Approximately What Percentage Of Population Health Is Due To Health Behaviors?

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Approximately What Percentage Of Population Health Is Due To Health Behaviors?

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Approximately what percentage of population health is due to health behaviors? Your Answer: 30 percent The correct answer is B, 30 percent. Social circumstances, environmental exposure, and health care are the other major determinants of health, accounting for about 70 percent of population health, according to researchers. A doctor believes strongly in racial equality, but treats heart disease in black patients less frequently than he does for white patients with the same diagnosis, symptoms, and history. The treatment pattern persists despite evidence that shows black patients are at greater risk of death from heart disease than white patients. Which of the following may be at play? Your Answer: Implicit bias The correct answer is B, implicit bias. This doctor believes in racial equality, so he is not explicitly prejudiced. However, research has found that clinicians who hold no overt prejudices can still have implicit bias that affects their clinical decisions such as providing anesthesia or other treatments. The doctor is not practicing evidence-based medicine (Answer C), because evidence suggests black patients are at greater risk and may require more treatment. The difference in risk and outcomes for black and white patients is better described as a health disparity (an unfair, unavoidable difference) rather than a health difference (a biological difference), because research has linked the gap to systemic differences in access to care and socioeconomic status. In the United States, which of the following is the most significant cause of health disparities? Your Answer: Socioeconomic status The correct answer is A. Professor David Williams's research has shown that socioeconomic status is the best predictor of health in the US. Race also has an effect on health, even independent of socioeconomic status. Which of the following situations most clearly represents a health disparity, rather than a health difference? Your Answer: B and C The correct answer is D. A health disparity is an unwanted, unjust difference in health that results from social systems rather than patient preference or biological factors, such as health risks based on age. Social conditions, such as government policies and access to health insurance, may privilege the health of some people over others, creating health disparities. Which of the following is a strong reason to improve health equity cited in this lesson? Your Answer: A and C The correct answer is D (both A and C). The Institute of Medicine defines equity as a dimension of high-quality care. Health inequity is an injustice because it is rooted in social structures that stratify access to opportunities to live a long, healthy life based on geography, race, income, etc. There are not yet widespread legal repercussions for health disparities.
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