Deck 5: Multilevel Social Determinants of Health

Question 1

Beyond medical care what factors contribute to population health?

A) Social factors
B) Economic factors
C) Political factors
D) All of the above

Answer 1

All of the above

Question 2

Cumulative disadvantages with SDOH over generations are intractable without explicit

A) Policy Solutions
B) Financial Incentives
C) Public Health Clinics
D) Transportation solutions

Answer 2

Policy Solutions

Question 3

A WHO conceptual framework categorize of structural determinants of health inequities is

A) Individuals efforts
B) Microeconomics
C) Governance
D) None of the above

Answer 3

Governance

Question 4

Precise contributions of SDOH linkages to health are

A) Clearly understood
B) Are not clearly understood
C) Are easily tracked over time
D) Are easily observed

Question 5

There are _____ contextual level social determinants that affect health care.

A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5

Question 6

Social determinants that lead to health and health inequities include

A) Racial and Ethnic Minority Composition
B) Social Capital
C) Racial and Ethnic Residential Segregation
D) All of the above

Question 7

Studies show that Emergency rooms and trauma centers are

A) More likely to close in communities with higher concentrations of black residents irrespective of area level income
B) More likely to close in communities with higher concentrations of Latinos irrespective of area level income
C) More likely to close in communities with higher concentrations of black residents in areas with higher level incomes
D) More likely to close in communities with higher concentrations of Native Americans irrespective of area level income

Question 8

Social capital has the potential to improve health outcomes

A) Social norms and information flows may encourage positive health behaviors
B) Social networks can increase available psychosocial support
C) May facilitate access to a variety of resources
D) All of the above

Question 9

The RWJF framework conceptualizes medical care as

A) The foundation of health
B) A social factor with personal behavior factors
C) As inherently embedded in a larger social context
D) As distributed across geography

Question 10

Social determinants beyond medical care do not include

A) Education
B) Income
C) Genetics
D) Race and Ethnicity

Question 11

The death toll attributed to social factors is comparable to the number of deaths caused by acute myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular disease or lung cancer.

Question 12

The World Health Organization (WHO) has not championed consideration of SDOH in formulating public health policy.

Question 13

SDOH linkages to health are clearly understood.

Question 14

Income is a social determinant to accessing health care.

Question 15

Social capital has the potential to improve health outcomes.

Question 16

Longitudinal studies are needed to understand the impact of SDOH and assist in formulation of policy.

Question 17

Community social capital has not facilitated access to care.

Question 18

Income inequality refers to the degree to which income is unevenly distributed within an area.

Question 19

Racial and ethnic minority composition refers to an ecological measure depicting the racial or ethnic makeup of geographically defined community.

Question 20

Medical care is seen as the main component of health in the RWJF framework to build a healthier America.