Early Population Health

Question 1

Define ‘culture’.

Answer 1

• Way of life
• The way groups do things

Question 2

Define ‘society’.

Answer 2

A large group of people who live together in an organised way, making decisions about how to do things and sharing the work that needs to be done.

Question 3

List features of a society.

Answer 3

• involves institutions and other structures e.g. for producing and distributing food
• may be homogeneous, with shared culture, or heterogeneous e.g. multicultural
• may be egalitarian, feudal, stratified, etc

Question 4

Why is life expectancy a good measure of health?

Answer 4

It synthesises current mortality rates across age groups to provide a single statistic that can be compared over time and place.

Question 5

Define ‘population health’.

Answer 5

An approach that aims to improve
physical and mental health outcomes, promote wellbeing and reduce health inequalities across an entire population.

Question 6

Define ‘social determinants of health’.

Answer 6

The conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age. These
circumstances are shaped by the distribution of money, power and resources at global, national and local levels.

Question 7

What is the characteristic life span of Homosapiens?

Answer 7

Decreasing mortality through infancy & childhood; constant to age 40; then rises.