GLPH 271: Queens Study Guide
Questions with Actual Detailed
Answers 2025-2026 Updated.
What is the definition of health according to the WHO - Answer State of complete physical,
social and mental wellbeing (not just the absence of disease)
Does the WHO include spirituality in their definition? - Answer No -some indigenous
populations believe that spirituality contributes to wellbeing (4 points compass to wellbeing -
one point is spiritual)
What is health considered to be? - Answer A Human Right (despite race, gender, political
belief, wealth, etc.)
What are the four health promoting conditions? - Answer 1. Access to health/health care
2. Proper working conditions
3. Nutritious Foods
4. Adequate Housing
When was the WHO formed - Answer April 7, 1948
What does the WHO Do? - Answer Direct and Coordinate Health within the UN
- Accountability Framework
- Provides Leadership on global health matters
- Vaccines, shapes agenda, combats disease,
monitor health trends
- Connects countries (Global Health)
- Manages International Regulations
- Sets norms/ standards and articulates policy
When was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Formed? - Answer December 10, 1948
What is included in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? - Answer - 30 rights
- Basic freedoms that everyone should have
- Health is a HUMAN RIGHT - Universal to
everyone, regardless of age, gender, race, etc.
,What is resiliency? - Answer The extent to which an individual/group is able to realize
aspirations, satisfy needs and cope with change and the environment
Health is not the object of living but ______ is? - Answer Resiliency
What are the components of resiliency? - Answer 1. Social Support
2. Emotional and Mental Capacities
3. Physical Strength
How would a resilient person who loses their job act, using the components of resiliency? -
Answer 1. Social Support - Help cope with the loss
2. Emotional and Mental Capacities - Determine
other options
3. Physical Strength - Search for another job
4 factors that Global Health was established on? - Answer 1. Using Data to make decisions
(ie. Stats, etc.)
2. Social Justice and Equity
3. Preventative rather than Curing Disease
4. Focus on the Population and NOT the individual
What are the goals of Global Health? - Answer To improve health and improving equity in
health for all people
What is Global Health? - Answer Incorporates the principles of Public Health and uses them
to tackle local and international causes
What do all 3 (public, population and global health do) do? - Answer - Population based
- Prevent disease
- Focus on the poor and vulnerable
What is public health? - Answer Protect and promote at the community level
1. Prevent disease and prolong life (ie. vaccines,
breast feeding initiatives, food and water)
2. Promote physical health
, 3. Sanitize the environment, control infection,
education on hygiene
4. Organize health care providers
What is international health? - Answer Apply the principles of public health to areas of low
incomes
BEFORE: 3rd world practices, tropical, malnutrition, abroad medecine
NOW: Practices, policies & systems, differences/ comparisons between countries
What is Global Health? - Answer Health issues affecting many countries or by transnational
determinants
- Focus on the scope of the problem and NOT
the specific location
- Uses the resources, knowledge and
experiences from diverse societies to address
challenges worldwide
- Interdisciplinary (combines public and
international principals to tackle health
inequities worldwide)
Globalization - Answer Speed of travel/communication (ie. spreads diseases fast af)
Social determinants of health - Answer Conditions which we are born into, grow into, work
in, age in, etc.
Mandala of Health - Answer Model and community ecosystem that represents the health
determinants as concentric nested influences
- Starts in the middle as the person which makes up mind, body and spirt, then moves to
encompass the social and physical environment - includes family, then moves to cover the
community, economic and social influences. Culture and biosphere were added at the end to
incorporate the further spread of disease.
What combines to make illness? - Answer Genetics (Internal), Environment (External) & SDH
What are Canadians sick due to? - Answer 1. 50% - Life (SDH) (ie. income, disability...)
Questions with Actual Detailed
Answers 2025-2026 Updated.
What is the definition of health according to the WHO - Answer State of complete physical,
social and mental wellbeing (not just the absence of disease)
Does the WHO include spirituality in their definition? - Answer No -some indigenous
populations believe that spirituality contributes to wellbeing (4 points compass to wellbeing -
one point is spiritual)
What is health considered to be? - Answer A Human Right (despite race, gender, political
belief, wealth, etc.)
What are the four health promoting conditions? - Answer 1. Access to health/health care
2. Proper working conditions
3. Nutritious Foods
4. Adequate Housing
When was the WHO formed - Answer April 7, 1948
What does the WHO Do? - Answer Direct and Coordinate Health within the UN
- Accountability Framework
- Provides Leadership on global health matters
- Vaccines, shapes agenda, combats disease,
monitor health trends
- Connects countries (Global Health)
- Manages International Regulations
- Sets norms/ standards and articulates policy
When was the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Formed? - Answer December 10, 1948
What is included in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? - Answer - 30 rights
- Basic freedoms that everyone should have
- Health is a HUMAN RIGHT - Universal to
everyone, regardless of age, gender, race, etc.
,What is resiliency? - Answer The extent to which an individual/group is able to realize
aspirations, satisfy needs and cope with change and the environment
Health is not the object of living but ______ is? - Answer Resiliency
What are the components of resiliency? - Answer 1. Social Support
2. Emotional and Mental Capacities
3. Physical Strength
How would a resilient person who loses their job act, using the components of resiliency? -
Answer 1. Social Support - Help cope with the loss
2. Emotional and Mental Capacities - Determine
other options
3. Physical Strength - Search for another job
4 factors that Global Health was established on? - Answer 1. Using Data to make decisions
(ie. Stats, etc.)
2. Social Justice and Equity
3. Preventative rather than Curing Disease
4. Focus on the Population and NOT the individual
What are the goals of Global Health? - Answer To improve health and improving equity in
health for all people
What is Global Health? - Answer Incorporates the principles of Public Health and uses them
to tackle local and international causes
What do all 3 (public, population and global health do) do? - Answer - Population based
- Prevent disease
- Focus on the poor and vulnerable
What is public health? - Answer Protect and promote at the community level
1. Prevent disease and prolong life (ie. vaccines,
breast feeding initiatives, food and water)
2. Promote physical health
, 3. Sanitize the environment, control infection,
education on hygiene
4. Organize health care providers
What is international health? - Answer Apply the principles of public health to areas of low
incomes
BEFORE: 3rd world practices, tropical, malnutrition, abroad medecine
NOW: Practices, policies & systems, differences/ comparisons between countries
What is Global Health? - Answer Health issues affecting many countries or by transnational
determinants
- Focus on the scope of the problem and NOT
the specific location
- Uses the resources, knowledge and
experiences from diverse societies to address
challenges worldwide
- Interdisciplinary (combines public and
international principals to tackle health
inequities worldwide)
Globalization - Answer Speed of travel/communication (ie. spreads diseases fast af)
Social determinants of health - Answer Conditions which we are born into, grow into, work
in, age in, etc.
Mandala of Health - Answer Model and community ecosystem that represents the health
determinants as concentric nested influences
- Starts in the middle as the person which makes up mind, body and spirt, then moves to
encompass the social and physical environment - includes family, then moves to cover the
community, economic and social influences. Culture and biosphere were added at the end to
incorporate the further spread of disease.
What combines to make illness? - Answer Genetics (Internal), Environment (External) & SDH
What are Canadians sick due to? - Answer 1. 50% - Life (SDH) (ie. income, disability...)
