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Global Health quiz
Question | Answer |
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What is the WHO definition of health? | "is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of a disease or infirmity |
What are the principles of the WHO Constitution? | Health is linked with peace, health is a human right, the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental human rights |
Difference between modifiable and unmodifiable diseases? | unmodifiable are things such as age, gender, ethnicity, and genetic tendencies that cannot be changed; modifiable are lifestyle choices that a person can change for example smoking |
Key questions of epidemiology? | WHO gets the disease? WHERE does it happen? WHEN does it happen? |
Which word best describes differences in health experience that are avoidable? | Inequities |
Which word describes the process of a disease? | pathogenesis |
Which word best describes a disease with no known cause? | idiopathic |
What does the GINI index provide? | measures the inequality of distribution of incomes within a country; the lower the better |
What is the number of children each woman must give birth to to generate a replacement population? | 2 |
What word best describes a population liked by cultural heritage, language, religion, tribal affiliation, and other attributes? | ethnicity |