Lecture 14: A population health perspective

Question 1

What is population health?

Answer 1

“the health outcomes of a group of individuals including
the distribution of such outcomes within the group”

Question 2

List 2 important patterns of health
distribution in New Zealand

Answer 2

Ethnicity
Socioeconomic status

Question 3

What is NZDep?

Answer 3

Area based measure of deprivation
Areas of ~100-200 people
Deciles: one is an area with least deprived score, ten is an
area with the most deprived score

Question 4

Define absolute poverty

Answer 4

Income level below which a minimum nutritionally adequate diet plus essential non-food requirements is not affordable.

Question 5

Define relative poverty

Answer 5

“The amount of income a person, family, or group needs to
purchase a relative amount of basic necessities of life; these
basic necessities are identified relative to each society and
economy”

Question 6

Define social determinants of health

Answer 6

“The social determinants of health are the conditions in
which people are born, grow, live, work and age, and the wider set of
forces and systems shaping the conditions of daily life.”