PBH 317 Unit 2 Assessment Exam
Questions and Answers (Latest
Update 2026)
3 Key Components of the Social System -
correct answer ✅1. Socioeconomic status
2. Culture
3. Religion
Socioeconomic status -
correct answer ✅-Living conditions: Increases in sanitation,
reductions in crowding, methods of heating and cooking
-Educational opportunities: has the strongest association with
health; this May be due to a better appreciation of factors
associated with disease and a greater ability to control these
factors; Education for women has an impact on the health of
children and families
-Occupational exposures: More likely to get injured or be exposed
to something; Lower socioeconomic jobs are traditionally
associated with increased exposure to health risks
Family size; Large family size affects health and is traditionally
associated with lower socioeconomic status and lower health status
, PBH 317 Unit 2 Assessment Exam
Questions and Answers (Latest
Update 2026)
Culture -
correct answer ✅-Social practices: Food preferences, female
genital mutilation, the role of exercise
-acceptable interventions: Certain cultures might believe
techniques are better than doctors; variations in degree of
acceptance of traditional Western medicine, including reliance on
self-help and traditional healers
-response symptoms: level of urgency to recognize symptoms, seek
care, communicate, and self-medicate symptoms; social, family, and
work structures provide a varying degree of social support
-response to disease to interventions: cultural differences in follow-
up, adherence to treatment, and acceptance of the adverse
outcome
Religion -
correct answer ✅Social practices- Sexual: circumcision, use of
contraceptives Food: avoidance of seafood, pork, beef
Alcohol use: part of religion versus prohibited Tobacco use: actively
discouraged by Mormons and Seventh-Day Adventists as part of
their religion
Response to symptoms- Christian Scientists reject medical care as a
response to symptoms
Questions and Answers (Latest
Update 2026)
3 Key Components of the Social System -
correct answer ✅1. Socioeconomic status
2. Culture
3. Religion
Socioeconomic status -
correct answer ✅-Living conditions: Increases in sanitation,
reductions in crowding, methods of heating and cooking
-Educational opportunities: has the strongest association with
health; this May be due to a better appreciation of factors
associated with disease and a greater ability to control these
factors; Education for women has an impact on the health of
children and families
-Occupational exposures: More likely to get injured or be exposed
to something; Lower socioeconomic jobs are traditionally
associated with increased exposure to health risks
Family size; Large family size affects health and is traditionally
associated with lower socioeconomic status and lower health status
, PBH 317 Unit 2 Assessment Exam
Questions and Answers (Latest
Update 2026)
Culture -
correct answer ✅-Social practices: Food preferences, female
genital mutilation, the role of exercise
-acceptable interventions: Certain cultures might believe
techniques are better than doctors; variations in degree of
acceptance of traditional Western medicine, including reliance on
self-help and traditional healers
-response symptoms: level of urgency to recognize symptoms, seek
care, communicate, and self-medicate symptoms; social, family, and
work structures provide a varying degree of social support
-response to disease to interventions: cultural differences in follow-
up, adherence to treatment, and acceptance of the adverse
outcome
Religion -
correct answer ✅Social practices- Sexual: circumcision, use of
contraceptives Food: avoidance of seafood, pork, beef
Alcohol use: part of religion versus prohibited Tobacco use: actively
discouraged by Mormons and Seventh-Day Adventists as part of
their religion
Response to symptoms- Christian Scientists reject medical care as a
response to symptoms
