Exam 5: Determinants of Health and Disease

Why is the emerging trend toward longer standard working hours in Canada likely to impact the health status of Canadians?

What key factor has influenced the education rates among Indigenous communities in Canada, thereby impacting their health status?

What important planning factor must health care providers consider when addressing income and its consequent direct, complex impact on health status?

Which research-based injury prevention policies that are intended to positively influence population health behaviours have been adopted in Canada, both nationally and provincially? (Select all that apply.)

How does epigenetics help health care providers to further understand the early years and translate that information to understand the health status of people of all ages?

Why is it important for students in the health sector to become skilled at working in a multidisciplinary interprofessional environment?

As a health care provider, you have observed high rates of dental caries requiring urgent care for young children in your community who come from low-income households or are relatively new immigrants. Which environmental influence is important to investigate first to address this concern?

According to research in the past decade, which population group in Canada has been increasingly exposed to high levels of chronic stress-resulting from everyday conditions shaped by government policy-leading to impacts on their identity and consequently predisposing them to cardiovascular and mental health issues?

Which key dimensions of food environments-including the physical, social, economic, cultural, and political factors existing within a community or region-influence people's food and nutrition "choices"? (Select all that apply.)

Which challenging and concerning community health issue is emerging in Canada and is also, according to the World Health Organization, one of the top 10 threats to global public health?