Module 5a

Question 1

A famous person:Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902)

Answer 1

young pathologist
lived with coal miners
recommended remediation of social, economic and working conditions(SOCIAL CONDITIONS rather than medical response) .. and was promptly fired.

Question 2

“Health care system … only accounts for ___ of health outcomes”

Answer 2

25%

Question 3

Population health refers to heath of popn as measured by ?

Answer 3

health status indicators and as influenced by social, economic, and physical environments, personal health practices, individual capacity and coping skills, human biology, early childhood development, and health services.

Question 4

As an approach, Population Health focuses on the?
identifies the?
applies the?

Answer 4

the interrelated conditions and factors that influence the health of populations over the life course
, identifies systemic variations in their patterns of occurrence
applies the resulting knowledge to develop and implement policies and actions to improve the health and well-being of those populations”

Question 5

Population Health major focus?

Answer 5

reduction of health inequalities and inequiteis between group

Question 6

Holistic perspective -

Answer 6

physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual dimensions of health
- socio-political context is CRITICAL elememt

Question 7

An Aboriginal health model

Three critical levels:

Answer 7

1) promixal
2) intermediate
3) distal

Question 8

1) Proximal determinants -

Answer 8

health behaviours, physical environments, employment & income, education, food security

Question 9

2) Intermediate determinants -

Answer 9

health care systems, educational systems, community infrastructure, resources, & capacities, cultural continuity, etc

Question 10

3) Distal determinants

Answer 10

– colonialism, racism & social exclusion, self determination

Question 11

Health disparities/inequities are ?

Answer 11

unfair and fixable differences in health status

Question 12

Socio-economic gradient in health shows the ?

Answer 12

worst health for people living on the lowest incomes

Question 13

Striking health disparities between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples (Loppie Reading & Wien 2009)

Answer 13

higher rate of diabetes

- higher rate of tuberculosis
- higher rate of high blood pressure
- higher rate of depressive episodes
- higher rate suicide

Question 14

“Mortality Transition”

Answer 14

– changes in how we (as a society) die

Question 15

3 stages of Mortality Transition

Answer 15

a) The age of pestilence and famine
b) The era of receding pandemics
c) The age of degenerative and man-made diseases