HIS

Define a cohort.

Define transition.

Define life event.

What is a turning point?

Define trajectory.

What role does social comparison have in the challenge of coping with illness?
( remember social comparison is perceiving oneself to be inferior to those around you)

Define lay epidemiology.

Define popular epidemiology.

What is an expert patient?

What is meant by the term 'nuclear family'?

What is the 'demoralisation thesis'?

What is the 'democratisation thesis'?

Define social network

What are some of the social aspects of depression?

Give two examples of lay perspectives of depression.

Give two examples of lay causes of depression.

What do lay descriptions of a disease usually include?

Give two reasons why we should study lay perspectives as healthcare professionals ?

Give two lay perspectives of recovery.

What is the main thing that influences lay perspectives on health?

List the 5 main reasons why people decide to seek help from a healthcare professional according to Zola 1973 'decisions to consult' .

What are the three aspects to Herzlich's model of health belief (1973)?

Define habituation.

What does 'topography of risk' mean?

What is the social norms approach?

Give three implications for risk and health behaviours for health professionals.

Give examples of three factors that can affect our perception of risk?

Give an example of a social structural factor that is associated with risky activities.

What are the two different types of risk?

Define risk.

Give an example of another factor that may come into play when assessing risk?

List two explanations for gender variability in mortality

What is meant by 'hegemonic masculinities'

Give an example of the socioeconomic explanations of health inequality based on ethnicity

What does racialisation of disadvantage mean?

Why may black and other minority populations have a low use of services?

What are the possible reasons for high prevalence of STI’s (inc HIV)for Black groups?

Define sex.

Define gender

When discussing someones specific, cultural needs what term do we use?

Give an example of a biological explanation of health inequality based on ethnicity

What doe the inequality act (2010) fail to protect discrimination against?

Why is the prevalence of CHD higher in south asian groups?

Cancers appear to have a relatively low prevalence in migrant groups. What could be the reasons for this?

There is a higher mortality of diabetes amongst south Asian and Caribbean populations -higher rates of end stage diseases. What are the reasons for this?

What could be the reasoning behind high rates of psychosis in Caribbean men and high suicide rates for young asian women?

What was the overall findings from the Marmott review (2010)?

Define social class

What were the three explanations given for health inequalities by the Black Report in 1980?

What approach was favoured by the Black Report (1980)?

What can GP's do to address the 'causes of the causes'?

Give three examples of things that have been 'healthitized'.

What is a 'lay perspective'?

Describe biomedicalisation

What is social comparison?

What component of health is not recognised by international health experts?

When is the biomedical approach good at explaining disease and why?

When is the social sciences approach considered better than the biomedical approach?

Give two examples of things that have been 'medicalised'

Define sickness.

What would social scientists define health as?

What is the WHO definition of health (1984)?

Name 4 social determinants of health