Test 1

Question 1

Relative Poverty

Answer 1

-income falls below a certain percentage of the median income
-not enough money/resources to live up to standards of society

Question 2

Absolute poverty

Answer 2

-do not have access to basic necessities (food, water, shelter, etc.)

Question 3

Epidemiology

Answer 3

-measuring/studying disease in a population

Question 4

Inequality vs Inequity

Answer 4

-Inequality is uneven distribution of resources
-Inequity is even but unethical distribution of resources

Question 5

Primary Care

Answer 5

-first point of contact (family doctor)

Question 6

Secondary Care

Answer 6

-routine treatment services (psychiatrist)

Question 7

Tertiary Care

Answer 7

-complex and specialized (cancer centres)

Question 8

Social Care

Answer 8

-long-term care (elderly, disabilities)

Question 9

Informal care

Answer 9

-provided by family

Question 10

Relative risks

Answer 10

-the strength of associations between factors and outcomes (how strong is the association between poverty and health?)

Question 11

Cross-sectional study

Answer 11

-Data is collected at a specific point in time
-identify coorelations

Question 12

Case control studies

Answer 12

-examine relationship between a putative factor and a disease
-study two populations (one exposed and one not)

Question 13

Cohort Study

Answer 13

-follow a group of people over time
-record factors impacting health and changes in health

Question 14

Collinearity Problem

Answer 14

-unsure of contribution of individual variables because they are all so similar (hard to isolate)

Question 15

GDP (Gross Domestic Product)

Answer 15

-total value of good and services produced in a region at a specific point in time

Question 16

Purchasing Power Parity

Answer 16

-way of comparing economic productivity and standards of living between countries
-if two baskets of good cost the same, the country is at equilibrium

Question 17

Gini Index

Answer 17

-tells you how much the distribution of income in households deviates from what is considered equal distribution
-measured via Lorenz curve

Question 18

Conservationism

Answer 18

-pushing to reduce government intervention via reduced regulations and lower taxes

Question 19

Social Capital Theory

Answer 19

-equal societies are healthier (more solidarity, social support, trust)

Question 20

Sociology and Criminology

Answer 20

-social change increases stress, social dislocation and dysfunctional behaviour

Question 21

Primatology

Answer 21

-higher hierarchal position leads to improved health

Question 22

Gini Coeficient

Answer 22

-statistical measure of economic equality in a population

Question 23

HBDC Market Basket

Answer 23

-Canada’s poverty line
-income needed by a household to meet credible community norms

Question 24

Social Mobility

Answer 24

-the shift between social statuses

Question 25

Social Mobility Matrix

Answer 25

-comparing the size of inequalities between 1 ) the socially stable and 2) the whole populations

Question 26

Social Protection

Answer 26

-the idea that previous socioeconomic circumstances decide the impact of new ones

Question 27

Christopher Sarlo

Answer 27

-believes relative poverty is unnecessary to consider

Question 28

Programming

Answer 28

-early experiences that have implications on child development

Question 29

Latency

Answer 29

-the relationship between exposure and probability of health outcomes

Question 30

Cumulative

Answer 30

-the combined effect of multiple exposures

Question 31

Pathways

Answer 31

-how exposures influence the probability of others (domino effect)

Question 32

4 Factors that impact health

Answer 32

1. Income
2. Housing
3. Nutrition
4. Early Child Development

Question 33

Direct Health Selection Hypothesis

Answer 33

-poorer health increases risk of unemployment

Question 34

Indirect Selection Hypothesis

Answer 34

-Characteristics such as personality traits can be cofounders of health and unemployment

Question 34

Indirect Selection Hypothesis

Answer 34

-Characteristics such as personality traits can be cofounders of health and unemployment

Question 34

Indirect Selection Hypothesis

Answer 34

-Characteristics such as personality traits can be cofounders of health and unemployment

Question 35

Latend Conciquences

Answer 35

-non-fiction benefits to individuals as a result of employment (self-esteem, etc.)

Question 36

Vitamin Theory

Answer 36

-the benefits of work on mental health includes: physical activity, mental activity, use of skills, etc.