PH 3100 Final Exam Review Exam Questions And
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social determinants of health - ANSWER Social, economic, and environmental factors
Education level
Poverty level
Gender
Culture
Social environment
Physical environment
Employment
Access to health services
Social Injustice - ANSWER Unfairness in the ways in which society divides up its
rewards and burdens
Denial of violation of the human rights of certain population due to a wrong perception of
their inferiority by a stronger or more influential people
The policies or actions that negatively affect the social conditions in which people can
be healthy
Health Equity - ANSWER Providing equal access and treatment to all populations
Promoting health equity means creating the conditions in which people have what they
need to live full, healthy lives
,Health Disparities - ANSWER A higher burden of injury or illness experienced by one
group relative to another
These are avoidable & unfair - These are because of varying group positions in society
based on things like SES (socio-economic status), race, ethnicity, sexual orientation,
gender etc.
These occur within countries - between specific populations within countries and
between countries - north / south
Morbidity - ANSWER Rate of disease in a population; Incidence/Population
Mortality - ANSWER Measure of deaths within a population; Deaths/Population
Prevalence - ANSWER Proportion of the population who have a specific characteristic in
a given time period
Incidence - ANSWER Occurrence or frequency of a disease
Infant Mortality - ANSWER Death of children under the age of 1
Life Expectancy - ANSWER Average period that a person is expected to live
Age-Adjusted Mortality Rate - ANSWER Death rate within a specific age group
Health - ANSWER Complete physical, mental, and social wellbeing
Community Health - ANSWER The optimal healthiness of a population
, Culture of Health - ANSWER One in which good health and wellbeing flourish across
geographic demographic, and social sectors
Poverty - ANSWER The absolute deprivation of resources needed to meet minimal
personal needs
Human Rights - ANSWER Those rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of
demographics
Social Gradient in Health - ANSWER Disparities in population health status result from
disparities in social status
Pathway Effect - ANSWER A children's life course trajectories can be influenced via
several pathways of health effects
Accumulation of Disadvantages - ANSWER The greater one's disadvantages, the lower
one's rate of opportunity in life
Adverse Childhood Experiences - ANSWER Stressful or traumatic events that may affect
a child's wellbeing and health
Silent Undernutrition - ANSWER Absence of proper healthy food to meet nutritional
needs and the inability to resolve that absence
Neonatal Deaths - ANSWER Death during the first 28 days of life
Domestic Violence - ANSWER Violence or abuse by one person against another in a
domestic setting
Environment - ANSWER The natural world, as a whole or in a particular geographical
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