CH 4 Pre-Test Prac Q's
CH 4 Pre-Test Prac Q's
CH 4 Pre-Test Prac Q's
5. How can having a high BMI (obesity) impact the burden of disease (increase the
chances of getting other conditions)?
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6. What other health concerns can be linked to high body mass? List 7.
7. How could having a high body mass impact a person’s social H&W?
Name:
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8. How could having a high body mass impact a person’s physical H&W?
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9. You should be able to link high body mass to each of the dimensions
Mental –
Spiritual –
Emotional –
4.2.2 Blood pressure
10. What is blood pressure?
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11. What is hypertension?
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12. What body organs have to work harder is a person has hypertension?
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24. If people have impaired glucose regulation what are they more likely to suffer from and what can they contribute
to?
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25. As people age the _______________ of impaired glucose regulation increases.
26. What can be done to reduce the incidence of impaired glucose regulation?
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29. What can cause low birth weight?
4.2.6 Genetics
30. What does genetics control?
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31. What are hormones responsible for?
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32. What happens at menopause?
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33. What is osteoporosis?
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37. People who experience poor sociocultural conditions experience worse health status in all societies. Do you agree?
Explain your thinking
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4.3.1 Socioeconomic status
38. What are the tree factors that determine socioeconomic status
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4.3.2 Unemployment
40. What is the link between unemployment and health status identified by AIHW (2006)?
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41. Explain Figure 4.13.
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4.3.3 Social connections and social exclusion
42. What is social connections?
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43. What is social exclusion?
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44. List 4 characteristics the can lead to social exclusion. (there are 8 to chose from)
51. How can income and nutritional knowledge affect what people eat?
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4.3.7 Early life experiences
52. How can the behaviours of women during pregnancy impact their baby?
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53. What can the behaviours above lead to?
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54. How can abuse or neglect have an impact on a developing child?
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4.3.8 Access to healthcare
55. What does healthcare refer to?
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56. Who carries out these services in Australia?
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57. List some of the barriers to accessing healthcare.
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Security - Pollutants -
UV exposure
e.g. UV -> increased risk of skin cancer – impact physical H&W
Public transport
ICT
Electricity
Water
Moving forward we now need to be able to relate all of this to the following population groups and identify how each
of the demographics below experience variations in their health status.