Deck 7: Structural and Social Drivers of Health and the Role of Law in Optimizing Health

Question 1

The World Health Organization defines which of the following as "the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age"?

A) Biological determinants of health
B) Behavioral determinants of health
C) Social determinants of health
D) Physiological determinants of health

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following was enacted because many private hospitals had long turned away patients who were uninsured and could not pay for their care out-of-pocket?

A) Civil Rights Act
B) Healthcare Portability and Accountability Act
C) Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
D) Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which strategy is based on the knowledge that several urgent health-related challenges, such as inequities, chronic disease, and skyrocketing costs, are often complex, multidimensional, and connected to one another?

A) Health equity strategy
B) Health in all policies strategy
C) Health disparities strategy
D) Healthcare unity strategy

Answer 3

2

Question 4

Which of the following is a not-for-profit corporation created by federal law in 1974 as the single, largest financer of civil legal aid for low-income Americans?

A) American Bar Association
B) National Legal Aid and Defender Association
C) American Bar Foundation
D) Legal Services Corporation

Question 5

Educational attainment and corresponding income levels tend to be strong predictors of individual and population health.

Question 6

Lawyers in medical-legal partnership provide legal advice to clinicians on matters of medical liability and informed consent, and they represent them in insurance and disciplinary matters.

Question 7

The government is required to provide legal counsel to all federal defendants who are unable to afford their own attorney.

Question 8

A __________ exists when one population group experiences a higher burden of disability or illness than another group.

Question 9

The __________ and cell phones are becoming increasingly useful in individual and population health, including things such as appointment reminders, learning more about one's symptoms and diagnoses, and buying insurance through state exchanges.

Question 10

__________ branch committees at the federal, state, and local levels that are not typically considered "health" committees could create legislation with the HIAP approach in mind.

Question 11

In 2010, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services developed a series of strategies and goals for eliminating health disparities based on:

A) age.
B) race.
C) gender.
D) socioeconomic status.

Question 12

Which agency has regularly found that individuals of the lowest income levels and lowest education levels suffered the greatest age-adjusted prevalence and incidence rate of diagnosed diabetes?

A) World Health Organization
B) American Medical Association
C) U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
D) American Heart Association

Question 13

The fact that the government is required to provide legal counsel to all federal defendants who are unable to afford their own attorney is a right defined by the __________ to the U.S. Constitution.

A) Third Amendment
B) Fifth Amendment
C) Sixth Amendment
D) Eleventh Amendment

Question 14

In which of the following is a legal services attorney embedded in a medical setting to address underlying social conditions that negatively affect patient heath?

A) Managed care organizations
B) Preferred provider organizations
C) Medical-legal partnerships
D) Bioethics committees

Question 15

There is no right to be assisted by a lawyer in a civil matter, even when the most basic human needs are in question.

Question 16

People who live in predominately minority neighborhoods are more likely to have poor access to healthy foods.

Question 17

One recent and fascinating study demonstrated that the brains of children in low-income families actually had less surface area than brains of children from families who were wealthier.

Question 18

A healthcare disparity highlights equal access to healthcare services or insurance, or in the quality of care actually received.

Question 19

A situation in which everyone has the opportunity to attain his or her full health potential is referred to as health equity.

Question 20

The National Health Service Corps was founded to provide incentives to graduates of medical school and other health professions programs to practice primary care in underserved areas because many graduates wanted to enter a medical specialty instead.