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Population and Social Science

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S1) Biopsychosocial Model
What is the biomedical model,
Which 2 factors have led to huge ...,
Distinguish between the common il...
7  cards
S1) Lay Beliefs
What are lay beliefs,
Identify the 3 definitions for th...,
What is the negative definition o...
17  cards
S1) Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health
How can socio economic status be ...,
Explain the relationship between ...,
The black report offers explanati...
10  cards
S2) Health-related Quality of Life
Identify 4 reasons for measuring ...,
Identify 3 commonly used measurem...,
What are patient based outcomes
17  cards
S2) Emotional Responses to Chronic Illness
What is anxiety,
In a patient when could anxiety o...,
How does anxiety manifest
7  cards
S2) Sociological approaches to LTCs
Identify 4 characteristics of lon...,
Describe the illness work of ltcs...,
Describe the illness work of ltcs...
10  cards
S2) Coping
What is coping,
How can social support aid coping,
State 3 ways in which personal co...
9  cards
S3) Stereotypes
What are stereotypes,
How do stereotypes affect how we ...,
Why are stereotypes problematic
8  cards
S3) LGBT
What is sexual orientation,
Can sexual orientation change,
What does msm and wsw stand for
19  cards
S3) Cultural diversity
What is the standard definition o...,
Identify 10 factors which could a...,
Identify 6 behaviorus which are i...
10  cards
S4) Evidence-based Practice
What is the argument for evidence...,
Which two factors should the evid...,
Identify 4 factors which influenc...
8  cards
S4) Resource Allocation
What is explicit rationing,
What is implicit rationing,
Identify 3 advantages of explicit...
5  cards
S4) Healthcare Economics
Scarcity is a basic concept in he...,
Efficiency is a basic concept in ...,
Equity is a basic concept in heal...
21  cards
S5) Health Promotion
What are determinants of health,
Identify some determinants of health,
Why are determinants of health im...
24  cards
S5) Population-based Screening
How can we detect diseases,
Define diagnosis,
What is screening
24  cards
S6) Health-related Behaviour
What are health related behaviours,
Why is there a concern about heal...,
What are behaviours that promote ...
14  cards
S6) Substance Misuse and Treatment Options
What is substance abuse,
Psychoactive substance use can le...,
Identify 5 consequences of depend...
20  cards
S1) Global Determinants of Health
Briefly describe the different st...,
Be able to differentiate between ...,
Identify 5 primary leading causes...
7  cards
S2) Sampling Variation, Bias & Confounding
Differentiate between statistics ...,
What is sampling distribution,
Discuss how we analyse the follow...
19  cards
S2) Epidemiological Study Designs
Identify the epidemiological stud...,
Outline the methodology of a case...,
Outline the methodology of a coho...
16  cards
S3) Epidemiological Investigation
What is epidemiology,
Which methods can be used to carr...,
Define statistics
16  cards
S4) Case-Control Study Design
How does one conduct a case contr...,
Identify 4 benefits of case contr...,
How does one analyse a case contr...
9  cards
S5) Cohort Study Designs
How does one conduct a cohort study,
How do we analyse cohort studies,
How do we calculate 95 confidence...
10  cards
Causality
You should be able to: 1. Explain what is meant by a cause-effect relationship in an epidemiological context 2. Recognise that associations may be present in the absence of a true cause-effect relationship 3. Evaluate the strength of evidence in favour of a cause-effect relationship 4. Describe how to distinguish causal from non- causal associations
4  cards

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