Queens University HLTH 101 Week 2: 1)Healthy lifestyles Select one: a

Queens University

HLTH 101

Week 2:

1)Healthy lifestyles

Select one:

a.appear to have the greatest positive health effects on those already living in high economic and social circumstances

b.            appear to have little measurable impact on the health of lower­income people

c.             are difficult to achieve and maintain for those who live in poverty d. all of the above

e. none of the above

2.            Thomas McKeown argued that:

Select one:

a.            deaths from infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis, pertussis, and measles, fell sharply af­ ter 1850 because of changes in social and environmental factors, especially better nutrition

b.            deaths from infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis, pertussis, and measles, fell sharply af­ ter 1850 because better health care and better treatments, such as antibiotics that meant more people survived after getting the disease

c.             deaths from infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis, pertussis, and measles, fell sharply af­ ter 1850 because of widespread immunizations that prevented these diseases

d.            the most important tool to improve population health is sanitation, especially clean drinking water and sewage systems

e.            unnecessary or inappropriate health care interventions and services pose a significant threat to population health

3.            According to Friedrich Engels, “health­harming” behaviors (such excessive alco­ hol consumption and family violence) among the working classes were:

Select one:

a.            a demonstration of their bad character

b.            evidence for why they should not be given health care

c.             a result of contracting cholera and typhus

d.            evidence that they could not be trusted to make good decisions e. a product of appalling living and working conditions

f. all of the above

4.            Rudolf Virchow argued that (think of meili and Virchow working together)

Select one:

a.            character flaws and bad choices were the main causes of disease and early death in Upper Silesia

b.            to be most effective, physicians should stick to their clinical practice of treating individuals for sickness

c.             improving the health of the population of Upper Silesia required political, economic and social reforms

d.            improving the health of the population of Upper Silesia required additional medical care, drugs and a better food supply

e.            the main reason for a typhus outbreak in Upper Silesia was an infestation of lice

f.             only (b) and (e)

5.            The social patterning of behavior:

Select one:

a.            is important for some forms of behavior, like fashion choices, but not others, including health behaviors, which are under individual control

b.            is only important in understanding behavior after the epidemiologic transition has occurred

c.             refers to falling rates of infectious, parasitic and nutritional diseases and rising prominence of chronic disease associated with growing affluence

d.            refers to the usually unconscious determination of behavior by contextual factors, including the social norms of one’s workplace and social position

e.            explains why deaths from infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis, pertussis, and measles, fell sharply after 1850

f.             none of the above