SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH Key
Exam Questions and Answers
What are the 12 social determinants of health? - CORRECT ANSWERS 1. income and social status
2. Social support networks
3. Education and literacy
4. Employment/working conditions
5. Social environments
6. Physical environments
7.Personal health practices and coping skills
8. Healthy childhood development
9. Biology and genetic environment
10. Health services
11. gender
12. culture
Why do we study SDoH? - CORRECT ANSWERS to further understand:
-What are society factors that shape health and explain health inequalities
-What are societal factors that shape the quality of the society factors
5 things involved in current state of SDoH - CORRECT ANSWERS 1. empirical evidence
2. understanding mechanisms and pathways
3. role in life-course perspectives
4. role in policies related to SDoH science
5. role of political ideology
Canada Health Act? - CORRECT ANSWERS Federal Documentation. Ensures everyone has access
to health care
, What are the 5 criteria for CHA - CORRECT ANSWERS public administration
comprehensiveness
universality
portability
accessibility
What does public administration mean? - CORRECT ANSWERS non-profit and public
What does comprehensiveness mean? - CORRECT ANSWERS What is covered? Medically
necessary services
What does universality mean? - CORRECT ANSWERS who is covered?
What does portability mean? - CORRECT ANSWERS Where am I covered?
What does Accessibility mean? - CORRECT ANSWERS When am I covered?
What type of health care does Canada have? - CORRECT ANSWERS predominantly publicly
financed health care system that provides universal coverage
Where does the money come from? - CORRECT ANSWERS Citizens (taxes), Federal Government
(CHT), Provinces/territories (program and services payments)
What happened in 1947 in Saskatchewan - CORRECT ANSWERS first place to have public health
insurance
What happened in 1961 - CORRECT ANSWERS All provinces and territories had public health
insurance
Exam Questions and Answers
What are the 12 social determinants of health? - CORRECT ANSWERS 1. income and social status
2. Social support networks
3. Education and literacy
4. Employment/working conditions
5. Social environments
6. Physical environments
7.Personal health practices and coping skills
8. Healthy childhood development
9. Biology and genetic environment
10. Health services
11. gender
12. culture
Why do we study SDoH? - CORRECT ANSWERS to further understand:
-What are society factors that shape health and explain health inequalities
-What are societal factors that shape the quality of the society factors
5 things involved in current state of SDoH - CORRECT ANSWERS 1. empirical evidence
2. understanding mechanisms and pathways
3. role in life-course perspectives
4. role in policies related to SDoH science
5. role of political ideology
Canada Health Act? - CORRECT ANSWERS Federal Documentation. Ensures everyone has access
to health care
, What are the 5 criteria for CHA - CORRECT ANSWERS public administration
comprehensiveness
universality
portability
accessibility
What does public administration mean? - CORRECT ANSWERS non-profit and public
What does comprehensiveness mean? - CORRECT ANSWERS What is covered? Medically
necessary services
What does universality mean? - CORRECT ANSWERS who is covered?
What does portability mean? - CORRECT ANSWERS Where am I covered?
What does Accessibility mean? - CORRECT ANSWERS When am I covered?
What type of health care does Canada have? - CORRECT ANSWERS predominantly publicly
financed health care system that provides universal coverage
Where does the money come from? - CORRECT ANSWERS Citizens (taxes), Federal Government
(CHT), Provinces/territories (program and services payments)
What happened in 1947 in Saskatchewan - CORRECT ANSWERS first place to have public health
insurance
What happened in 1961 - CORRECT ANSWERS All provinces and territories had public health
insurance
