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Geography of Health Exam 2 Questions With CompleteSolutions
(Disease) Elimination Correct Answer removing a disease from
a specific region
(Disease) Eradication Correct Answer the complete, worldwide
removal of a disease from human or animal populations
Agency Correct Answer the capacity of individuals to make
their own decisions and control their own destiny; often used in
contrast to "structure"
Agent Correct Answer an organism or substance that causes
disease
Anthropozoonosis Correct Answer a disease that commonly
affects both animals and humans
Area (or Neighborhood) Effects Correct Answer the impact of
an area on an individual or community's health and well-being
Asymptomatic Correct Answer lacking symptoms of disease
despite infection
Be sure that you're familiar with the 4 major types of healthcare
systems - we discussed these in class and you've also had a short
reading on this - and the key characteristics of each one. Correct
Answer
,Behavioral Adaptation Correct Answer adjusting behavior to
cope with conditions
Biocontrol Correct Answer an organism that is used to reduce
the population of a pest species
Biomedical Perspective Correct Answer medical practice that
focuses on empirical testing as a way to seek connections
between particular causative agents and symptoms
Biometeorology Correct Answer the study of interactions
between the earth's atmosphere and biosphere
Birth Tourism Correct Answer traveling overseas to give birth
to take advantage of better-quality healthcare and/or seek
citizenship for the baby in a country that offers birthright
citizenship
Birthright Citizenship Correct Answer system whereby any
individual born in a country will automatically have citizenship
in that country
Body Mass Index (BMI) Correct Answer ratio of weight to
height, calculated by dividing an individual's weight in
kilograms by height in meters squared
Built Environment Correct Answer human-constructed aspects
of one's surroundings
Carrier Correct Answer an individual infected with a particular
pathogen and able to transmit it to others, but who shows no
, symptoms of disease; can also refer to an individual who carries
an unexpressed gene for a particular disease that could lead to
the disease in the carrier's children
Central Place Theory Correct Answer a theory developed by
Walter Christaller to explain the location and size of human
settlements as a function of their role in delivering goods and
services
Chronic Correct Answer persisting or recurring over a long
period of time
Clinical Correct Answer a disease is said to be clinical when it
is identifiable by its symptoms or clinical tests
Collective Efficacy Correct Answer the idea that individuals in
a community believe that they can operate on behalf of the
greater good and have the institutional capacity to act upon it
Communicable Correct Answer able to be passed from person
to person
Complementary Medicine Correct Answer often used
interchangeably with the term "alternative medicine";
complementary medicine can also carry the additional
implication that alternative healing approaches are being
combined with mainstream techniques
Contagious Correct Answer transmitted very easily from
person to person
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