SDOH - FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
SOLVED 100% CORRECT!!
Lalonde Report - what, when, controvery Answer - 1974
States that improving public health policy is not the most effective form of
improving overall health. It is individual choices and collective action.
This is preventative, and economic progress has been detrimental to health.
It suggested that health care may not be as important as we think it is.
Biomedical model of health/conventional model of health Answer -
Susceptibility to health risks are determined by genetics and the risk factor
approach. It focuses on susceptibility and behaviours.
This differs from Davidson: Davidson doesn't believe in the individual risk
factors - he believes in larger determinants of health (education, income, race)
Moralizing Answer - Blaming the victim - people are largely a product of their
environment, so they should not be blamed for things.
Why you can't use population risk factor to determine individual risk factor?
Answer - It is an accumulation of the entire group, it does not reflect every
single individual, nor will it necessarily reflect any of them.
Epp Report Answer - 1986
,Health for All: health inequities between high and low income people and to
prevent injury and disease. Embraces physical, mental, social well-being.
It focuses on prevention based on lifestyles but appreciates that decisions are
affected by their environment and state.
Differs from Lalonde because it recognizes the factors influencing their
decisions.
Health Disparities Answer - Differences in health outcomes among groups
Health inequalities Answer - differences, variations, and disparities in the
health achievements of individuals and groups of people
This is the things we have no control over
Health inequities Answer - inequalities that are avoidable, unfair, and unjust
Ex. a child cannot get cancer treatment because parents cannot afford it
Neoliberalism (definition) Answer - Shrink government size, increase trade,
reduce regulations on corporations & lower taxes
Neoliberalism (or liberal individualism) does not support the improvement of
population health because: Answer - - it aligns with the conventional view of
health that sees health as genes and lifestyle
- doesn't support government intervention that is needed for public health
, - tax cuts mean less funding
- tends to increase income inequality
Chronic Stress: define, who, effects, type of job Answer - - occurs when there is
ongoing pressure and those affected don't have the ability to control it
- has the biggest effect on high demand/low control jobs
- prolonged activation of stress pathways (memory, immune system, heart rate,
blood pressure etc.)
Rudolf Virchow Answer - Improving health of upper Silesia required political,
economic and social reforms
Health lifestyles: who does it affect and who doesn't it Answer - - have the
greatest positive health effects on those already
- have little measurable impact on the health of lower-income people
Thomas McKeown Answer - deaths from infectious diseases, fell sharply after
1850 because of changes in social and environmental factors, especially better
nutrition
Social Patterning of Behaviour Answer - refers to the unconscious
determination of behaviours by contextual factors (social norms and social
position) - the choices are influenced by the conditions
SOLVED 100% CORRECT!!
Lalonde Report - what, when, controvery Answer - 1974
States that improving public health policy is not the most effective form of
improving overall health. It is individual choices and collective action.
This is preventative, and economic progress has been detrimental to health.
It suggested that health care may not be as important as we think it is.
Biomedical model of health/conventional model of health Answer -
Susceptibility to health risks are determined by genetics and the risk factor
approach. It focuses on susceptibility and behaviours.
This differs from Davidson: Davidson doesn't believe in the individual risk
factors - he believes in larger determinants of health (education, income, race)
Moralizing Answer - Blaming the victim - people are largely a product of their
environment, so they should not be blamed for things.
Why you can't use population risk factor to determine individual risk factor?
Answer - It is an accumulation of the entire group, it does not reflect every
single individual, nor will it necessarily reflect any of them.
Epp Report Answer - 1986
,Health for All: health inequities between high and low income people and to
prevent injury and disease. Embraces physical, mental, social well-being.
It focuses on prevention based on lifestyles but appreciates that decisions are
affected by their environment and state.
Differs from Lalonde because it recognizes the factors influencing their
decisions.
Health Disparities Answer - Differences in health outcomes among groups
Health inequalities Answer - differences, variations, and disparities in the
health achievements of individuals and groups of people
This is the things we have no control over
Health inequities Answer - inequalities that are avoidable, unfair, and unjust
Ex. a child cannot get cancer treatment because parents cannot afford it
Neoliberalism (definition) Answer - Shrink government size, increase trade,
reduce regulations on corporations & lower taxes
Neoliberalism (or liberal individualism) does not support the improvement of
population health because: Answer - - it aligns with the conventional view of
health that sees health as genes and lifestyle
- doesn't support government intervention that is needed for public health
, - tax cuts mean less funding
- tends to increase income inequality
Chronic Stress: define, who, effects, type of job Answer - - occurs when there is
ongoing pressure and those affected don't have the ability to control it
- has the biggest effect on high demand/low control jobs
- prolonged activation of stress pathways (memory, immune system, heart rate,
blood pressure etc.)
Rudolf Virchow Answer - Improving health of upper Silesia required political,
economic and social reforms
Health lifestyles: who does it affect and who doesn't it Answer - - have the
greatest positive health effects on those already
- have little measurable impact on the health of lower-income people
Thomas McKeown Answer - deaths from infectious diseases, fell sharply after
1850 because of changes in social and environmental factors, especially better
nutrition
Social Patterning of Behaviour Answer - refers to the unconscious
determination of behaviours by contextual factors (social norms and social
position) - the choices are influenced by the conditions
