Social Medicine

Question 1

One possible application of social medicine is the study of the influence of…

Answer 1

social determinants on the health of an individual patient.

Question 2

Social medicine aims to understand how ____________________
impact health, disease and the practice of medicine and then try to work out how we can foster conditions to lead to a healthier society.

Answer 2

social and economic conditions

Question 3

Social Medicine is considered….

Answer 3

the academic arm of public health whilst others have called it the bridge between medicine and public health.

Question 4

Social medicine is based on three fundamental questions:

Answer 4

1. What is the health of the population?
2. Why is it so?
3. How to improve health?

Question 5

Medical sociology is….

Answer 5

the scientific study of social life.

Question 6

Handicap:

Answer 6

A disadvantage in filling a role in life relative to a peer group.

Question 7

Disability:

Answer 7

is a functional limitation with regard to a particular activity.

Question 8

The WHO definition of health is:

Answer 8

‘Health is a state of complete, physical, mental and social well-being and not merely an absence of disease or infirmity and is the ability to lead a socially economically productive life.’

Question 9

3 P’s of public health:

Answer 9

Prevention, protection and promotion

Question 10

Medical Sociology was introduced by whom and when?

Answer 10

August Come (1798-1857)

Question 11

Who is the father of public health? Why?

Answer 11

John Snow
He realized that the cholera outbreak in Europe during 1854 was due to poor sanitation and a lack of access to health care.

Question 12

Types of research in medical sociology:

Answer 12

• Descriptive
• Analytical
• Prognostic
• Prescriptive

Question 13

What is the difference between fertility and reproduction.

Answer 13

Fertility = Production of male and femlae children
Reproduction = Production of female children only

Question 14

Crude birth rate formula

Answer 14

Number of live births per year /
mid-year population x 1000

Question 15

Generalized fertility rate

Answer 15

Number of live births per year /
mid-year population of females 15-50 x 1000

2.1 is the replacement rate below 1.3 is the lowest-low

Question 16

Types of risk:

Answer 16

Absolute risk - Disease prevalence - Ex. 2 people per year develop TB -> 2% risk

Relative risk - (incidence in exposed population / incidence in non-exposed population)

Attributible risk - (incidence in exposed group - incidence in non-exposed group)