Social Determinants of Health
Health Topics
Historical Context
Research
Wild Card
100

The number one predictor of health

What is zip code?

100

People need an average of 7 hours of this concept daily to stay happy, healthy, and sharp

What is sleep?

100

This person was a famous tennis player and political activist

Who is Arthur Ashe?

100

The initial step in a research project

What is a research question?

100

An organization created and designed to represent and address community needs

What is a community-based organization (CBO)?

200

A factor or condition that influences health and well-being

What is a social determinant of health?

200

120/80 mm/Hg is a measure of this

What is a good/healthy blood pressure?

200

This epidemic raged through the world in the 1980’s killing thousands of people, and is still ongoing

What is the HIV/AIDS epidemic?

200

The acronym-PICO-stands for these parts of a research question

What is population, intervention, comparison, and outcome?

200

The name of the award-winning pig in a children’s book and movie about the friendship between a pig and spider

Who is Wilbur?

300


A preventable factor or difference that disproportionately affects certain groups and people

What is a health disparity?

300

A diminished blood flow to the brain causes this medical emergency

What is a stroke?
300

The unethical and deadly study of 600 African American men between 1932 and 1972 conducted by the U.S. Public Health Service

What is the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment?

300

The variable that is manipulated by the researcher

What is an independent variable?

300

The popular series of seven novels about a young man with magical powers

What is Harry Potter?

400

Education and economic stability are examples of this

What are social determinants of health?

400

High blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, obesity, and physical inactivity are risk factors for this disease

What is heart/cardiovascular disease?

400

The COVID-19 vaccine that came out first

What is Pfizer?

400

Putting complex concepts into simpler terms so that a wide range of stakeholders can understand the importance of a researcher’s work

What is effective science communication?

400

The current #3 song on the Billboard Top 100 that was written and performed by Kendrick Lamar

What is "Not Like Us"?

500

The term used to describe an urban area where it is difficult to buy affordable or good-quality fresh food

What is a food desert?

500

Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is considered what in comparison to high-density lipoprotein (HDL)

What is bad cholesterol?

500

The SUNY system was established in this year

What is 1948?

500

The ability to work effectively with people from different backgrounds, and have knowledge and appreciation of cultural differences

What is cultural competency?

500

The hospital located across the street from SUNY Downstate

What is Kings County?