Introduction to Public Health

Question 1

What 4 categories influence an individual’s health?

Answer 1

1) Biological Factors
2) Personal Lifestyle
3) Health Services
4) Physical and Social Environment

Question 2

Are health inequalities growing or decreasing?

Answer 2

Growing (Confirmed by the 1980 Black Report)

Question 3

What did the 1988 Acheson report suggest to reduce health inequalities?

Answer 3

1) Prioritise family health

2) Reduce income inequalities and improve living conditions

Question 4

What is the Whitehall study of British civil servants?

Answer 4

Info on civil servant risk factors collected and showed how inequalities projected between the different employment brackets