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Social determinants of health

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

which of the following is NOT true regarding sympatho-adrenal pathway of the fight- or- flight response?

a)

Sympathetic branch of autonomic nervous system activates noradrenaline and adrenaline

b)

Can be switched on rapidly but takes time to switch off

c)

Response causes psychological provocation and energy mobilization

d)

Response inhibits functions that are irrelevant to immediate survival

2.

TRUE or FALSE: Although higher socioeconomic status provides social and psychological resources to cope with stressful life events, it does not diminish the likelihood that individuals will encounter negative events.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

According to the job demand- control model, the most ideal work environment, which allows for learning and motivation is categorized as:

a)

High-strain jobs

b)

Low-strain jobs

c)

Active jobs

d)

Passive jobs

4.

Precarious employment includes which of the following?

a)

Flexible employment

b)

Temporary employment

c)

Atypical employment

d)

All of the above

5.

TRUE or FALSE: Prolonged levels of cortisol can proVoke paranoia or depression

a)

True

b)

False

6.

The idea that parents can "pass on" their advantages or disadvantages to their children is known children is known is known as what type of social accumulation?

a)

Longitudinal

b)

Perpetuating

c)

Cross-sectional

d)

Intra-generational

7.

Socioeconomic status is a composite measure that typically incorporates of the following EXCEPT:

a)

Economic status

b)

work status

c)

Health status

d)

Social status

8.

TRUE or FALSE: According to the job demand-control model, job-related strain alone leads to high psychological stress in a work environment

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The concept that establishes how life experience alters biological process to affect later life health and well-being in known as:

a)

Biological embedding

b)

Biological evolution

c)

Biological belief

d)

Biological programming

10.

The phenomenon where previous socioeconomic circumstances condition the impact of new disadvantages is known as:

a)

Social mobility

b)

Social gradient

c)

Social capital

d)

Social protection

11.

TRUE or FALSE: A caste system would be a example of an closed system of social stratification

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Which of the following is NOT a type of social capital?

a)

Bonding

b)

Buffering

c)

Bridging

d)

Linking

13.

TRUE or FALSE: Residents who are more involved in community tend to be happier where they live, regardless of the physical quality of their homes.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Priority social risk factors in aging include all of the following EXCEPT:

a)

Housing

b)

Transport

c)

Food

d)

Access to resources related to physical and cognitive function

15.

According to natality statistics prior to 1989, which of the following conditions were used to classify race to newborns?

a)

One drop of non-white blood made a person non-white

b)

A child would be assigned white races as long as one parent was white

c)

If the newborn has non-white mixed ancestry, the mother's race was used for classification

d)

All of the above

16.

TRUE or FALSE: Social networks are measured by number and frequency of contacts, but not by quality of interaction.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Processes leading to social exclusion include which of the following?

a)

Economic change

b)

Changes in welfare programs

c)

Demographic change

d)

All of the above

18.

TRUE or FLASE: suicide and suicidal feelings are likely to occur at all stages of homelessness

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Higher rates of partner change tend to occur

a)

Among older, more mature people

b)

Among higher social classes

c)

Among people living in rual areas

d)

None of the above

20.

Food deserts arise as a result of all if the following EXCEPT:

a)

Financial risks in opening supermarkets

b)

Transport issues

c)

Social mobility

d)

Prevalence of convenience stores

21.

TRUE or FALSE: Low-income households are generally very inefficient purchasers of nutrients

a)

True

b)

False

22.

In post - industrial societies reproductive outcomes are measured by all of the following EXCEPT:

a)

Infertility rates

b)

Maternal mortality rates

c)

Unplanned pregnancy rates

d)

Abortion rates

23.

The probable damage that would occur, in terms of loss of human life and economic loss or environmental damage, is referred to as:

a)

Biophysical vulnerability

b)

Risk

c)

Mitigation

d)

Hazard potential

24.

TRUE or FALSE: Special supplemental Nutrition programs for women, Infants, Children (WIC) provides vouchers for food and infant formula for pregnant women, Iactating mothers, and children up to age 8.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

The rise in risky sexual behavior the last decade is a result of a combination of all of the following factors EXCEPT:

a)

Changes in risk perception

b)

Decrease in reporting

c)

Change in the "sexual marketplace"

d)

Sexualization in the media