Deck 7: Culture and Health

Question 1

Culture is an important determinant of health because it:

A) Links closely with what people eat
B) It is an important determinant of people's perceptions of illness
C) It is an important determinant of people's health seeking behavior
D) All of these are correct

Answer 1

D

Question 2

When looking at the links between culture and health, it is likely that:

A) All practices of a culture are health enabling
B) Some practices of a culture are health enabling, while some other cultural practices are not good for health
C) Many cultural practices are bad
D) Most cultural practices have only a modest influence on health

Answer 2

B

Question 3

A society is:

A) A group of people who live in a specific locality
B) A group of people who share a set of beliefs and occupy a specific locality
C) A group of people who share some common beliefs
D) None of these are correct

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Cultural relativism refers to:

A) Assessing a culture through one's own beliefs
B) Assessing a culture through its own belief system
C) Assessing a culture to determine what is good about it
D) Assessing a culture to determine what about it is harmful

Question 5

Health literacy is:

A) The ability to write effectively about health
B) The ability to get, process, and make use of basic information about health and health services
C) The ability to provide certain health services
D) The ability to know where to find information about health

Question 6

Disease refers to:

A) The perception of being sick
B) A biological and psychophysiological condition
C) A biological condition
D) All of these are correct

Question 7

When most people feel that they are "getting sick", their first actions for improving their health are:

A) To visit an allopathic doctor
B) To seek the help of a pharmacy
C) To take home remedies
D) To wait it out

Question 8

Which of the following health conditions is most associated with behavioral risk factors?

A) Lung cancer
B) Pneumonia
C) Diarrhea
D) Skin disease

Question 9

The "diffusion of innovations model" of behavior change highlights:

A) The stages individuals go through before deciding to change their behavior
B) People's perception that they might get an illness and the likelihood, therefore, that they will change their behavior
C) The steps from understanding a problem, to studying it, commercializing the innovation and then encouraging its diffusion
D) The importance of information through social media

Question 10

"Social marketing" refers to:

A) Using traditional pathways to encourage behavior change
B) Using the tools of commercial marketing to try to encourage behavior change
C) Using social media to encourage behavior change
D) Using face to face contacts to encourage behavior change

Question 11

A number of countries have well defined indigenous systems of medicine including:

A) China
B) Russia
C) Denmark
D) Netherlands

Question 12

Culture refers to:

A) The language and music of a particular group
B) The behavior patterns of a particular group
C) The entire set of beliefs, art, law, music and customs shared by members of a society
D) The way people of a certain group behave

Question 13

Ethnocentrism refers to:

A) Judging a society by its own beliefs
B) Viewing a society through own's own beliefs
C) Judging a society
D) All of these are correct

Question 14

Cultural competence refers to:

A) One's ability to work effectively with people in one's own culture
B) One's ability to work effectively with people of different cultures
C)One's ability to work effectively with a specific group
D) None of these are correct

Question 15

An example of "Western" biomedicine is:

A) The use of antibiotics for treating a health condition
B) The use of herbs for treating a health condition
C) The use of indigenous medicine to treat a health condition
D) The work of a local healer

Question 16

In some traditional cultures, people might believe that disease is caused by:

A) Mixing "hot" and "cold" foods
B) A curse
C)Too much or not enough sexual activity
D) All of these are correct

Question 17

Health providers include:

A) Doctors and nurses
B) Dentists and herbalists
C) Bone setters and shamans
D) All of these are correct

Question 18

Taking an "ecological perspective" to behavior change requires you to:

A) Consider multiple levels of influence on behavior and the social environment
B)Consider having people follow a change agent
C) Consider people's perceptions of how likely they are to get an illness.
D) None of these are correct

Question 19

In traditional societies, who often needs to be "brought on board" if behavior change for better health is to occur?

A) Traditional leaders of the community
B) Religious leaders of the community
C) People with important local positions, such as teachers
D) All of these are correct

Question 20

A conditional cash transfer is:

A) A cash payment to someone to help their income
B)A cash payment to a mother to help support her children
C)A cash payment to someone, provided they have engaged in certain agreed health behaviors
D) A cash payment to someone, whether not they have engaged in certain desirable health behaviors