What can we do to break the vicious spiral of poverty and poor health?

(1) Implement primary health system

(2) Initiate agricultural interventions

(3) Build infrastructure (e.g. water, electricity, and communication)

(4) Improve education

(5) Develop local business development

Group of answer choices

(1), (3), (4), (5)

(1), (3), (4)

(1), (2), (3), (4)

(1), (2), (3), (4), (5)

What is the primary reason the health care system in the US is so much more expensive than other developed countries, despite those other countries having higher life expectancies than we have in the US?

Group of answer choices

We do not treat health care like a basic human right

We have a private, profit-driven health care system

We pay more in taxes than other countries

We have more to spend on health care

Using the same Energy Yearbook (http://yearbook.enerdata.net/), scroll through the years.

True/or False -- the country with the highest 2013 energy consumption was also the highest in 2000.

Group of answer choices

True

False

Even though the world has seen significant progress in life expectancy through the last 5 decades, the gap between more developed countries and least developed countries in life expectancy is still around ____ .

Group of answer choices

40 years

20 years

10 years

Which stage of schooling has the highest rate of return to investment in human capital?

Group of answer choices

Elementary Education

Post secondary Education

College Education

PreSchool Education

Secondary Education

Which of the below is NOT one of the fundamental forces of widening inequalities in the U.S., several European countries, and other emerging economies?

Group of answer choices

The political system, which amplifies the widening inequalities caused by market forces.

The increased use of robotics via technological change.

Native populations being pushed into smaller land areas

The closing gap between high-skilled and low-skilled workers.

The Earth is currently experiencing the ______ great extinction wave?

Group of answer choices

Third

Last

First

Sixth

According to the "World Prices for Key Commodities" graph in Chapter 10, the price of the four types of basic commodities has been ________ since 1977.

Group of answer choices

Rising

Inconsistent

Falling

Consider a historical perspective for how the intergenerational dynamics of income factor into inequality, and then fill in the blanks. [Help: Refer to the "Divided Societies" of the Sachs textbook]

Even when [ _____ and ______ ] ended in the United States, [ _____and _____ ] continued. This continues to play a huge role in the persistance of social discrimination, racial discrimination, ethnic discrimination, gender discrimination.

(1) Slavery

(2) The legacy of poverty, poor health, and discrimination against Native Americans

(3) The legacy of slavery

(4) Massive brutality against the Native Americans

Group of answer choices

[1, 3]; [2, 4]

[1, 2]; [3, 4]

[4, 3]; [2, 1]

[1, 4], [3, 2]

True/False: According to Convergence Theory, there is a gradual convergence of living standards over several decades, as well as a convergence of growth rates to the long-term growth rate of the technological "leader".

Group of answer choices

True

False

Consult the chapter in our text on Health for All. What is the recommended sequence of steps in a systematic Public Health approach? [re-order the numbers]

(1) System design

(2) Assessment of the performance of the health systems

(3) Understand epidemiology of diseases

(4) Management and implementation

(5) Examine the feasible and desirable interventions

(6) Financing

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