Module 1 Flashcards
Population health deals with the interrelated conditions and factors that influence the health of populations over the life course. True or false
True
From the paper Arnason et al (2019), what was the focus of the paper?
The paper sought to understand how municipal transportation policy impacts incidence of disease
One of the top global causes of death is
a. diabetes
b. lung cancers
c. ischaemic heart disease
d. Alzheimer’s disease
ischaemic heart disease
Which of the following is one of the top causes of death in low-income countries?
a. stroke
b. malaria
c. HIV/AIDS
d. lower respiratory infection
d. lower respiratory infection
Which one of the following is NOT one of the top causes of
death in upper income
countries.
a. stroke
b. lung cancer
c. road injury
d. COVID
d. COVID
The number of newly diagnosed cases of a disease is known as __________
incidence
The prevalence of a disease refers to a measure that can be used to determine a person’s likelihood of having the disease. True or false
True
What is a risk?
The probability of harmful events through an exposure.
What are the two types of risks?
Perceived and actual risk
The three categories of human health risks include …
Physical, biological and chemical
Smoke is an example of a _____________ human health risk.
chemical
Vulnerability refers to the degree to which risk affected populations are likely to suffer from the event occurring. True or false
True
Vulnerability includes the susceptibility to damage and the ____________________________-
capacity to cope
Miratown is a small town on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, woth rise in sea levels Miratown could potentially be wiped out. Miratown is _______________-
socially vulnerable
Which of the following is a factor that contributes to resilience?
a. complaining about a problem
b. availability of social resources
c. maladaptive coping mechanism
d. blaming others for a problem
b. availability of social resources
From the Dr. John Snow and Cholera slide, the cause of the outbreak of cholera was _________________________—-
contaminated water from a broad street pump
Rudolph Virchow argued that the typhus epidemic was due to a lack of democracy, feudalism, and unfair tax policies. True or false.
True
Ana got the flu. What type of risk is this?
Biological
Population health is …
A way to understand the health of populations and develop interventions to protect and improve it.
What did the 1967 Whitehall Study demonstrate?
A health gradient based on social status
The 1985 Whitehall II study showed the proportional relationship between employment grade and health. True or false.
True
In the paper by Marmot and Wilkinson (1999), what is the reason for the difference in health?
The characteristics of the society
True or false. The health gradient cannot change.
False
Governance and occupation are examples of ____________ social determinants of health.
structural
Psychosocial factors are an example of _____________ social determinants of health
intermediary
