HED 400 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
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HED 400 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
What do we mean when we talk about "the determinants of health"? - Answer- the range of personal, social, economic and environmental factors which determine the health status of individuals or populations.
Which determinants have a more dire...
HED 400 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH
100% CORRECT ANSWERS
What do we mean when we talk about "the determinants of health"? - Answer- the
range of personal, social, economic and environmental factors which determine the
health status of individuals or populations.
Which determinants have a more direct and which have a less direct impact on people's
health? - Answer- from most to least;
- general socioeconomic, cultural and environmental conditions
- living and working conditions (unemployment, water and sanitation, housing)
- social and community networks
- individual lifestyle factors
-constitutional factors (age/sex)
Why are the social determinants of health considered to be so important? - Answer-
large impact in health outcomes and can help to identify causative factors that lead to
the development of health disparities and poor individual health
What are the factors that have most determined your personal health? - Answer- The
factors with the most direct impact, which is socioeconomic, cultural, and environmental
factors.
What are the factors that would most determine the health of a poor person in a low-
income country? - Answer- The factors which the most direct impact, which is
socioeconomic, cultural, and environmental factors because there is a strong correlation
between country income and health status
If you could pick only one indicator to describe the health status of a poor country, which
indicator would you use and why? - Answer- "life expectancy at birth" as it is a measure
of the average life expectancy of a newborn if current mortality trends were to remain
constant and outside factors, such as wars and pandemics, did not occur.
In your own country, what population groups have the best health indicators and why? -
Answer- In North America, specifically the U.S, those belonging to a higher income
group have the best health indicators.
In your country, what population groups have the worst health status and why? -
Answer- In the United States, those belonging to a lower income class have poorer
, health indicators due to the direct correlation between low income and poor health
status
What might prevent a country from having an effective vital registration system, and
how could such systems be strengthened? - Answer- the investment of time and
resources into improving and strengthening the current health care systems could also
encourage improvement of the vital registration system.
How much credence should you put in data on key global health indicators? - Answer- a
good amount, these indicators are a good way of comparing and evaluating the health
of different countries. Keep in mind that low-income countries may not have a
completely accurate method of recording data which can result in inaccuracies in global
Health indicators.
If you could pick only one indicator to describe the health status of a low-income
country, which indicator would you use and why? - Answer- HALE; "life expectancy at
birth" as it is a measure of the average life expectancy of a newborn if current mortality
trends were to remain constant and outside factors, such as wars and pandemics, did
not occur.
Why is it valuable to have composite indicators like the DALY to measure the burden of
disease? - Answer- predicts healthy life lost which can help determine the future
potential economic cost due to the burden of disease. Ultimately, they can be used as a
comparison to other countries to determine how far they are from a state of good health.
As countries develop economically, what are the most important changes that occur in
their burden of disease? Why do these changes occur? - Answer- -countries are able to
invest into improving health care systems, infrastructure, transportation, sanitation,
public health efforts, and much more. result in a shift in the burden of disease towards a
pattern of non communicable diseases
-countries can invest into their health care systems which improves health outcomes
within the country and, therefore, the overall health status.
how might the burden of disease differ from one region to another in a large and diverse
country such as India or Nigeria? - Answer- due to impact of economic stability, climate
change, political stability, and presence of infectious diseases.
How do we expect the burden of disease to evolve globally over the next 20 to 30
years? - Answer- shift from communicable disease towards a pattern of non
communicable diseases as health care improves and economic development due to the
increase in population, universal aging of the global population, and the increasing
globalization of the world
epidemiologic transition - Answer- movement from pattern of communicable to
noncommunicable disease
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