SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH
EXAM UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions
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How does the World Health Organization (WHO) define social determinants of health? - CORRECT
ANSWERS -Social determinants of health are the nonmedical factors that influence health
outcomes.
-They are the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, and the wider set of forces
and systems shaping the conditions of daily life.
-These forces and systems include economic policies and systems, development agendas, social norms,
social policies, racism, climate change, and political systems.
Explain what are structural determinants and intermediary determinants in the framework developed by
the WHO Commission of Social Determinants of Health. - CORRECT ANSWERS Structural
determinants include socioeconomic status (education, income, occupation) and community/societal
context (policies, governing, values).
Intermediary determinants include the living and working conditions of people. Ex: psychological factors,
behavioral characteristics
Give an example of one form of social exclusion: denial of participation in civil affairs; denial of social
goods; exclusion from social production; economic exclusion. - CORRECT ANSWERS Denial of
social goods - no access to education, healthcare, housing
Some say that public health ethics is a balance between doing the most good for the most people and the
risk of authoritarian influence. Explain what this means. - CORRECT ANSWERS this means
helping the most people possible without people feeling like they are blindly submitting to the help
What is the difference between a health inequity and a health disparity? - CORRECT
ANSWERS health inequity - Unfair and avoidable health difference between groups of people
EXAM UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions
and Answers
How does the World Health Organization (WHO) define social determinants of health? - CORRECT
ANSWERS -Social determinants of health are the nonmedical factors that influence health
outcomes.
-They are the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age, and the wider set of forces
and systems shaping the conditions of daily life.
-These forces and systems include economic policies and systems, development agendas, social norms,
social policies, racism, climate change, and political systems.
Explain what are structural determinants and intermediary determinants in the framework developed by
the WHO Commission of Social Determinants of Health. - CORRECT ANSWERS Structural
determinants include socioeconomic status (education, income, occupation) and community/societal
context (policies, governing, values).
Intermediary determinants include the living and working conditions of people. Ex: psychological factors,
behavioral characteristics
Give an example of one form of social exclusion: denial of participation in civil affairs; denial of social
goods; exclusion from social production; economic exclusion. - CORRECT ANSWERS Denial of
social goods - no access to education, healthcare, housing
Some say that public health ethics is a balance between doing the most good for the most people and the
risk of authoritarian influence. Explain what this means. - CORRECT ANSWERS this means
helping the most people possible without people feeling like they are blindly submitting to the help
What is the difference between a health inequity and a health disparity? - CORRECT
ANSWERS health inequity - Unfair and avoidable health difference between groups of people
