Unit 12 - Public Health - Factors affecting Health

Question 1

What does socio-economic mean?

Accepted Answer

Social class, income, occupation, standard of living

Question 2

Which of the following IS NOT an environmental factor which may affect health?

Accepted Answer

Weather patterns

Question 3

How does the Public Health department monitor and aim to improve public health?

Accepted Answer

Monitor =gather data; Improve= Health promotion & prevention

Question 4

What do we mean by inequalities in health?

Accepted Answer

Reasons for large gap between healthy and less healthy.

Question 5

What do women have higher rates in?

Accepted Answer

Morbidity

Question 6

When you are being asked about a trend or pattern, what is being discussed?

Accepted Answer

Showing statistical data in graph form

Question 7

When did the Marmot report:'Fair society, healthier lives' get published?

Accepted Answer

2010

Question 8

When did the Acheson Report get published?

Accepted Answer

1998

Question 9

Where would you go to get a health profile of a region for your research for this Unit?

Accepted Answer

Public Health England's profile info. website

Question 10

How can we tell if the health of the nation has improved since 19th and early 20th centuries?

Accepted Answer

By comparing morbidity and mortality rates.

Question 11

When did the Black Report get published?

Accepted Answer

1980

Question 12

What is cultural capital?

Accepted Answer

A person's surroundings and how they are raised.

Questions 12