session 3

Question 1

There are 4 explanations for health inequalities :

Answer 1

1. Artifact
2. Social selection
3. Behavioral – cultural
4. Materialist

Question 2

The artifact explanation of inequalires

Answer 2

the existence of health inequalities is due to the way
statistics are collected and in particular to problems with the measurement of
class, quality of data and method of measurement.

Question 3

The social selection explanation

Answer 3

direction of causation is from health to social
position not from social position to health. Sick individuals move down social
hierarchy, healthy individuals move up

Question 4

The Materialist explanation

Answer 4

inequalities in health arise from differential access to

material resources

Question 5

The Behavioral – cultural explanation

Answer 5

ill health is due to people’s choices and
decisions, people from disadvantaged backgrounds tend to engage in more
health-damaging behaviors

Question 6

health inequality

Answer 6

health inequality that people and societies have different indicators of health

Question 7

health inequity

Answer 7

health inequity means the providing of health services is not fair.

Question 8

what are the social variblles

Answer 8

gender, address, job, income, education, ethnicity,

culture and others