U6: Graded Quiz

According to the Adelaide Statement on Health in All Policies, health promotion is NOT the sole responsibility of the health sector.

There is a direct correlation between income and mortality.

In the article by Mozaffarian et al., it is asserted that obesity prevention strategies should consider issues around:
- Dietary intake
- Television watching
- Physical Activity

All spaces and products created or at least significantly modified by people.

A growing number of researchers agree that there is a link between the social environment and the built environment.

Social capital is important for the enhancement of government performance and the functioning of democracy, as well as health.

All of the following public and social policy topics have an effect on health:
- economy and employment
- agriculture and food
- housing and community services
- public health

Public health policy does NOT facilitate the delivery of new technologies, drugs, and therapies to diseased populations.

Prevention of disease through key lifestyle choices is more cost effective than treatment of disease.

Social networks and community involvement have a major influence (positive or negative) on health.

Factors such as pressures of time and money, commute times, and T.V. watching as a recreational activity have contributed to the decline of social capital in recent decades.

People who are socially engaged with others and actively involved in their communities tend to live longer and be healthier mentally and physically.

Social Capital consists of features of social organization - such as trust between citizens, norms of reciprocity, and group membership - that facilitate collective action.

Quality of Life data are becoming increasingly important in the evaluation of health care programs.

is a health outcome

Challenges facing the fastest growing proportion of the world's population (the urban population):
- Poverty
- Inadequate housing
- Malnutrition
- Availability of drinking water

The main concepts around morbidity, according to Kaplan & Anderson involve 3 types of evidence. These are:
- clinical
- behavioral
- subjective

The majority of smokers now live in low-income countries.

The following are major behavioral risk factors for non-communicable diseases?
- Physical inactivity
- Smoking
- Unhealthy diets

Social capital may influence the health behaviors of neighborhood residents by:
- Prompting more rapid diffusion of health information.
- Increasing the likelihood that healthy norms of behavior are adopted (e.g. physical activity).
- Exerting social control over deviant health-related behaviors.