social determinants of health

Question 1

define determinant

Answer 1

a determining factor or agent. A ruling factor.

Question 2

define determine

Answer 2

to fix or decide causally; to condition as a cause or antecedent.

Question 3

what is a necessary cause in a antecedent study

Answer 3

it’s presence is most definitely required for the occurrence of an event.
Can’t have the disease without exposure to the cause but exposure doesn’t always lead to outcome

Question 4

what is sufficient cause

Answer 4

A factor whose presence leads to an effect.

Exposure alone would induce the outcome but other exposures may induce the same outcome

Question 5

what is an example of necessary and sufficient disorder

Answer 5

genetic disorders.

Question 6

what is an example of a necessary but not sufficent disorder

Answer 6

so you need the exposure but it doesn’t mean it is sufficient to cause the disease
e.g. pathogen.

Question 7

what is an example for a sufficient but not necessary disorder

Answer 7

exposure is enough to cause the disease but not necessarily the only cause of disease.
men fertility

Question 8

what is an example of neither necessary not sufficient disorder

Answer 8

cancer

Question 9

what are the determinants of malaria

Answer 9

parasite, mosquito, infected persons in community, therefore needs certain favourable environmental conditions- location, climate

Question 10

what determines malaria

Answer 10

geographical location

being bitten

Question 11

what are the social determinants of acquiring malaria

Answer 11

education (being aware of early signs) and economic status(buying prevention)

Question 12

what are the factors involved in the social determinants of health

Answer 12

individual lifestyle factors
social and community networks
general socioeconomic, cultural and environmental conditions.

Question 13

what determines health

Answer 13

social and biological factors but mainly biological factors

Question 14

what model explains the differences in health of a population

Answer 14

health determinants such as education, living and working standards are not equally distributed.

Question 15

how is gender a social determinant of health

Answer 15

women are likely to live longer

women over 80 are more likely to get dementia

Question 16

how is ethnicity a social determinant of health

Answer 16

prevalence of diabetes in Bangladeshi- due to high sweet intake.

Question 17

how is education a social determinant

Answer 17

Likelihood of having limiting long-term illness in 40’s increases as your highest educational attainment decreases.
(Educational attainment is linked to socioeconomic position)

Question 18

how is cognitive ability a social determinant

Answer 18

Less smart kids from high status families eventually outperform the more smart kids from low status families.

Question 19

what factor affect health behaviours

Answer 19

socioeconomic status

Smoking for both men and women has a social gradient

Question 20

which socioeconomic group has higher drinking habits

Answer 20

affluent drink more

Question 21

which is the most deprived area

Answer 21

kensington

Question 22

which is the least deprived area

Answer 22

Glasgow

Question 23

how does access to food affect social determinants of health in the most deprived areas

Answer 23

Growing phenomena of food deserts – areas where there is little access to good quality fairly priced healthy food. The rise of large out of town superstores has contributed to this.

Question 24

how does postcode lottery work affect social determinants of health

Answer 24

different CCG’s offer different services and often ration services against the NICE guidelines.

Question 25

what does inequalities in health mean

Answer 25

Variation in health status, life expectancy, mortality and morbidity between different groups
Systematic differences in health that are judged to be avoidable by reasonable action
Unjust distribution of health and healthcare (health inequity)

Question 26

what factors are crucial to explaining health inequalities

Answer 26

structural determinants and conditions of daily life.