Social Determinants of Health

Question 1

When was the NHS established?

Answer 1

1948

Question 2

When was national insurance introduced?

Answer 2

1911

Question 3

What was Charles Thackrah a pioneer in?

Answer 3

Occupational medicine

-Showed lead in glazing caused death

Question 4

What did Heinrich Koch prove?

Answer 4

Microorganisms cause disease

Question 5

What are social determinants?

Answer 5

Economic and social conditions that influence differences in health

Question 6

What is the difference between a necessary cause and a sufficient cause?

Answer 6

NECESSARY CAUSE - presence required for an event to occur

SUFFICIENT CAUSE - a factor whose presence leads to an event (other exposures may lead to same outcome)

Question 7

Is Trisomy 21 a necessary or sufficient cause of Down syndrome?

Answer 7

Both

Question 8

Is a pathogen a necessary or sufficient cause of a disease?

Answer 8

Necessary cause

Can be exposed without&raquo_space; disease

Question 9

Is UV light a necessary or sufficient cause of skin cancer?

Answer 9

Sufficient cause

Question 10

Is smoking a necessary or sufficient cause of lung cancer?

Answer 10

Neither

Question 11

What is the postcode lottery?

Answer 11

Location determines quality of healthcare access

Question 12

How does education affect the chance of illness?

Answer 12

Poor education&raquo_space; more likely to have illness >40 years

Question 13

Roughly how many people die a year worldwide?

Answer 13

57 million