Module 1

Question 1

Population health deals with the interrelated conditions and factors that influence the health of populations over the life course. True or false

Answer 1

True

Question 2

From the paper Arnason et al (2019), what was the focus of the paper?

Answer 2

The paper sought to understand how municipal transportation policy impacts incidence of disease

Question 3

One of the top global causes of death is
a. diabetes
b. lung cancers
c. ischaemic heart disease
d. Alzheimer’s disease

Answer 3

ischaemic heart disease

Question 4

Which of the following is one of the top causes of death in low-income countries?
a. stroke
b. malaria
c. HIV/AIDS
d. lower respiratory infection

Answer 4

d. lower respiratory infection

Question 5

Which one of the following is NOT one of the top causes of
death in upper income
countries.
a. stroke
b. lung cancer
c. road injury
d. COVID

Answer 5

d. COVID

Question 6

The number of newly diagnosed cases of a disease is known as __________

Answer 6

incidence

Question 7

The prevalence of a disease refers to a measure that can be used to determine a person’s likelihood of having the disease. True or false

Answer 7

True

Question 8

What is a risk?

Answer 8

The probability of harmful events through an exposure.

Question 9

What are the two types of risks?

Answer 9

Perceived and actual risk

Question 10

The three categories of human health risks include …

Answer 10

Physical, biological and chemical

Question 11

Smoke is an example of a _____________ human health risk.

Answer 11

chemical

Question 12

Vulnerability refers to the degree to which risk affected populations are likely to suffer from the event occurring. True or false

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Vulnerability includes the susceptibility to damage and the ____________________________-

Answer 13

capacity to cope

Question 14

Miratown is a small town on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, woth rise in sea levels Miratown could potentially be wiped out. Miratown is _______________-

Answer 14

socially vulnerable

Question 15

Which of the following is a factor that contributes to resilience?
a. complaining about a problem
b. availability of social resources
c. maladaptive coping mechanism
d. blaming others for a problem

Answer 15

b. availability of social resources

Question 16

From the Dr. John Snow and Cholera slide, the cause of the outbreak of cholera was _________________________—-

Answer 16

contaminated water from a broad street pump

Question 17

Rudolph Virchow argued that the typhus epidemic was due to a lack of democracy, feudalism, and unfair tax policies. True or false.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

Ana got the flu. What type of risk is this?

Answer 18

Biological

Question 19

Population health is …

Answer 19

A way to understand the health of populations and develop interventions to protect and improve it.

Question 20

What did the 1967 Whitehall Study demonstrate?

Answer 20

A health gradient based on social status

Question 21

The 1985 Whitehall II study showed the proportional relationship between employment grade and health. True or false.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

In the paper by Marmot and Wilkinson (1999), what is the reason for the difference in health?

Answer 22

The characteristics of the society

Question 23

True or false. The health gradient cannot change.

Answer 23

False

Question 24

Governance and occupation are examples of ____________ social determinants of health.

Answer 24

structural

Question 25

Psychosocial factors are an example of _____________ social determinants of health

Answer 25

intermediary