Chapter 7 Practice Quiz

. What does medical sociology explore?

The strictly biological aspects of health

Health in seniors

The quality of a nation's health care system

The social aspects of health

Health care received by ethnic minorities

. What is the biomedical view of health?

The absence of all illness

The ability to live a normal life

The ability to not feel excessive amounts of pain on a daily basis

Having well-being

Living near loved ones

. Worldwide life expectancy is:

52

62

72

82

92

. Which country has the highest life expectancy?

Chili

Canada

UK

Monaco

Chad

. What are two ways in which the morbidity rate can be reported?

Incidence and prevalence

Subjective and objective

Absolute and relative

Essential and fundamental

Functionalist or conflict

. What is an endemic?

A disease that spreads throughout the world

A disease that only targets concentrated areas of a country

A disease that is only prevalent amongst the elderly

A disease that leads to a high infant mortality rate

A disease that is constantly present within a population

. Which disease is an example of how globalization has increased the risk of the spread of viruses around the world?

Pneumonia

SARS

MERS

Bubonic Plague

Spanish flu

. Which is NOT a contributor to the obesity epidemic?

Larger portion sizes

Increased TV viewing

Good nutritional counselling within the school system

Technological advancements that lead to less physical activity

Increased use of prescription drugs

. According to the World Health Organization, what percentage of the world's children and adolescents have some form of mental disorder?

1 %

5%

10%

15%

20%

. What is comorbidity?

Multiple people in a social enclave dying in close succession

Getting ill at the same time as your spouse

The morbidity rate of a particular disease within a defined location

Mental illness that one gets while caring for a sick partner

The susceptibility of an individuality with an illness to additional health problems

. The biopsychosocial view of health and illness recognizes that health is solely the result of biology.

True

False

. Half of the world's population is at risk of malaria.

True

False

. In Suicide, Emile Durkheim showed that we can explain personal health issues within social-structural terms.

True

False

. Conflict theorists see good health as the normal, desirable state of an individual.

True

False

. In Frederick Engels book, The Condition of the Working Class in England, he shows that the substandard living conditions of the disadvantaged in Manchester contributed to the city's high death rate.

True

False

. Symbolic interactionists show that health and illness remain the same no matter which country is studied.

True

False

. The population health perspective views health as a complex relationship among various social, economic, and political factors.

True

False

. Alcohol use in adolescents has increased since the 1970s.

True

False

. Males and females consume the same amount of alcohol.

True

False

. 16 percent of the Canadian population smokes.

True

False

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