Social Determinants of Health Study Guide Questions
Course Introduction
This course explores the complex interplay between social, economic, and environmental factors that influence individual and population health outcomes. Students will examine topics such as income inequality, education, housing, employment, neighborhood conditions, access to healthcare, and social and community networks. Through analysis of case studies and current public health research, the course highlights how these determinants impact health disparities across different communities and guides students in understanding strategies for promoting health equity and creating effective public health interventions.
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The Psychology of Health and Health Care A Canadian Perspective 5th Edition by Gary Poole
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Chapter 1: Welcome to Health Psychology
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Q1) In understanding the cause of health related conditions such as heart attack,we must consider
A)both biological and psychological causes
B)biological,psychological and sociological causes
C)psychological,sociological and environmental causes
D)biological and environmental causes
E)biological,psychological,sociological and environmental causes
Answer: E
Q2) The extent to which our immune system is functioning properly to ward of microorganisms is called
A)psychoneuroimmunology
B)immunocompetence
C)behavioural medicine
D)biomedical model
E)germ theory
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Stress and Coping
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Q1) The term "fight or flight" is not always appropriate in the contemporary world because
A)contemporary responses to stress vary significantly from a thousand years ago
B)physiological responses to stress may be gender specific
C)behavioural responses to stress have evolved
D)the behavioural response no longer exists
E)men today are more secure and less threatened by other males
Answer: C
Q2) The hormone cortisol
A)increases blood sugar
B)decreases blood sugar by storing it
C)increases blood pressure and respiration rate
D)decreases blood pressure and respiration rate
E)converts stored protein and fats to glucose
Answer: E
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Chapter 3: Psychoneuroimmunology
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Q1) In psychoneuroimmunology research,the dependent variable typically takes the from of
A)the manipulation of a psychological state
B)the manipulation of a physical state
C)some measure of immunocompetence
D)stress
E)a personality trait
Answer: C
Q2) One immune response that is particularly effected by the early childhood experience of adversity is
A) functional immunity
B)HPA
C)SAM
D)the response to vaccinations
E)the production and regulation of inflammation
Answer: E
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Chapter 4: Health Communication
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Q1) Describe the errors physicians make in their role as information providers.How does this affect the patient-physician relationship?
Q2) Patients rely on physicians to provide information about the diagnosis,cause of the problem and methods of treatment.Generally,physicians _________________ the amount of time they were engaged in information giving during an average 20 minute interview.
A)drastically overestimate
B)drastically underestimate
C)realistically estimate
D)slightly underestimate
E)slightly overestimate
Q3) The amount of participation patients would like in treatment decisions should
A)depend on the physician's desire for patient participation
B)depend on the type of illness
C)depend on the patient's age
D)match the amount of involvement encouraged by the physician
E)match the amount of information the patient can handle
Q4) Describe how the internet is changing health behavior in Canada.
Q5) Discuss the importance of improving patient adherence.
Q6) Discuss the principles for assessing quality in Health-related web sites
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Chapter 5: Health and Physical Activity
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Q1) The benefit of training in mindfulness for sport and exercise is that
A)it allows the person to concentrate on the performance and accept the emotional,cognitive or physiological arousal without needing to control them.
B)it provides an internal and external focus which is more holistic
C)it is easy and does not require any practice
D)it enhances the ability to use imagery
E)it can prevent serious consequences from concussion
Q2) Biddle and Murtrie (2001)reported from their research review on the effects of exercise on coronary heart disease that
A)active men have a decreased risk over active women
B)active women have a decreased risk compared with active men
C)the Harvard Alumni Study was invalid because only males were assessed
D)physical exercise is inversely related to coronary heart disease in adults
E)the risks of inactivity are the same as smoking and hypertension
Q3) What are the different functions that self-talk can serve in sport?
Q4) Describe Bandura's four sources of efficacy expectations.
Q5) Despite the many benefits of physical activity,non-adherence is still a significant issue.What examples does Taylor (1994)provide to explain the avoidance of exercise and sport?
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Chapter 6: Health-Compromising Behaviours
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Q1) The most commonly used illicit drug in North America is
A)heroin
B)marijuana
C)ecstasy
D)LSD
E)cocaine
Q2) Describe the differences between hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD and stimulants such as cocaine.
Q3) The difficulty in treating Anorexia stems from issues regarding
A)hostility
B)low self esteem
C)starvation
D)control
E)medication availability
Q4) Identifying different types of smokers is important because
A)the cause of smoking differs with each type
B)strategies to quit smoking may vary in effectiveness
C)habitual smokers have the most difficult time quitting
D)addictive smokers have the most difficult time quitting
E)it appears that people start smoking for different reasons
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Chapter 7: Chronic and Life-Threatening Illnesses
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Q1) Describe the different forms of cancer treatment and provide the rationale for their use.
Q2) ____________________ is the term that describes emotions attendant upon the loss of a close friend or loved one while_____________ describes the deep sorrow that occurs usually as a response to _______________________ .
A)Bereavement,grief,depression
B)Bereavement,grief,bereavement
C)Grief,bereavement,grief
D)Depression,grief,bereavement
E)Grief,depression,bereavement
Q3) Patients who experience nausea before they receive their chemotherapy are experiencing
A)antiemetic reaction
B)adjuvant nausea
C)anticipatory nausea
D)operant conditioning
E)over reactive nausea
Q4) Discuss the types of psychological distress found in cardiovascular disease and describe the psychological interventions that could be used to alleviate the distress.
