Health Inequalities and Socioeconomic Factors
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What is a consequence of overcrowding?

  • Increased hospital admissions from meningococcal disease and respiratory infections (correct)
  • Increased hospital admissions for chronic health problems
  • Decreased respiratory infections
  • Improved social and economic conditions

    • What is true about the relationship between social and economic conditions and health?

  • Social and economic conditions have no impact on health
  • Health always leads to improvement in social and economic conditions
  • The relationship operates in both directions, with health affecting social and economic conditions and vice versa (correct)
  • Poor health is always a result of poor social and economic conditions

    • What is a key takeaway for public policy regarding people with chronic illness or disability?

  • It is not possible to improve the social and economic conditions of people with chronic illness or disability
  • People with chronic illness or disability should be given less priority in social and economic policy
  • Social and economic conditions of people with chronic illness or disability do not need to be improved
  • Public policy should aim to improve the social and economic conditions of people with chronic illness or disability (correct)

    • What is a common way to divide societies into social classes?

    <p>By occupation, education, and income</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is true about the number of social classes?

    <p>The number of social classes is not fixed, and there are no definite boundaries between them</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a key point about health inequalities?

    <p>Health inequalities exist both within and between ethnic groups</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary purpose of class analysis in health research?

    <p>To determine the distribution of social determinants of health</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the characteristic of the underclass, according to Giddens' classification?

    <p>They are composed of ethnic minorities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main factor that determines the classification of societies?

    <p>Their use of technology and production of goods</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the characteristic of a postindustrial society?

    <p>Digital technology and nonmaterial goods</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary role of social classes in determining health outcomes?

    <p>They determine the distribution of social determinants of health</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary function of a primary group?

    <p>To serve emotional needs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main characteristic of a secondary group?

    <p>Instrumental function</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of jobs are typically associated with the working class?

    <p>Blue-collar jobs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary advantage of using class analysis in health research?

    <p>It explains disparities in health status and epidemiological profiles</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is race fundamentally?

    <p>A social construct</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main characteristic of a minority group?

    <p>Lack of power</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term that describes shared culture and national origin?

    <p>Ethnicity</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary focus of the ecological perspective in urban sociology?

    <p>Population, environment, and technology</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a distinguishing feature of rural society in terms of family?

    <p>Joint family system</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a dimension of the social organization perspective?

    <p>Economic system</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary concern of the social problem perspective in urban sociology?

    <p>Social problems and their solutions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a key difference between rural and urban societies in terms of occupation?

    <p>Rural people are engaged in agricultural work, while urban people are engaged in non-agricultural work</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary role of religion in rural society?

    <p>It plays a supreme role in every significant action of village life</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main difference between sex and gender?

    <p>Sex refers to physical differences, while gender refers to social differences</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary focus of Rural Sociology?

    <p>The study of rural population, social organization, and institutions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to F.S. Chapin, what is the sociology of rural life?

    <p>A study of rural population, rural social organization, and rural social processes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a characteristic of Rural Sociology?

    <p>It is a multi-dimensional field of study that focuses on different domains of rural society</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is it essential to focus on the development of rural areas in Sudan?

    <p>Because Sudan is still an agricultural economy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a reason why policies and programs of rural development have failed in the past?

    <p>Because rural problems were not scientifically and systematically studied</p> Signup and view all the answers

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