MHS-2410 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Government Failure, Global Health, Exaggeration

• School: Vanderbilt University
• Department: Medicine, Health, and Society
• Course: MHS-2410
• Professor: Petty Juleigh

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Mhs 2410 quiz 2 short answer study guide. The midterm will include short answer questions and one essay question. To prepare for the short answer section of the exam, be sure you can define and/or explain the significance of the following concepts: fundamental causes (link & phelan) Fundamental causes of disease are those whose effect cannot be eliminated through addressing the mechanism. They include social forces and processes that become embodies as biological events. In order to alter the effect of a fundamental cause, we must address the cause itself. E(cid:454)a(cid:373)ple: i(cid:374) o(cid:396)de(cid:396) to add(cid:396)ess h(cid:455)pe(cid:396)te(cid:374)sio(cid:374) (cid:396)ates i(cid:374) poo(cid:396) (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)ities, (cid:449)e (cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:859)t just offe(cid:396) dieta(cid:396)(cid:455) tips and guidelines. We must address the issue of poverty affecting access to healthy foods: critical epidemiology (cid:894)fa(cid:396)(cid:373)e(cid:396)(cid:859)s (cid:1008) pa(cid:396)t app(cid:396)oa(cid:272)h(cid:895) Investigate how inequality and poverty impact the spread of the disease. Efforts to reduce risk by changing behavior may be ineffective if there is no clear understanding of the process that leads to disease.