Social determinants of health

Question 1

What is a necessary cause?

Answer 1

Presence is required for the occurrence of the event. Can’t have the disease without exposure to the cause but exposure doesn’t always lead to outcome.

Question 2

What is a sufficient cause?

Answer 2

A factor whose presence leads to an effect. Exposure alone would induce the outcome but other exposures may induce the same outcome.

Question 3

What are the determinants of of malaria infection?

Answer 3

Parasite, mosquito, no of infected persons in community, goegraphy, drainage, agriculture.

Question 4

What are the important social determinants involved with malaria infection?

Answer 4

Education, poverty, scarcity of resources, living conditions, household size,

Question 5

What set of factors drives health the most?

Answer 5

Social factors.

Question 6

How much of the variance in health status within a population is down to individuals?

Answer 6

Less than a quarter.

Question 7

Which of these health behaviours has a clear social gradient: smoking or binge drinking?

Answer 7

Binge drinking