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SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
FINAL EXAM STUDY SET WITH
CORRECT SOLUTIONS
Define social determinants of health and determinants of health and provide examples -
ANSWER-The social determinants of health are the economic and social conditions that
influence individual and group differences in health status.----The range of personal,
social, economic, and environmental factors that influence health status are known as
determinants of health.

Define socioeconomic status and three measures used to asses it - ANSWER-
education, occupation, and income

Define health disparities, health equity, and inequity - ANSWER-preventable differences
in disease burden, injury, violence, or opportunity to achieve optimal health experienced
by socially disadvantaged populations

How does Levy view the cause of disease? - ANSWER-

Describe the Levy anthology's main point about inequalities in health and inequities in
society - ANSWER-

Explain the connection between educational level and health behaviors, poor health,
and disease risk - ANSWER-education is responsible for the learned health behaviors
that affect the prevalence in disease. Education also affects the type of job one can
work, how much they make, where they live, and what health care they can afford.

Define and differentiate between income and wealth - ANSWER-income is how much
money you make (money coming in) and wealth is how much you own in assets

Define race - ANSWER-A race is a group of people thought to share certain distinctive
physical characteristics, such as facial structure or skin color (socially constructed)

Define ethnicity - ANSWER-the fact or state of belonging to a social group that has a
common national or cultural tradition.

Define ancestry - ANSWER-line of decent- liniage

Define racism - ANSWER-Belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits
and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular
race.

, describe the social gradient of health - ANSWER-There is a social gradient in health
that runs from top to bottom of the socioeconomic spectrum. This is a global
phenomenon, seen in low, middle and high income countries. The social gradient in
health means that health inequities affect everyone.

describe how health behaviors contribute to health outcomes within the confines of
health determinants - ANSWER-health behaviors are behaviors that latter affect our
health. These are things like eating and exercise habits (affecting things like diabetes
and obesity) smoking and tobacco use (affecting cancer)

Describe why the Levy anthology asserts that neglect of chronic non-communicable
disease by public health workers is a major social injustice - ANSWER-

describe the Levy anthology's main point about the relationship between socioeconomic
status, education, work, and mental health - ANSWER-

Discuss homelessness and housing insecurity as a social determinant of health,
describe populations that are homeless, and describe the difference between chronic
homelessness and short-term or intermittent housing insecurity/homelessness -
ANSWER-homelessness and housing insecurity lead to poor health outcomes as they
tend to be quite cyclical, which ends up resulting in a stressful lifestyle that can affect
job security, built environment, education, etc. which all affect health independently.

Summarize the social democratic model - ANSWER-stresses the social
rights of citizens in society, emphasizing that all are
entitled to the resources that provide good health.
Society should maximize the aggregate health of all
people.

Summarize the individual rational-choice model - ANSWER-advocates individual
effort and freedom to exercise choice
Stresses that people bear some responsibility for their
individual risks of morbidity and mortality
Health status differences reflect those choices
Differences in health not really "injustices" as they result
from our choices ("Deserving" or "Undeserving" Poor)
Rights can be realized through the free market.
"Deserving homeless" are veterans, disabled, mentally, ill,
elderly, families with children

Summarize the institutional rational-choice model - ANSWER-Complex social and
cultural environments, along with factors like poverty, education, and
race, dramatically influence morbidity and mortality
"Free" choices are constrained by social circumstances
Access to medical care alone will not eliminate health disparities, other issues prevail
Model recognizes how "prevailing economic structures, cultural norms, and health care

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