question 23

Macrocontext

Answer 23

Multiple nested contexts make up the macrocontext/environment of health development.

Question 24

Macrocontext – microcontext

Answer 24

The macrocontext interact with each other and influence and modify the microcontext

Question 25

Microcontext examples

Answer 25

-design,features and strategies
(Growth and maturation)
-health development processes
(Physiological,behavioural pathways and systems)

Question 26

Developmental health outcomes examples.

Answer 26

• life expectancy
• functional capacities
• disease
• disability