1. Sociologists call the larger social factors that shape our health the social ______ of health. antecedents determinants mediators prescriptions 2. Death from illegal drug overdose is on the decline in the United States and globally. True False 3. Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being according to the ______. National Institute of Health American Journal of Medicine Surgeon General of the United States World Health Organization (WHO) 4. Better health technology and ______ are the main reasons for the increase in life expectancy for Americans. decrease in health-care costs medical funding access to health care social supports 5. Malcolm woke up in the morning with a sore throat and cough. He knew he was coming down with a cold. He immediately called out of work and went back to bed to rest. If Malcolm still feels sick tomorrow, he will go to see the doctor. Malcolm is playing the ______ role. paranoia hypochondriac sick learned helplessness 6. Obesity rates are highest among those with the lowest education. True False 7. It is easy to see your own and others health from a sociological perspective because the contributing factors are evident. True False 8. What effort to slow the spread of HIV and hepatitis has been embraced in Canada and Australia but not in the United States? safe injection facilities a war on drugs needle exchange programs national centers for disease control 9. How do sociologists look at the study of health? effect health has on culture immediate cause of illness proximal causes of disease social causes of disease within a population 10. What do we use to determine if a person is overweight or obese? height and age body mass scale age and weight body mass index 11. Those countries who opt to sign the CRPD agree to do what as a result? examine old policies and determine which ones are still effective support other nations in assisting their disabled population take care of those who have disabilities develop and carry out policies that help protect people with disabilities 12. While it is important to treat diseases such as tuberculosis, sociologists studying health believe that society must examine what two factors that can increase the rate of the disease? personal and cultural cultural and social social and economic spiritual and social 13. Talcott Parsons, one of the earliest structural functionalists, studied and wrote about health and illness. True False 14. The ______ a country is, the healthier their population tends to be. smaller larger wealthier more stable 15. Within a health-care system, decisions and actions that are set in place to reach certain overall health-care goals are known as health ______. policies milestones benchmarks biomarkers
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