JMU HTH 231 Final

What is the best predictor of one's health?

whether or not you are wealthy

______ code is more important health wise than ______ code.

zipcode; genetic

The US struggles with high ______ rates than other high income countries?

poverty

Define determinants of health

the range of personal, social, economic, and environmental factors that influence health status

What are the main determinants of health?

-policy making

-social factors

-health services

-individual behaviors

-biology/genetics

Define policy making for determinants of health?

Policies at the local, state, and federal level that affect individual and population health

What are two main categories of social factors?

social determinants & physical determinants

What are social determinants?

-income

-education

-social norms

-public safety

-transportation options

What are physical determinants?

-natural environment

-built environment

-environmental pollution

-physical barriers

-aesthetic elements

What are health service determinants?

-availability

-access

-cost

What are individual behavior determinants?

-diet

-physical activity

-alcohol, tobacco, and drug use

-hand washing

What are biological/genetic determinants?

-age

-sex

-HIV status

-inherited conditions, such as sickle-cell anemia, hemophilia, and cystic fibrosis

-carrying the BRAC1 or BRCA2 gene

-family history

How many days of paid sick leave are US workers guaranteed by law?

none

What are the top 3 causes of death in the US?

heart disease, cancer, accidents

What are known as the "new insane asylums"?

jails and prisons

What program do some Memphis police officers go through?

CIT program (Crisis Intervention Team)

How long does it take to go through the CIT program?

40 hours

1 in how many officers were trained in the CIT program?

1 in 8

What is the number one cause of death in the world?

myocardial infarction

What does Hans Rosling believe to be a human right?

contraceptive (right to family planning and education)

Rosling believed that all human rights come with what?

a budget

What percent of the GDP does Sweden use towards health care?

10%

What did Vietnam's Minister of Health believe was their success in health?

female literacy

Vietnamese people live _______ but die ________.

poorly; rich

How much for addictive is food than cocaine?

8 times

Who wrote TRS 916?

WHO

What did TRS 916 state?

-sugar was a main cause of obesity

-no more than 10% of calories should be consumed from sugar

What happened to the TRS?

US refused to pay money to WHO if they published it

What "did" companies do under the Healthy Weight initiative?

-change the formula

-portion size

-add more products

What is the problem with the USDA?

-inherited the dietary guidelines

-promote US agriculture vs no eating for obesity

What was the Healthy and Hungry-Free Kids Act?

-increases lunch budget

-doubled the required fruits and veggies

What was the problem with the Healthy and Hungry-Free Kids Act?

pizza and fries counted as fruits and veggies

What is TOFI?

thin on the outside, fat on the inside

What percent of the US is obese?

30%

What percent of thin people are metabolically obese?

40%

What was the Fairness Doctrine?

required broadcasters to give time to both opposing views on a controversial issue

What was the McGovern Report?

Based on a proposition that people should eat less harmful foods than more of the harmful foods

When was the McGovern Report?

1977

What happened between 1977 to 2000?

double sugar intake

600,000 food items have how much added sugar?

80%

What is the recommended amount of sugar?

6-9 tsp

What happened during the 50's fitness revolution?

fitness membership increased, but so did obesity

Who started the school lunch program?

Truman

Who cut funding of school lunches first?

Regan

What did the Obama administration emphasize on diet?

-increase amounts of food and veggies

-increase funding

-limit calories

What percent of US people don't get paid sick days?

32%

What is the the problem with medicare and sick leave?

paid less if 2 procedures are done at one time, so they don't get more than on surgery at a time

What large company just offer paid leave?

Netflix, Apple, Google

What percent of the private sector have paid family leave?

12%

What states have family care under pay roll tax (small premiums)?

-California

-New Jersey

-Rhode Island

The top 1% of people make how much?

1.4 M

The bottom 99%, make how much on average?

$49,000

Define stereotype

a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing.

Define generalization

the tendency, once a response has been conditioned, for stimuli similar to the conditioned stimulus to elicit similar responses

Define sympathy

feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune

Define empathy

A process wherein an individual is able to see beyond outward behavior and sense accurately another's inner experience at a given point in time.

What did Brene Brown emphasize in her video?

empathy fuels connection

Empathy never starts with what?

at least

What are the parts of the LUV triangle?

-listen

-understand

-validate

What is the current minimum wage?

$7.25

US parents are guaranteed how much unpaid leave?

12 weeks

US workers are guaranteed how much paid sick leave?

none

What are the two countries without paid sick leave?

USA and Papua New Guinea

Which of the following best describes "hara hachi bu"?

an adage said before meals which means "eat until you are 80 percent full"

People in Okinawa can group vegetables year round.

true

T/F Costa Rica spends 15% of what the US spends on health care.

true

What is not common in the Nicoyan diet?

goat's milk

What community abstains from drinking alcohol?

Loma Linda

Magnesium and ________________ were found in Nicoya's drinking water at higher levels than the rest of Costa Rica.

calcium

Nicoyan's typically drink tea instead of coffee

false

Eats goya

Okinawa

Active life style

all

Diet high in soy

okinawa