Queens University HEALTH 101 Week 1: Intro to SDoH 1)According to the Lalonde Report: •             medical care plays the most important role in reducing illness and premature death •             our most important challenge to create a healthy society is to reduce inequities in health between high- and low-income Canadians •             Canadians must become more active individually and collectively in maintaining and enhancing their health by adopting healthy lifestyles and protecting air and water quality •             those who are most likely to benefit from lifestyle changes are least likely to be able to make them •             (b) and (c) 2

Queens University

HEALTH 101

Week 1: Intro to SDoH

1)According to the Lalonde Report:

•             medical care plays the most important role in reducing illness and premature death

•             our most important challenge to create a healthy society is to reduce

inequities in health between high- and low-income Canadians

•             Canadians must become more active individually and collectively in maintaining and enhancing their health by adopting healthy lifestyles and protecting air and water quality

•             those who are most likely to benefit from lifestyle changes are least likely to be able to make them

•             (b) and (c)

2.            Health inequities:

•             refer to differences in population health that are avoidable, such as the gap between the health of the richest and the health of the poorest

•             arise from conditions over which we have no control

•             is a concept that is practically the same as the concept of health inequalities

•             result from genetic differences

•             would disappear if everyone ate healthily, engaged in physical activity regularly, and consumed alcohol in moderation

3.            Neoliberalism (or liberal individualism) does not support the improvement

of population health because:

•             it aligns with a conventional view of health that sees health outcomes as a mix of genetics and lifestyle determinants of health

•             it does not support the strong government action and intervention

needed for public health to do its work

•             tax cuts mean that there is not enough government money to fund public health adequately

•             it tends to increase the income gap between the richest and the

poorest, which adversely affects population health

•             all of the above

•             none of the above