Social Determinants of Health Quiz

Sociodemographic Determinants of Health

• Health policies need to recognize the differences between men and women because women are disadvantaged in many areas, including health, according to WHO (2002).
• Life expectancy for Australians has increased from 1976 to 2018.

First Nations and QUT

• The First Nations owners of the lands where QUT now stands are the Turrbal and Jagera peoples.

Behavior Change Model

• The Behavior Change Wheel model is discussed in relation to behavior change in Week 3.

Theories and Determinants

• The theory of sociodemographic determinants of health is introduced in Week 3.
• Biological determinants of health related to women's longevity include the physiological system associated with childbearing, which lowers the risk of CHD prior to menopause.

Global Life Expectancy

• The global life expectancy for women is higher than men.

Life Expectancy Gap

• The average life expectancy gap between women and men in high-income countries is 4-5 years.
• The life expectancy gap between women and men would likely be wider in low-income countries if all countries had equitable access to healthcare for women.

Health Behavior and Gender

• Women have higher levels of health-seeking behavior and are more likely to engage in healthy behaviors.
• Men are more likely to engage in risky behaviors and are less likely to engage in health-seeking behaviors compared to women.

Critical Health Psychology

• Critical health psychology adopts a critical perspective that challenges the individualism assumption in health psychology.
• Critical health psychology aims to evaluate the assumption that health is primarily an individual responsibility.
• Critical health psychology tends to downplay the role of individual factors in health.
• Critical health psychology aims to challenge the influence of sociodemographic determinants on individual health.
• The individualism assumption in health psychology aligns with a neoliberal ideology.
• The Emergence of Critical Health Psychology aims to contribute to promoting public health by challenging the dominant biomedical approach.

Health Psychology and Biomedical Agenda

• Health psychology is often used to support a biomedical agenda, which may lead to overlooking the social and environmental determinants of health.
• Using health psychology to support a biomedical agenda may lead to a focus on individual behavior change rather than addressing the root causes of health problems.

Epistemological Assumptions

• The crisis in social psychology in the 1970s was due to the challenge of the assumption that knowledge is objective and value-free.
• The challenge to psychological research in recent years is the need to recognize the importance of social and cultural contexts in shaping health behaviors.

The Health Belief Model

• The health belief model is a method discussed in Week 3 as a way to understand behavior change.
• The health belief model proposes that people will engage in health behaviors if they believe they are susceptible to a health problem, believe the problem is serious, and believe the benefits of taking action outweigh the costs.