Thinking like a public health professional

Question 1

key indictors for health

Answer 1

life expectancy
healthy life expectancy/disability adjusted life years
morbidity
mortality

Question 2

health inequalities

Answer 2

differences in health between people or groups of people that may be considered unfair

Question 3

social determinants of health

Answer 3

conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age
shaped by the distribution of money, power and resources at global, national and local levels

Question 4

examples of social determinants of health

Answer 4

poverty
social networks
housing
education
employment conditions
transport
environment
nutrition

Question 5

poverty

Answer 5

one in five live in poverty
low income children, levels of good development are higher in more deprived areas than less deprived areas

Question 6

housing

Answer 6

impacts of poverty on households include reducing household ability to heat homes to a sufficient standard to be healthy, can have serious impacts on health
children living in cold homes are more than twice as likely to suffer fro respiratory problems than children living in warm homes

Question 7

family, friends and communities

Answer 7

social isolation and loneliness are associated with a 30% increased risk of heart disease and stroke

Question 8

education

Answer 8

people with lowest life expectancy are three times more likely to have no qualifications compared with highest life expectancy
third of children eligible for free school meals do well at GCSE

Question 9

employment conditions

Answer 9

young adults who are unemployed are more than twice as likely to suffer from mental ill health than those in work
increase in poor quality work
number of people on zero hour contracts has increased since 2010

Question 10

our environment

Answer 10

children in deprived areas are nine times less likely to have access to green space and places to play

Question 11

nutrition

Answer 11

three times more expensive to get energy we need from healthy food than unhealthy food
poor diet of people in poverty is largely result of poverty not poor choices

Question 12

marmot principles to tackle health inequalities

Answer 12

1. give every child best start in life
2. enable all children, young people and adults to maximise capabilities and have control over their lives
3. create fair employment
4. ensure healthy standard of living for all
5. create and develop healthy and sustainable places and communities
6. strengthen the role and impact of ill-health prevention
7. tackle discrimination, racism and their outcomes
8. pursue environmental sustainability and health equity together