Part I Question 1 Define primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention, and discuss the differences among them. Also, provide one example of each. Your response should be at least 300 words in length. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. Any references or citations used should be in APA style. Question 2 How is research important in preventing disease and/or the spread of disease? Give an example of how research has helped improve the outcomes of people with certain diseases. Also, explain how scientists determine if research sources and/or data are reliable. Your response should be at least 300 words in length. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. Any references or citations used should be in APA style. Question 3 Using the CSU Online Library and/or other sources, either prove or disprove the idea that social stress and social networks affect an individual’s health. Your response should be at least 500 words in length. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. Any references or citations used should be in APA style. Question 4 We know that epidemiology looks at the distribution of disease within specific populations. On the other hand, social epidemiology looks at social behavior and other factors to determine how they affect the distribution of disease within a population. Consider where you live, either on a state, city, or neighborhood community level, and think about a particular disease or health disparity that is most prevalent among a particular group. Discuss what the disease/health disparity is, what group it is affecting, and what factors are involved in the reason that this group is affected. Your response should be at least 500 words in length. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. Any references or citations used should be in APA style. Question 5 Match the terms listed on the left with their corresponding definition on the right. Answer Critical approach Read Answer Items for Question 5 Power Read Answer Items for Question 5 Morbidity Read Answer Items for Question 5 Globalization Read Answer Items for Question 5 Mortality Read Answer Items for Question 5 CDC Read Answer Items for Question 5 Manufacturers of Illness Read Answer Items for Question 5 Obesity Read Answer Items for Question 5 Medicaid Read Answer Items for Question 5 Medicare Read Answer Items for Question 5 Toxic agents Read Answer Items for Question 5 Risk society Answer A. Government funded health insurance program for poor persons B. Symptoms, illnesses, and impairments C. Deaths D. Focuses on the sources, nature, and consequences of a relationship E. Process through which ideas.

1. Part I
Question 1
Define primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention, and discuss
the differences among them. Also, provide one example of each.
Your response should be at least 300 words in length. All
sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced;
paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying
citations. Any references or citations used should be in APA
style.
Question 2
How is research important in preventing disease and/or the
spread of disease? Give an example of how research has helped
improve the outcomes of people with certain diseases. Also,
explain how scientists determine if research sources and/or data
are reliable.
Your response should be at least 300 words in length. All
sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced;
paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying
citations. Any references or citations used should be in APA
style.
Question 3
Using the CSU Online Library and/or other sources, either
prove or disprove the idea that social stress and social networks
affect an individual’s health.
Your response should be at least 500 words in length. All
sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced;
paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying
citations. Any references or citations used should be in APA
style.
Question 4
We know that epidemiology looks at the distribution of disease

2. within specific populations. On the other hand, social
epidemiology looks at social behavior and other factors to
determine how they affect the distribution of disease within a
population. Consider where you live, either on a state, city, or
neighborhood community level, and think about a particular
disease or health disparity that is most prevalent among a
particular group. Discuss what the disease/health disparity is,
what group it is affecting, and what factors are involved in the
reason that this group is affected.
Your response should be at least 500 words in length. All
sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced;
paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying
citations. Any references or citations used should be in APA
style.
Question 5
Match the terms listed on the left with their corresponding
definition on the right.
Answer
Critical approach
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Power
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Morbidity
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Globalization
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Mortality
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CDC

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Manufacturers of Illness
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Obesity
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Medicaid
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Medicare
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Toxic agents
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Risk society
Answer
A.
Government funded health insurance program for poor persons
B.
Symptoms, illnesses, and impairments
C.
Deaths
D.
Focuses on the sources, nature, and consequences of a
relationship
E.
Process through which ideas, resources, people, and trade
increasingly operate in a worldwide rather than local framework
F.
Groups that promote illness-causing behaviors and social
conditions

4. G.
Federal agency charged with tracking and preventing the spread
of disease
H.
Depends so heavily on potentially dangerous modern
technologies that the risks from such technologies become
commonplace and accepted
I.
Federally funded insurance program for elderly and permanently
disabled individuals
J.
Second most common cause of premature deaths
K.
Substances that harm or kill people or other organisms
L.
Ability to get others to do what one wants, whether willingly or
unwillingly
Part II
Question 1
It is obvious that there are differences that exist between the
health status of people in the U.S. and those in less developed
countries. Identify at least one significant health problem or
concern for two underdeveloped countries, and compare their
statuses in those areas to the U.S.
Your response should be at least 300 words in length. All
sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced;
paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying
citations. Any references or citations used should be in APA
style.
Question 2
Develop your own opinion about what constitutes social class.
Give evidence to support your opinion. Discuss a situation from
your own experience in which you personally witnessed the
relationship that exists between social class and an individual’s

5. health.
Your response should be at least 300 words in length. All
sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced;
paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying
citations. Any references or citations used should be in APA
style.
Question 3
Discuss how an individual’s race, ethnicity, age, sex, and
gender can impact his or her health.
Your response should be at least 300 words in length. All
sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced;
paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying
citations. Any references or citations used should be in APA
style.
Question 4
Visit the following link:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK11736/ and read
Chapter 8. Choose two of the health intervention cases that were
discussed in Chapter 8, then list and describe the political and
economic factors that impacted each health outcome.
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Your response should be at least 300 words in length. All
sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced;
paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying
citations. Any references or citations used should be in APA
style.
Question 5
The fundamental-cause theory suggests that those with greater
access to resources will experience better health because of
those resources, regardless of changes in cause, time, or
situation. Do you agree with this theory? Do you believe that
this truth only applies to those with a higher social status?
Explain your position and provide at least one supporting fact.

6. Your response should be at least 300 words in length. All
sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced;
paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying
citations. Any references or citations used should be in APA
style.
Question 6
In Chapter 3 of the textbook, we are introduced to the concept
of income inequality. Some sociologists have used this to argue
that the gap in income between the poorest and wealthiest
people in a nation explains why some nations are healthier than
others. Do you agree with this theory? Explain why, or why not.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length. All
sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced;
paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying
citations. Any references or citations used should be in APA
style.
Question 7
Match each definition with the appropriate term.
Answer
Neonatal infant mortality
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Postneonatal infant mortality
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Social class
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Environmental racism
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HIV/AIDS
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7. Tuberculosis
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Epidemiological transition
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Intersex
Answer
A.
Death occurring between 28 days and 11 months after birth
B.
Death occurring during the first 27 days after birth
C.
Hits people during their prime work years and sharply curtails
family incomes
D.
Refers to the disproportionate burden of environmental
pollution experienced by ethnic minorities
E.
Results naturally from overpopulation combine with insufficient
natural and technological resources
F.
Refers to an individual’s position within a society’s economic
and social hierarchy
G.
Having male and female characteristics
H.
Kills more people than any other infectious or parasitic disease
in less developed nations
Unit II Scholarly Activity
Use your favorite search engine to research the social

8. determinants of health. Write a three to five page paper in
which you answer the following questions:
• What are the social determinants of health?
• What factors determine the health of an individual, and how
do they relate to the social determinants of health?
• Do you feel it is important to address in some way the impact
social class and other social determinants have on health? Why,
or why not?
• How are organizations such as the World Health Organization
and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention addressing
the issue?
• What are some ways that you could address this issue?
All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced;
paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying
citations. Any references or citations used should be in APA
style.
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