Social Determinants of Health and Health Equity: Socioeconomic status, race, and gender

Question 1

What does SMART goal stand for?

Answer 1

• Specific
• Measurable
• Attainable
• Relevant
• Time based

Question 2

Overall health and health disparities are shaped significantly by ____ factors

Answer 2

nonmedical

Question 3

~ 95% of the trillion dollars we spend as a nation on health goes to ____ medical care services, while only 5% is allocated to ____-____ approaches. However, some 40% of deaths are caused by ____ patterns that could be modified by preventive interventions.

Answer 3

direct; population-wide; behavior

Question 4

What is the upstream (macro) approach on influencing health behavior?

Answer 4

Approaching health issues from politics/economics/labor markets and social norms

Question 5

What is the downstream (micro) approach on influencing health behavior?

Answer 5

Approaching health issues from genetics, demographic factors, physiology, and cognitive/personality factors

Question 6

What is the in-between (meso) approach on influencing health behavior?

Answer 6

Working from communities, workplaces, families, and interpersonal interactions

Question 7

Differential exposure to ____ experiences is a primary way health inequalities are produced. ____ group members are additionally harmed, and it proliferate over life course, across generations.

Answer 7

stressful; minority

Question 8

“Weathering”: What is the hypothesis presented?

Question 9

“Weathering”: What are the effects on physiological health, mental health, social health, and other areas?

Question 10

“Weathering”: Are there rippling effects? If so, what are they?

Question 11

In the podcast “Weathering”, ____ ____ is a term used to describe wear and tear on the body, consisten with aging. This is higher among ____ than white participants, and ____ of this racial group are most likely to experience high levels of this for age.

Answer 11

allostatic load; black; women

Question 12

Acculturation and Latino Mortality Paradox: Latinx population in the US has a ____ SES profile on average, but they have ____ lifespan in US even with their SES profile, and better health behavior participation than their white counterparts. However, the ____ the person stays in the US, the greater the ____, which make the numbers shift toward trends in the US.

Answer 12

lower; longer; longer; acculturation

Question 13

Unnatural Causes: When the Bough Breaks on the limits of education, income and healthy behavior

Question 14

TBC