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WorksheetsSocial determinants of health
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
which of the following is NOT true regarding sympatho-adrenal pathway of the fight- or- flight response?
Sympathetic branch of autonomic nervous system activates noradrenaline and adrenaline
Can be switched on rapidly but takes time to switch off
Response causes psychological provocation and energy mobilization
Response inhibits functions that are irrelevant to immediate survival
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.
True
False
According to the job demand- control model, the most ideal work environment, which allows for learning and motivation is categorized as:
High-strain jobs
Low-strain jobs
Active jobs
Passive jobs
Precarious employment includes which of the following?
Flexible employment
Temporary employment
Atypical employment
All of the above
TRUE or FALSE: Prolonged levels of cortisol can proVoke paranoia or depression
True
False
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?
Longitudinal
Perpetuating
Cross-sectional
Intra-generational
Socioeconomic status is a composite measure that typically incorporates of the following EXCEPT:
Economic status
work status
Health status
Social status
TRUE or FALSE: According to the job demand-control model, job-related strain alone leads to high psychological stress in a work environment
True
False
The concept that establishes how life experience alters biological process to affect later life health and well-being in known as:
Biological embedding
Biological evolution
Biological belief
Biological programming
The phenomenon where previous socioeconomic circumstances condition the impact of new disadvantages is known as:
Social mobility
Social gradient
Social capital
Social protection
TRUE or FALSE: A caste system would be a example of an closed system of social stratification
True
False
Which of the following is NOT a type of social capital?
Bonding
Buffering
Bridging
Linking
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.
True
False
Priority social risk factors in aging include all of the following EXCEPT:
Housing
Transport
Food
Access to resources related to physical and cognitive function
According to natality statistics prior to 1989, which of the following conditions were used to classify race to newborns?
One drop of non-white blood made a person non-white
A child would be assigned white races as long as one parent was white
If the newborn has non-white mixed ancestry, the mother's race was used for classification
All of the above
TRUE or FALSE: Social networks are measured by number and frequency of contacts, but not by quality of interaction.
True
False
Processes leading to social exclusion include which of the following?
Economic change
Changes in welfare programs
Demographic change
All of the above
TRUE or FLASE: suicide and suicidal feelings are likely to occur at all stages of homelessness
True
False
Higher rates of partner change tend to occur
Among older, more mature people
Among higher social classes
Among people living in rual areas
None of the above
Food deserts arise as a result of all if the following EXCEPT:
Financial risks in opening supermarkets
Transport issues
Social mobility
Prevalence of convenience stores
TRUE or FALSE: Low-income households are generally very inefficient purchasers of nutrients
True
False
In post - industrial societies reproductive outcomes are measured by all of the following EXCEPT:
Infertility rates
Maternal mortality rates
Unplanned pregnancy rates
Abortion rates
The probable damage that would occur, in terms of loss of human life and economic loss or environmental damage, is referred to as:
Biophysical vulnerability
Risk
Mitigation
Hazard potential
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.
True
False
The rise in risky sexual behavior the last decade is a result of a combination of all of the following factors EXCEPT:
Changes in risk perception
Decrease in reporting
Change in the "sexual marketplace"
Sexualization in the media
