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Determinants of Health
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Do policies for education, housing and employment affect health standards?
No
Yes
2
Modern medicine can improve and prolong life, but poor conditions still lead to poorer health.
True
False
3
The conditions people live in strongly ... their health and longevity.
Impact
Influence
4
Too much stress is ...
Hypostress
Hyperstress
Eustress
Distress
5
Reducing income inequalities and social exclusion can lead to ...
better health in the community
greater social cohesiveness
6
That makes it a ...
Interpersonal influence
Personal influence
Societal influence
None of the above
7
People live longer and have fewer illnesses in ...
Poorer countries
Affluent countries
Wealthy countries
None of the above.
8
Societies with high levels of income inequality tend to have ...
More social cohesion
Less social cohesion
9
They are also at greater risk of premature death.
False
True
10
Can social support and good social relations contribute to good health?
Yes
No
11
Where you are on the "ladder" is where you are on the "social gradient."
False
True
12
The social determinants are some of the most powerful influences on peoples' health.
True
False
13
The "good stress" is ...
Distress
Hyperstress
Hypostress
Eustress
14
People who have been disadvantaged in the past are at greater risk at each transition.
True
False
15
Are people with good social support healthier/ better off?
Yes
No
16
These societies also tend to have ...
lower death rates
less violent crime
more violent crime
higher death rates
17
Is it any better between the bottom and the top?
No
Yes
18
So government and welfare policies NEED TO HELP.
False
True
19
These factors strongly influence peoples health ...
No support
Unhealthy environments
Unhealthy behaviours
Worries about daily life.
20
Can stress actually kill you, or is it just something they say for emphasis?
Yes, it can!
Most certainly it can!
21
Is the use of alcohol and drugs influenced by the wider society?
No
Yes
22
Stress can accumulate during a life time and lead to serious health problems.
True
False
23
Yet who has it harder, junior or senior office staff?
Senior
Junior
24
Which one would happen last?
facing redundancy
retirement
starting a family
starting work
25
Good policies that ...
reduce educational failure
reduce job insecurity
reduce pay gaps
reducing number of people who "fall"
26
Poor social and economic circumstances affect health throughout life.
True
False
27
Policies should be designed to help the greatest number of people to succeed.
True
False
28
There are basically ... types of stress.
8
2
4
6
29
And the less likely they will "enjoy" a healthy old age.
True
False
30
It's both a social and an economic position.
False
True
31
People lower down on the social ladder are more at risk of poor health than those at the top.
False
True
32
By providing "safety nets" and other support systems.
False
True
33
Addiction is a social determinant of health.
False
True
34
The longer that people live in poorer conditions, the more they suffer psychologically.
True
False
35
Which of these would happen before the others?
leaving home
retirement
early childhood
moving to high school
36
Do we respond the same to biological and to psychological stress?
No
Yes
37
Mutual trust and respect in a community is called ...
none of the above
social acceptance
social barometer
social cohesion
38
Social support makes people feel ...
valued
connected
cared for
all of the above
39
Life has about ... MAJOR TRANSITIONS.
2
8
4
6
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Are societies that allow all their citizens to contribute to their society healthier?
No
Yes
