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2024 IHD EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS, PASSED!!What is the definition of health, according to the World Health Organization (WHO)? Answer - a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), health is a "state of complete physical, mental and social well being". True or False Answer - True
T/F: The most comprehensive definition of health is the one offered by the medical model. Answer - False
T/F: The sociocultural definition of health takes into account the individual's perception of health. Answer - False
T/F: According to the medical model's definition of health, an individual is healthy if he/she is free of symptoms and/or physical signs. Answer - True
T/F: An example of a definition of health as a multidimensional concept is The World Health Organization's definition of health. Answer - True
Disparities
a. Differences in health status between advantaged and disadvantaged populations that are considered unfair and avoidable.
b. When comparing the majority of the population subgroups is the uniformity in the health status between (e.g. racial/ethnic minorities, rural poor, etc.)
c. A combination of vulnerability, physiological circumstances, and inadequate psychological outcomes, that together contribute significantly to differences in health status.
d. All the answers are correct Answer - a. Differences in health status between advantaged and disadvantaged populations that are considered unfair and avoidable.
Eliminating disparities in the health status of the population has become an international priority because populations with health disparities have
a. Increased incidence of disease
b. Lower levels of morbidity
c. Lower mortality rates
d. Decreased incidence of disease Answer - a. Increased incidence of disease This model still stands as the most effective illustration of health determinants and continues to inform the work of those concerned with understanding and reducing the health inequality gap. It explains how the health inequities are a result of different
levels of interaction considering from the individual to the community and socio-
economical level.
a. The social model of health
b. The ecological model
c. Diderichsen, Evans, whitehead inequality model
d. Model for the analysis of population health and health disparities Answer - a. The social model of health
T/F: Inequalities are based on unfair and avoidable factors that create health gaps and average indicators of the population health. Answer - FALSE - Inequality is the characteristic of being unequal or uneven.
T/F: Poverty is considered as the principal indicator of health disparities. Answer - FALSE - Even when income is taken into account health disparities still exist among races.
Differences in health status or in the distribution of health determinants between different population group:
a. Healthy inequality
b. Health inequity
c. Social Determinant of Health (SDH)
d. Health status distribution (HSD) Answer - a. Healthy inequality
Social Determinants of Health:
a. Set of models that systematically considers biological, psychological, and social factors and their complex interactions in understanding health, illness, and health care delivery.
b. Humanistic and social approach to the evaluation of health outcome and services.
c. The collective set of conditions in which people are born, grow up, live and work.
d. Sociological and anthropological models to analyze health outcome, interaction and mortality in a population. Answer - c. The collective set of conditions in which people are born, grow up, live and work.
T/F: Social determinants of health do not act in isolation. Answer - TRUE - Act in complex interactions that affect health
Are products of personal history, and social, geographic, economic and political factors.
a. Stigma, isolation and treatment adherence.
b. Cultural backlash and gender physiological related health behaviors
c. Differences between sex and gender
d. Culture and ethnicity Answer - d. Culture and ethnicity
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