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Question 1:

Which of the following is a downstream factor that influences health?
a) Health care services
b) The environment
c) Income
d) Race

Question 2:

Social identity can NOT influence health in which way?
a) Our health risk
b) The way we respond to illness
c) The way we experience health care
d) Our body’s response to treatment

Question 3:

Which of the following is an example of mortality?
a) The percentage of women diagnosed with breast cancer in a given year
b) The number of children who broke their arm in a given month
c) The ratio of children under 12 who died in a given year
d) The number of Aboriginal Canadians with type 2 diabetes

Question 4:

Which of the following is NOT proposed as a reason why individuals from a lower-class background have higher rates of schizophrenia?
a) Limited access to health care resources during pregnancy
b) Greater levels of stress
c) Tendency of people with schizophrenia to shift down the social gradient
d) Decreased participation in physical activity in childhood

Question 5:

Which of the following is deemed the most plausible explanation for the connection between health status and racial categorization?
a) Genetic variation
b) Social inequalities
c) Level of psychosocial stress from life circumstances
d) Differences in lifestyle and behavior

Question 6:

Women are more likely to be diagnosed as having which mental disorder?
a) Depression
b) Addiction
c) Suicide
d) Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Question 7:

What is involved in using intersectionality to study health inequities?
a) A straightforward adding of social identities
b) Studying the combined effects and interaction of social relations on health
c) Evaluating the morbidity and mortality of a given population
d) Tracking the rates of multiple illnesses (mental, physical) over a prolonged period of time

Question 8:

Which of the following is true related to health services in rural and remote Canada?
a) There is a disproportionate number of First Nations, Inuit, and Metis populations in rural areas
b) Health services are provided at equal rates to those living in urban communities
c) Extreme weather creates challenges for resource delivery
d) There are fewer health inequities

Question 9:

Which of the following is not considered to be part of our social identity?
a) Education and occupation
b) Gender
c) Where we are from
d) Health status

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Question 10:

Downstream factors are more important in determining health than upstream factors.
a) True
b) False

Question 11:

Social class is a measure of each person’s position in a society’s economy, based solely on income.
a) True
b) False

Question 12:

The effect of the social gradient on health is greater among adults than children.
a) True
b) False

Question 13:

Racial categories can be both a source of pride for individuals and a source of discrimination.
a) True
b) False

Question 14:

The social inequities currently faced by African Americans and First Nations peoples are isolated.
a) True
b) False

Question 15:

The structures in place in the reserve system limit the health care services available to Aboriginal communities in Canada.
a) True
b) False

Question 16:

Black people are more likely to be diagnosed with schizophrenia because of a physiological predisposition.
a) True
b) False

Question 17:

Patriarchal institutional structures emphasize male privileged for all males regardless of perceived masculinity.
a) True
b) False

Question 18:

Women tend to live longer than men and experience less morbidity.
a) True
b) False

Question 19:

The intersection between two social relations or identities produces unpredictable and unique effects on health.
a) True
b) False

True or False Questions

Question 20:

Downstream factors are more important in determining health than upstream factors.
a) True
b) False

Higher Education

Health and Society: Chapter 05

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