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Chapter 8: Pain
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Q1) Kevin,who was intensely involved in a play-off hockey game,did not notice the intense pain of a fractured rib until after the game was over.The absence of pain during the game can be explained by Melzack and Wall as
A)a closed gate in the gate control theory
B)an open gate in the gate control theory
C)phantom pain in the gate control theory
D)nociception in the neuromatrix theory
E)nociception in the neurochemical pain theory
Q2) Distraction techniques are particularly useful for reducing
A)chronic pain
B)respondent pain
C)operant pain
D)acute pain
E)low back pain
Q3) Guided imagery is classified as
A)a form of relaxation and distraction
B)a form of distraction and meditation
C)a form of relaxation and biofeedback
D)a form of distraction and biofeedback
E)a form of meditation and relaxation
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Chapter 9: The World of Health Care: Places, procedures, and People
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Q1) Reality shock may be caused by all but one of the following A)learning the system
B)conflict between nurturing and high tech demands
C)gap between standards taught and reality of nursing
D)abuse from colleagues
E)realizing that one has much to learn and quickly
Q2) All people may not respond well to information provided.People who welcome information are called ____________,whereas others,called______________ avoid it.
A)empowered;disempowered
B)activist;delegator
C)monitors;reactors
D)seekers;monitors
E)monitors;blunters
Q3) Patients who showed the least physiological stress in response to a medical procedure were those who were given the amount of information that fit their preferences.Explain this statement.
Q4) Using cancer as an example,describe the different stages of delay in seeking treatment for symptoms.
Q5) Discuss some of the factors that influence the perception of symptoms.
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Q1) Many of the health challenges faced by Canada's Aboriginal peoples relate to
A)the elderly
B)women
C)youth
D)children
E)men
Q2) All of the following are listed as health care priorities by the Assembly of First Nations except
A)home and community care
B)suicide prevention
C)cardiovascular disease
D)tobacco control
E)injury prevention
Q3) Another priority of the Assembly of first Nations is called Health Renewal which involves
A)trained paraprofessionals within the community
B)government intervention in remote communities
C)teaching traditional ways of healing to young members
D)the treatment of addictions
E)moving communities with a high incidence of suicide
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Chapter 11: Health Promotion
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Q1) Health promotion is more likely to be truly effective if it is based on a
A)well paid work force
B)social movement
C)government movement
D)world health edict
E)self-care
Q2) When Canadians think of their health care system,they are more likely to think of its equity rather than its inequities.However,inequities do exist.Describe the inequities in the current health care system.
Q3) According to the theory of planned behaviour fear appeals are designed to intensify people's
A)threat perception
B)drive-reduction
C)risk-reduction
D)harm-reduction
E)self-efficacy
Q4) Design a counterattack program for grade 12 students aimed at affecting drinking and driving behaviour.Describe your program including psychological principles to support your reasoning.
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Chapter 12: Conducting Research in Health Psychology
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Q1) Tony was very excited to be included in a study of student health facilities on his campus.He is already thinking about the kinds of answers he should give,even before he has seen the questions.Tony's beliefs about the study could very well cause him to respond to the questions as he thinks he is supposed to answer rather than what he really thinks.This is an example of
A)sampling bias
B)a retrospective flaw
C)a potential demand characteristic
D)a main effect
E)applied research
Q2) A research design investigating people who have developed medical conditions and tracing back in their history to find variables that would possibly explain how they came to have that condition is called
A)factor analysis
B)longitudinal research
C)retrospective research
D)cross sectional research
E)quasiexperimental field research
Q3) Describe three common flaws in health psychology research.
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Chapter 13: Epidemiology: What Can Be Learned From the Sars Outbreak
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Q1) Describe the steps involved in epidemiological research.
Q2) Describe what an epidemiologist does and using the SARS outbreak describe the illness pattern that was of interest to epidemiologists.
Q3) The tracing of sexual partners for those individuals first showing symptoms of AIDS suggested that people were,in fact,___________ .
A)hosts
B)vehicles
C)vectors
D)victims
E)agents
Q4) Of the types of agents possible,the agent for SARS was
A)chemical
B)physical
C)biological
D)social/behavioural
E)nutritional
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Chapter 14: Complementary and Alternative Medicine Cam
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Q1) Using the different outcome categories discuss the research findings addressing the effectiveness of CAM.
Q2) The difference between alternative treatment and complementary treatment is that the latter is
A)used in conjunction with allopathic treatment
B)not allopathic
C)traditional medicine
D)holistic
E)effective
Q3) Generally,the use of alternative treatment methods is ________________ in North America.
A)decreasing
B)increasing
C)stable
D)unheard of
E)accepted by physicians
Q4) Distinguish between the terms complementary,alternative and holistic therapies.
Q5) Why might a patient decide to use CAM? What are the characteristics of the person most likely to pursue alternative treatments?
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Chapter 15: the Sociology of Health and Illness
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Q1) In the case of AIDS,people with this disease often find that their disease status has become
A)the same as their illness status
B)the source of conflict according to conflict theory
C)irrelevant
D)unmanageable
E)their master status in sociological terms
Q2) All of the following are rights or duties connected to the sick role except
A)the individual is responsible for the condition
B)the individual is exempt from his or her other roles
C)the individual must be trying to get well
D)the individual must be cooperating with the treatment regimen
E)the individual must be seeking competent care
Q3) One defining characteristic of the sick role is that it is
A)permanent
B)temporary
C)maladaptive
D)identical to malingering
E)not based in reality
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