Health Sci 1002B Final Exam and
Correct Answers.
The relationship between cause and effect - Answer Causality
A measure of disease that allows us to determine a person's likelihood of having a disease -
Answer Prevalence
The process of a person's immersion in a particular social-cultural context that results in their
acquisition of dominant norms and values in that context - Answer Socialization
Statements that represent complex phenomenon as though these are simple, and often
proposing these are impossible to change - Answer Reductionist Statements
A way to understand the health of populations and develop interventions to improve or protect
it - Answer Population health
The conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, die. These conditions are impacted by
attitudinal and structural factors that operate - Answer Social Determinants of Health
The lack of resources and social support necessary for good health - Answer Material and
social deprivation
A variety of ways in which poverty negatively impacts health and well-being - Answer Low-
Income Disease Mechanisms
T/F: Income significantly impacts health - Answer True: lower income face higher risk of
illness and premature death
Men in the wealthiest 20% of neighborhoods in Canada live on average _____ years longer than
men in the poorest 20% of neighborhoods - Answer 4 years longer
A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of
disease or infirmity - Answer the WHO definition of "Health"
What are the 3 key drivers of health disparities - Answer poverty, access to healthcare,
education
, T/F: Teen pregnancy can cause a higher likelihood of C-section, infections, and complications in
future pregnancies - Answer True
___% of young mothers have postpartum depression - Answer 20%
The accumulation of health resources, both physical and psychosocial, inherited and acquired
during the early stages of life which determine current health and future health potential -
Answer Health Capital
T/F: People who live in unequal countries trust each other more - Answer False
The potential/probability of harmful outcome through exposure - Answer Risk
Is having work flexibility a stressor? - Answer it CAN be due to lack of predictability
__ in ___ injuries requiring medical attention in Canada occur at work - Answer 1 in 6
The physiological wear and tear on the body due to chronic stress and the repeated activation
of the stress response (measurable through biomarkers) - Answer Allostatic Load
What factors define a public health challenge? - Answer the burden of the disease in a
population and the number of people at risk for disease
T/F: Parents mental health impacts child's mental health directly and indirectly - Answer True
T/F: it is hardest on children's mental health when work family conflict was in Fathers - Answer
False: hardest when WFC was present in mother figrue
Unincorporated self-employed workers who report business, professional or commission self-
employment income, and whose future business activity is uncertain or expected to be minor or
occasional - Answer Gig work
widely accepted or mainstream ideas, beliefs, and ideologies that shape societal norms and
values. - Answer dominant discourse
____% of those who self-identify as belonging to a visible minority group have experienced
racial or ethnic discrimination - Answer 81%
Correct Answers.
The relationship between cause and effect - Answer Causality
A measure of disease that allows us to determine a person's likelihood of having a disease -
Answer Prevalence
The process of a person's immersion in a particular social-cultural context that results in their
acquisition of dominant norms and values in that context - Answer Socialization
Statements that represent complex phenomenon as though these are simple, and often
proposing these are impossible to change - Answer Reductionist Statements
A way to understand the health of populations and develop interventions to improve or protect
it - Answer Population health
The conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, die. These conditions are impacted by
attitudinal and structural factors that operate - Answer Social Determinants of Health
The lack of resources and social support necessary for good health - Answer Material and
social deprivation
A variety of ways in which poverty negatively impacts health and well-being - Answer Low-
Income Disease Mechanisms
T/F: Income significantly impacts health - Answer True: lower income face higher risk of
illness and premature death
Men in the wealthiest 20% of neighborhoods in Canada live on average _____ years longer than
men in the poorest 20% of neighborhoods - Answer 4 years longer
A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of
disease or infirmity - Answer the WHO definition of "Health"
What are the 3 key drivers of health disparities - Answer poverty, access to healthcare,
education
, T/F: Teen pregnancy can cause a higher likelihood of C-section, infections, and complications in
future pregnancies - Answer True
___% of young mothers have postpartum depression - Answer 20%
The accumulation of health resources, both physical and psychosocial, inherited and acquired
during the early stages of life which determine current health and future health potential -
Answer Health Capital
T/F: People who live in unequal countries trust each other more - Answer False
The potential/probability of harmful outcome through exposure - Answer Risk
Is having work flexibility a stressor? - Answer it CAN be due to lack of predictability
__ in ___ injuries requiring medical attention in Canada occur at work - Answer 1 in 6
The physiological wear and tear on the body due to chronic stress and the repeated activation
of the stress response (measurable through biomarkers) - Answer Allostatic Load
What factors define a public health challenge? - Answer the burden of the disease in a
population and the number of people at risk for disease
T/F: Parents mental health impacts child's mental health directly and indirectly - Answer True
T/F: it is hardest on children's mental health when work family conflict was in Fathers - Answer
False: hardest when WFC was present in mother figrue
Unincorporated self-employed workers who report business, professional or commission self-
employment income, and whose future business activity is uncertain or expected to be minor or
occasional - Answer Gig work
widely accepted or mainstream ideas, beliefs, and ideologies that shape societal norms and
values. - Answer dominant discourse
____% of those who self-identify as belonging to a visible minority group have experienced
racial or ethnic discrimination - Answer 81%
