Stress is Bad for Your Health: Crash Course Public Health #5

Who famously wrote, 'I contain multitudes'?

• Walt Whitman

• Vanessa Hill

• Arline Geronimus

• Kimberlé Crenshaw

What do public health experts need to know to do their job?

• Only the genetic information of individuals

• The best hospitals in the country

• Who's healthy and who's not

• The latest medical technologies

What is considered a major part of our health according to the text?

• Having a large social media following

• The ability to run a marathon

• The number of YouTube videos watched

• Autonomy

What term did Dr. Arline Geronimus coin to describe bodies aging faster due to stress?

• Weathering

• Acceleration

• Degradation

• Erosion

What does 'allostatic load' measure?

• The load of information we can memorize

• Our physical strength

• The amount of stress hormones in our brain

• The wear and tear on our body from stress

What are ACEs an acronym for?

• Athletic Competitive Events

• Adverse Childhood Experiences

• Advanced Cognitive Exercises

• Acute Care Emergencies

Who coined the term 'intersectionality'?

• Arline Geronimus

• Kimberlé Crenshaw

• Vanessa Hill

• Walt Whitman

What does intersectionality help us understand?

• The crossing of different animal species

• The intersection of roads in urban planning

• The complexity of our identities and how they affect us

• The meeting point of two rivers

What is a key factor that affects our health literacy?

• The number of medical books read

• The ability to use basic medical information

• The ability to perform surgery

• Knowing all the bones in the human body

What does the text suggest is intertwined with our identities and health?

• Society's acceptance

• The number of languages spoken

• Our favorite type of music

• The sports we play