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Part I

Question 1

Define primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention, and discuss the differences among them. Also, provide one example of each. Your response should be at least 300 words in length. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. Any references or citations used should be in APA style.

Question 2

How is research important in preventing disease and/or the spread of disease? Give an example of how research has helped improve the outcomes of people with certain diseases. Also, explain how scientists determine if research sources and/or data are reliable. Your response should be at least 300 words in length. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. Any references or citations used should be in APA style.

Question 3

Using the CSU Online Library and/or other sources, either prove or disprove the idea that social stress and social networks affect an individual’s health. Your response should be at least 500 words in length. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. Any references or citations used should be in APA style.

Question 4

We know that epidemiology looks at the distribution of disease within specific populations. On the other hand, social epidemiology looks at social behavior and other factors to determine how they affect the distribution of disease within a population. Consider where you live, either on a state, city, or neighborhood community level, and think about a particular disease or health disparity that is most prevalent among a particular group. Discuss what the disease/health disparity is, what group it is affecting, and what factors are involved in the reason that this group is affected. Your response should be at least 500 words in length. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. Any references or citations used should be in APA style.

Question 5

Match the terms listed on the left with their corresponding definition on the right.

Answer

	Critical approach Read Answer Items for Question 5
	Power Read Answer Items for Question 5
	Morbidity Read Answer Items for Question 5
	Globalization Read Answer Items for Question 5
	Mortality Read Answer Items for Question 5
	CDC Read Answer Items for Question 5
	Manufacturers of Illness Read Answer Items for Question 5
	Obesity Read Answer Items for Question 5
	Medicaid Read Answer Items for Question 5
	Medicare Read Answer Items for Question 5
	Toxic agents Read Answer Items for Question 5
	Risk society

Answer

A.	Government funded health insurance program for poor persons
B.	Symptoms, illnesses, and impairments
C.	Deaths
D.	Focuses on the sources, nature, and consequences of a relationship
E.	Process through which ideas, resources, people, and trade increasingly operate in a worldwide rather than local framework
F.	Groups that promote illness-causing behaviors and social conditions
G.	Federal agency charged with tracking and preventing the spread of disease
H.	Depends so heavily on potentially dangerous modern technologies that the risks from such technologies become commonplace and accepted
I.	Federally funded insurance program for elderly and permanently disabled individuals
J.	Second most common cause of premature deaths
K.	Substances that harm or kill people or other organisms
L.	Ability to get others to do what one wants, whether willingly or unwillingly

Part II

Question 1

It is obvious that there are differences that exist between the health status of people in the U.S. and those in less developed countries. Identify at least one significant health problem or concern for two underdeveloped countries, and compare their statuses in those areas to the U.S. Your response should be at least 300 words in length. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. Any references or citations used should be in APA style.

Question 2

Develop your own opinion about what constitutes social class. Give evidence to support your opinion. Discuss a situation from your own experience in which you personally witnessed the relationship that exists between social class and an individual’s health. Your response should be at least 300 words in length. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. Any references or citations used should be in APA style.

Question 3

Discuss how an individual’s race, ethnicity, age, sex, and gender can impact his or her health. Your response should be at least 300 words in length. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. Any references or citations used should be in APA style.

Question 4

Visit the following link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK11736/ and read Chapter 8. Choose two of the health intervention cases that were discussed in Chapter 8, then list and describe the political and economic factors that impacted each health outcome.

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Your response should be at least 300 words in length. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. Any references or citations used should be in APA style.

Question 5

The fundamental-cause theory suggests that those with greater access to resources will experience better health because of those resources, regardless of changes in cause, time, or situation. Do you agree with this theory? Do you believe that this truth only applies to those with a higher social status? Explain your position and provide at least one supporting fact. Your response should be at least 300 words in length. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. Any references or citations used should be in APA style.

Question 6

In Chapter 3 of the textbook, we are introduced to the concept of income inequality. Some sociologists have used this to argue that the gap in income between the poorest and wealthiest people in a nation explains why some nations are healthier than others. Do you agree with this theory? Explain why, or why not.

Your response should be at least 200 words in length. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. Any references or citations used should be in APA style.

Question 7

Match each definition with the appropriate term.

Answer

	Neonatal infant mortality Read Answer Items for Question 6
	Postneonatal infant mortality Read Answer Items for Question 6
	Social class Read Answer Items for Question 6
	Environmental racism Read Answer Items for Question 6
	HIV/AIDS Read Answer Items for Question 6
	Tuberculosis Read Answer Items for Question 6
	Epidemiological transition Read Answer Items for Question 6
	Intersex

Answer

A.	Death occurring between 28 days and 11 months after birth
B.	Death occurring during the first 27 days after birth
C.	Hits people during their prime work years and sharply curtails family incomes
D.	Refers to the disproportionate burden of environmental pollution experienced by ethnic minorities
E.	Results naturally from overpopulation combine with insufficient natural and technological resources
F.	Refers to an individual’s position within a society’s economic and social hierarchy
G.	Having male and female characteristics
H.	Kills more people than any other infectious or parasitic disease in less developed nations

Unit II Scholarly Activity

Use your favorite search engine to research the social determinants of health. Write a three to five page paper in which you answer the following questions:

• What are the social determinants of health?

• What factors determine the health of an individual, and how do they relate to the social determinants of health?

• Do you feel it is important to address in some way the impact social class and other social determinants have on health? Why, or why not?

• How are organizations such as the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention addressing the issue?

• What are some ways that you could address this issue?

All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. Any references or citations used should be in APA style.