Exam 14: Health and Illness

Researchers often conduct studies on American college students. What is one organization that conducts such research to determine health behaviors as well as develop support programs and services on a wide variety of health-related issues?

The United States was the only industrialized nation without some form of nationalized health care until Congress passed ________ in 2010.

________ gather and analyze data on particular illnesses. They are interested in how, where, and to whom the illnesses are spread as well as how to stop their spread.

The 2010 Affordable Care Act (commonly called "Obamacare")

People living in what type of an area have an increased risk of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease?

________ is the study of the social aspects of diseases.

________ is the study of controversial moral or ethical issues related to scientific and medical advancements.

Mark lives in a densely populated American city and buys groceries from the nearby corner store. The corner store mostly sells food that is canned or frozen and doesn't have a lot of variety. What can we conclude about Mark?

A disease that covers a large geographical region such as a continent or the entire globe is called ________.

How did food deserts emerge, and what is their effect on the health of residents?

In a 2016 study, Tsugawa and colleagues found that elderly patients who were hospitalized had better health outcomes if male doctors rather than female doctors treated them.

Jordan has been suffering from sinus pain for several months, and his physician prescribes over-the-counter decongestants and acupuncture. This is an example of ________ medicine.

What is there evidence of that make(s) men more sick?

Approximately ________ people have died from having contracted HIV/AIDS since the virus was first identified in the early 1980s.

Which of the following U.S. presidents described comprehensive health-care reform as the highest priority on his unfinished agenda for America?

What is HIV/AIDS considered?

Which sociological perspective would pay close attention to how stigma is related to disease?

Emily Rosenbaum (2008) found that it was more common for ________ to live in substandard housing located in marginalized neighborhoods of New York City.

How have pharmaceutical advertisements changed the patient-doctor relationship?

Research shows that the odds of a patient being diagnosed with autism ________ in the years when the diagnostic criteria of autism changed.