Deck 4: Health, Education, Poverty, and the Economy

Question 1

Which of the following are ways that health and education are connected?

A) Education is health enabling
B) Health enables more education
C) Education enables better nutrition
D) All of these are correct

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Education of women can be a powerful enabler of:

A) Child survival
B) Child health
C) Child growth and development
D) All of these are correct

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The costs of health care for individuals, especially in places lacking universal health coverage:

A) Does not usually have much of an impact on people's incomes
B) Can be immiserating
C) Are not important, except for the direct costs
D) Are not important, except for the indirect costs

Answer 3

B

Question 4

"Health disparities" best refers to:

A) Differences in health that are linked to social disadvantage
B) All differences in health
C) Differences in the distribution of health costs
D) Differences in the financing of health

Question 5

Which of the following is false?

A) "Access to health services" refers to geographic access
B) "Access to health services" refers to being able to get services of appropriate quality
C) "Access to health services" refers to being able to afford health services
D) "Access to health services" refers to everyone being about the same distance to health services

Question 6

Which of the following are likely to have the worst health?

A) Rural but educated people
B) Ethnic, religious, and sexual minorities
C) Urban people
D) Both Ethnic, religious, and sexual minorities and Urban people

Question 7

You would expect infant mortality rates to be lowest in:

A) Liberia
B) Nigeria
C) Paraguay
D) Ireland

Question 8

The phrase "being born female is dangerous to your health" refers best to:

A) Specific health conditions females face that men do not
B) The social disadvantage that women face in many societies and the impact of that on health
C) The importance of violence against women
D) The importance of maternal deaths

Question 9

"Financial fairness" in the financing of health refers to:

A) The costs of health services
B) The benefits of health services
C) The extent to which services are financed in a manner that reflects who benefits and the ability of people to pay for such services
D) None of these are correct

Question 10

Which of the following is false?

A) Countries need to be rich to enjoy good health
B) Countries can enjoy good health, even when they are not high-income
C) Studying countries that have achieved relatively high levels of health before they were high-income can be instructive
D) Costa Rica, China, and Cuba have enjoyed better health than one might predict, given their income per capita

Question 11

Human capital refers to:

A) The amount of money people have
B) The skills and knowledge people have that allows them to be productive
C) The amount of people's assets
D) None of these are correct

Question 12

Which of the following comments about malnutrition is false:

A) Malnutrition can reduce cognitive development
B) Malnutrition can reduce physical development
C) Malnutrition has no connection to infection
D) Malnutrition can have deleterious impacts on health

Question 13

Generally, people who are healthier earn:

A) More money than those in less good health
B) Less money than those in less good health
C) About the same as those in less good health
D) About the same as those with minor disabilities

Question 14

Disabilities can:

A) Harm people's ability to work
B) Have a range of direct costs
C) Have a range of indirect costs
D) All of these are correct

Question 15

Which group generally has the most access to health resources:

A) The best-off group economically
B) The most urban group
C) The most rural group
D) The predominant ethnic group

Question 16

When taking an equity lens to health, we should consider:

A) Social and economic status, location, ethnicity
B) Religion, sex, age
C) The quality of care in different places
D) All of these are correct

Question 17

Which statement is the most important when taking an equity lens to health:

A) It is important to consider health disparities across countries and within countries
B) It is important to consider health disparities across countries
C) It is important to consider health disparities within countries
D) It is important to consider health disparities among selected groups

Question 18

You would expect the rate of coverage of the measles vaccine to be highest among which population:

A) Urban
B) Rural
C) Highland dwellers
D) Ethnic minorities

Question 19

Prisons can often be:

A) Places to get excellent health services
B) Places which are excellent breeding grounds for diseases such as TB
C) Places which are excellent breeding grounds for noncommunicable diseases broadly
D) Places which are excellent breeding grounds for cardiovascular disease

Question 20

Your goal as a minister of finance should be to:

A) Spend little on health and get a lot in return
B) Spend much on health and get a lot in return
C) Spend little on health and get little in return
D) Spend a modest amount on health and get pretty good outcomes as a result