Social and Behavioural Sciences

Question 1

What are the 5 waves of public health?

Answer 1

1) Cultural - a culture of health
2) Social - determinants of health
3) Clinical - lifestyle related diseases
4) Biomedical - antibiotics, early vaccines
5) Structural - clean water, sewers, drainage

Question 2

define population

Answer 2

a group of people with some shared characteristic

Question 3

Examples of SDOH:

Answer 3

economic stability
education, social and community context
health care accessibility
environment

Question 4

Define economic stability

Answer 4

Connection between financial resources and health

Question 5

Define Neighbourhood and built environment

Answer 5

Connection between residential and health

Question 6

Define social and community context

Answer 6

Connection between health and the way patient learn, work and play

Question 7

Define Health care access and quality

Answer 7

Connection between health and access to care, insurance coverage, and health literacy

Question 8

What is the impact of SDOH on health outcomes?

Answer 8

higher exposure to risk factors for certain diseases

Question 9

Housing instability is associated with…

Answer 9

poorer reported health and disproportionately affects Black and Hispanic households more than Whites based on rent cost burdens

Question 10

Lack of adequate nutrition can have adverse effects on..

Answer 10

growth and development throughout life but more specifically during pregnancy and childhood

Question 11

What are the Factors predicting preventive behaviours?

Answer 11

1. ethnicity
2. political trust
3. in group power
4. trust in science and scientists
5. perceived risk
6. fear of ‘COVID-19’
7. ‘COVID-19’ preventive behaviour

Question 12

What are the Factors predicting preventive behaviours?

Answer 12

1. ethnicity
2. political trust
3. in group power
4. trust in science and scientists
5. perceived risk
6. fear of ‘COVID-19’
7. ‘COVID-19’ preventive behaviour

Question 13

How did government reduce smoking?
The interventions have been implemented at various levels, from the political, to the environmental, to the individual, and included:

Answer 13

1. Informing the population of the risks associated with smoking
2. Providing evidence-based stop smoking services to support people attempting to go smoke free
3. Providing a national accessible training programme for practitioners
4. Increasing tobacco taxes
5. Banning advertising
6. Banning smoking in public places and indoors
7. Requiring plain packaging.