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Social Determinants of Mental Health

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1.  What is medical sociology? the study of pharmaceutical interventions for an entire society the social science of the field of public health the study of the health and healthcare systems in society it is synonymous with epidemiology

2.  What is population health? it is synonymous with public health the health status of a group of people a mechanism to maintain or reduce a population a non-American health system

3.  How are medical sociology and population health related? both study the health of a society both are required courses for all health professionals both require Ph.D.s they are unrelated

4.  Which of the following is a social determinant of health? blood type diet body type race

5.  Which of the following is NOT a social determinant of health? neighborhood genetics age marital status

6.  What does the phrase “upstream” refer to in the case of population health? negative health consequences root social conditions of health outcomes last resort therapies historical findings in population health

7.  Which theory presents a framework for structural factors in health? social exchange theory transtheoretical model grounded theory fundamental cause theory

8.  Research indicates which group has the highest risk of mental disorders college student populations highly educated, Type A individuals poor, disadvantaged populations unmarried individuals

9.  How does race impact mental health? through structural and institutional mechanisms through anti-social mechanisms through primarily genetic mechanisms race does not tend to impact mental health

10.  What kind of mechanism is at play when cortisol levels are mediating therelationship between social determinants and health? institutional physiological cultural genetic