Unit 10 Flashcards
What plays a significant role that influence health?
geography
What are some factors influenced by geography that impact health?
a. Social media usage
b. Air quality, food, and water
c. Sports preferences
d. Clothing choices
b. Air quality, food, and water
In which territory of Canada do Indigenous people face lower life expectancies?
a. British Columbia
b. Nunavut
c. Ontario
d. Quebec
b. Nunavut
What does the map in Figure 13.2 reveal about Toronto neighborhoods?
a. Income distribution
b. Marginalization index scores
c. Educational attainment
d. Population density
b. Marginalization index scores
According to the policy implications, what should governments do regarding the impact of industrial pollution?
a. Ignore it
b. Enact laws regulating environmental impact
c. Blame the affected communities
d. Provide subsidies to polluting industries
b. Enact laws regulating environmental impact
Why is geography especially crucial for Indigenous health, according to the information?
a. Due to their unique diets
b. Because of their cultural practices
c. It is not emphasized for Indigenous health
d. Intrinsic connection between physical geography and well-being
d. Intrinsic connection between physical geography and well-being
Geopgraphy’s impact is particularly crucial for who’s health?
Indigenous health
When did the term “globalization” gain political and scholarly currency?
a. 1970s
b. 1990s
c. 2000s
d. 1980s
b. 1990s
What is neoliberalism’s emphasis among the following?
a. State intervention
b. Trade restrictions
c. Free markets and minimal state governance
d. Social equality
c. Free markets and minimal state governance
What caused the 2008 global financial crisis, according to the information?
a. Increased government spending
b. Financial speculation and deregulation
c. Strict banking regulations
d. Global trade agreements
b. Financial speculation and deregulation
What has OXFAM estimated about the wealth distribution among the richest billionaires and the bottom half of humanity?
a. The bottom half has more wealth.
b. They have equal wealth.
c. The top billionaires have more wealth.
d. Wealth distribution is unknown.
c. The top billionaires have more wealth.
What does the summary propose as a potential solution to address the negative impacts of globalization?
a. Increase economic inequality
b. Promote tax evasion
c. Harness globalization’s forces for health equity
d. Ignore international agreements
c. Harness globalization’s forces for health equity
What are some of the humanitarian emergencies directly contributed to by climate change?
a) Earthquakes and tsunamis
b) Heatwaves, wildfires, floods, tropical storms, and hurricanes
c) Epidemics and pandemics
d) Industrial accidents
b) Heatwaves, wildfires, floods, tropical storms, and hurricanes
According to research, how many people are already living in areas highly susceptible to climate change?
a) 1.8 billion
b) 2.5 billion
c) 3.6 billion
d) 4.2 billion
c) 3.6 billion
Between 2030 and 2050, what is the estimated impact of climate change on annual deaths from undernutrition, malaria, diarrhoea, and heat stress alone?
a) 100,000 additional deaths per year
b) 150,000 additional deaths per year
c) 200,000 additional deaths per year
d) 250,000 additional deaths per year
d) 250,000 additional deaths per year
By 2030, what is the estimated direct damage costs to health, excluding costs in health-determining sectors?
a) US$ 1-2 billion per year
b) US$ 2-4 billion per year
c) US$ 5-7 billion per year
d) US$ 8-10 billion per year
b) US$ 2-4 billion per year
Which areas are expected to be the least able to cope with the impacts of climate change on health without assistance?
a) Developed countries with strong health infrastructure
b) Developing countries with strong health infrastructure
c) Developing countries with weak health infrastructure
d) Developed countries with weak health infrastructure
c) Developing countries with weak health infrastructure
What is one effective way to gain very large health benefits by mitigating climate change?
a) Increasing industrial production
b) Expanding deforestation
c) Reducing emissions of greenhouse gases through better transport, food, and energy use choices
d) Ignoring environmental policies
c) Reducing emissions of greenhouse gases through better transport, food, and energy use choices
What are the three main objectives of WHO’s response to the challenges posed by climate change?
a) Enhancing technology, reducing poverty, and promoting tourism
b) Reducing carbon emissions, building better health systems, and protecting health from climate change impacts
c) Expanding industrial production, implementing austerity measures, and improving education
d) Fostering international trade, increasing energy consumption, and promoting urbanization
b) Reducing carbon emissions, building better health systems, and protecting health from climate change impacts
How does WHO aim to promote actions that contribute to both reducing carbon emissions and improving health?
a) By endorsing the use of fossil fuels
b) By advocating for a rapid and equitable transition to a clean energy economy
c) By ignoring climate change mitigation policies
d) By discouraging the health community from engaging in policy change
b) By advocating for a rapid and equitable transition to a clean energy economy
What does WHO emphasize as central components of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and Primary Health Care (PHC) in the context of climate resilience?
a) Environmental degradation and resource depletion
b) Core services, environmental sustainability, and climate resilience
c) High-emitting health systems and technological advancements
d) Rapid urbanization and industrial growth
b) Core services, environmental sustainability, and climate resilience
How does WHO support health systems in becoming more climate-resilient and environmentally sustainable?
a) Encouraging the use of high-emitting technologies
b) Ignoring environmental sustainability in health service investments
c) Supporting health systems to leapfrog to cheaper, cleaner solutions, and decarbonizing high-emitting health systems
d) Promoting reliance on expensive and unreliable energy sources
c) Supporting health systems to leapfrog to cheaper, cleaner solutions, and decarbonizing high-emitting health systems
What is one of the key activities in protecting health from the impacts of climate change, as mentioned by WHO?
a) Ignoring health vulnerabilities and avoiding health plans
b) Implementing climate-informed surveillance and response systems for key risks
c) Discouraging resilience and adaptation in health-determining sectors
d) Advocating for increased financing for high-emitting industries
b) Implementing climate-informed surveillance and response systems for key risks
How does WHO address the financing gap for health adaptation and resilience in the face of climate change?
a) Relying solely on international aid
b) Closing health facilities in vulnerable areas
c) Advocating for increased funding for health adaptation and resilience
d) Ignoring the need for financial resources in health planning
c) Advocating for increased funding for health adaptation and resilience
What was one of Trudeau’s promises related to water issues on First Nations reserves in 2021?
a) To build more water treatment plants
b) To reduce boil water advisories
c) To increase discrimination awareness
d) To provide funding for roads
b) To reduce boil water advisories
How many boil water advisories were there initially, and what is the current status?
a) Initially 56, currently 33
b) Initially 105, currently 56
c) Initially 33, currently 87
d) Initially 87, currently 105
b) Initially 105, currently 56
What is the significance of the Shoal Lake community’s fight for clean water?
a) It led to a reduction in boil water advisories nationwide.
b) It resulted in the construction of Freedom Road.
c) It opened the first-ever water treatment plant in Canada.
d) It received an award for clean water initiatives.
b) It resulted in the construction of Freedom Road.
What role does Freedom Road play in the community’s projects, including the water treatment plant?
a) It serves as a gateway for health services.
b) It is a symbolic gesture with no practical impact.
c) It is essential for accessibility to the community.
d) It leads to isolation in the community.
c) It is essential for accessibility to the community.
What is emphasized as a major factor contributing to the issues faced by Indigenous individuals regarding clean water?
a) Lack of political will
b) Discrimination
c) Shortage of skilled workers
d) Inefficient water treatment plants
b) Discrimination
