Social Determinants of Health

Question 1

How many TB-related deaths were there in 2010?

Answer 1

1.4million

Question 2

What social factors are related to TB prevalence?

Answer 2

Overpopulation Crowding Malnutrition

Question 3

What is DOTS?

Answer 3

Direct Observed Treatment Short course - 6 months of observed TB treatment

Question 4

What factors contribute to the rise of TB in Eastern Europe after the fall of the Soviet Union?

Answer 4

Economic decline

Failure of health programs

Social deprivation

Poor living conditions

Alcoholism

Mixture of civilian and prison populations

Question 5

What are the proximate risk factors for TB?

Answer 5

Exposure to infective droplets

Immune defence status

Malnutrition

Indoor pollution

Alcoholism

Other diseases

Stress and depression

Question 6

What does SES stand for?

Answer 6

Social economic status

Question 7

What is the principle of the Ill Health Cycle

Answer 7

Ill health leads to poverty (unemployment, loss of income, health case costs) and poverty (malnutrition, poor sanitation, shelter, illiteracy, difficult labour) feeds back into ill health.