THE SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
LATEST VERSION; RATED A+
define what is meant by social determinants of health
Impact of social and economic factors - material, social, political, and cultural conditions that shape our
lives and behaviors
2. How does the concept of "control of destiny" / "stress" link the social to the biomedical.
ability to influence events that occur in your life → if cant control stress response can kick in and
decrease health
what is meant by lifestyle drift?
Lifestyle drift describes the tendency in public health to focus on individual behaviors such a smoking,
diet, alcohol and drugs that are undoubted causes of health inequities, but to ignore the drivers of these
behaviors - the causes of the causes
social determinants of health (non-health areas)
Economic stability
Education
Health and Health Care
Neighborhood and Built Environment
Social and Community Context
Explain the reasons why knowledge of genetic variation on "race" will be unlikely to reduce health
disparities
-gene variation explains only a small association with disease
-only small % of genetic information explains race/ethnicity
-developing interventions is challenging (hard to provide someones risk)
more variation occurs ____ compared to _____
within ethnic/racial groups compared to between groups
what percent of genetic information explains "race/ethnicity"?
4-8%
specific areas where genetic variation will be likely to address disparities
1. When treatment decisions are clearly tied to a genetic marker/test.
2. When pharmacogenomics can predict drug response.
3. When genetic information helps provide better risk/benefit prediction.
main point of genetics vs disparities
LATEST VERSION; RATED A+
define what is meant by social determinants of health
Impact of social and economic factors - material, social, political, and cultural conditions that shape our
lives and behaviors
2. How does the concept of "control of destiny" / "stress" link the social to the biomedical.
ability to influence events that occur in your life → if cant control stress response can kick in and
decrease health
what is meant by lifestyle drift?
Lifestyle drift describes the tendency in public health to focus on individual behaviors such a smoking,
diet, alcohol and drugs that are undoubted causes of health inequities, but to ignore the drivers of these
behaviors - the causes of the causes
social determinants of health (non-health areas)
Economic stability
Education
Health and Health Care
Neighborhood and Built Environment
Social and Community Context
Explain the reasons why knowledge of genetic variation on "race" will be unlikely to reduce health
disparities
-gene variation explains only a small association with disease
-only small % of genetic information explains race/ethnicity
-developing interventions is challenging (hard to provide someones risk)
more variation occurs ____ compared to _____
within ethnic/racial groups compared to between groups
what percent of genetic information explains "race/ethnicity"?
4-8%
specific areas where genetic variation will be likely to address disparities
1. When treatment decisions are clearly tied to a genetic marker/test.
2. When pharmacogenomics can predict drug response.
3. When genetic information helps provide better risk/benefit prediction.
main point of genetics vs disparities
