Deck 17: Health

Question 1

Data from public health England found that women are expected to live:

A) 3.6 years longer than men
B) 3.6 years less than men
C) 2.5 years longer than men
D) 2.5 years less than men

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The life expectancy gap between men and women has:

A) Stayed the same
B) Doubled
C) Decreased
D) Tripled

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which British groups have the best health outcomes?

A) British Asian and white
B) Black British and white
C) British Chinese and white
D) British Chinese and Asian

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which theorist argues that the decline in religion and development of capitalism underpinned the development of biomedical knowledge?

A) Michel Foucault
B) Talcott Parsons
C) Friedrick Engels
D) Susie Scott

Question 5

Biomedicine developed in the global north were argued to be developed for which bodies?

A) Male bodies
B) All bodies
C) White male bodies
D) White bodies

Question 6

Shyness was categorized under which set of health problems in the manual of mental disorders?

A) Social discomfort disorders
B) Neurological problems
C) Social phobias
D) Diffidence disorders

Question 7

The process by which human conditions are defined as medical problems is called?

A) Stereotyping
B) Medicalization
C) Self-fulfilling prophecy
D) Medical labelling

Question 8

How many people were predicted to experience a mental health problem every year in 2014?

A) One in four
B) One in ten
C) One in six
D) One in three

Question 9

Which ethnic group is six times more likely to be diagnosed with severe psychotic mental illness?

A) Chinese
B) Black African
C) White
D) Black Caribbean

Question 10

CAM stands for:

A) Complementary and alternative medicines
B) Contemporary ailment medication
C) Current ailment medications
D) Complementary additive-free medicines