Old Stuff
The weakest type of observational research. A sample of persons from a population is enrolled and their exposures and health outcomes are measured simultaneously.
Cross sectional
Based on the concept that we are predictably irrational, a field of study which examines effects of psychological, cognitive, emotional, cultural and social factors on the decisions of individuals.
The conditions in the environments where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning, and quality-of-life outcomes and risks
Social Determinant of Health
"Oh, but that won't happen to me."
Bias that refers to our tendency to overestimate our likelihood of experiencing positive events and underestimate our likelihood of experiencing negative events.
Optimism bias
Spider-pig
Years lived with disability + years of life lost
Term defined as a situation in which a decision-maker's preferences change over time in such a way that a preference can become inconsistent at another point in time.
Dynamic inconsistency
Most common source of healthcare coverage in the US.
Employer-based
A long-term, ongoing cardiovascular cohort study in residents of a Massachusetts city. This study began in 1948 with 5,209 adult subjects, and is now on its third generation of participants.
Framingham Heart Study
A 2002 American computer-animated adventure comedy film. The opening scene follows Scrat, a squirrel-like creature, attempting to find a place to store his acorn for the winter.
Ice Age
This statistic is typically defined as the difference between the observed numbers of deaths in a specific time period and expected numbers of deaths in the same time period.
Excess Deaths
A cognitive bias in which people underestimate the influences of visceral influences on their own attitudes, preferences, and behaviors.
Hot-cold empathy gap
Preventable differences in the burden of disease, injury, violence, or opportunities to achieve optimal health that are experienced by socially disadvantaged populations.
Health disparity
Concept that suggests people are better at tackling their goals when they start on so-called temporal landmarks, such as a birthday or start of a new season.
Fresh Start Effect
All Lord Farquaad has to do to become king is marry a princess. In addition to Fiona, he has two other choices. Who is the second choice presented by the magic mirror?
Although she lives with seven other men, she's not easy...
Snow White
Specific type of experimental research study. The only type that can determine true cause and effect relationships.
RCT
Theory that describes how individuals assess their loss and gain perspectives in an asymmetric manner.
For example, for some individuals, the pain from losing $1,000 could only be compensated by the pleasure of earning $2,000.
Prospect Theory
Term defined as the amount you pay for your health insurance every month.
Premium
When the goal of a well-intentioned initiative does not align with the goals of the actors in a system, the actors are likely to revolt causing the initiative to fail.
Policy resistance
This movie franchise includes two of the top three highest grossing animated films of all time.
Frozen
Places within a system where a small shift in one thing can produce big changes. For example, intervening on a reinforcing feedback loop.
Leverage Points
The idea that self-control or willpower draws upon a limited pool of mental resources that can be used up.
It helps explain why I skipped a workout after a hard day at work.
Ego depletion
A provision within the Affordable Care Act that required individuals to purchase minimum essential coverage or face a tax penalty.
Individual Mandate
Name of the program that provided housing vouchers to families so they could move from a high poverty area to a low poverty area.
Moving to Opportunity
Originally titled, "King of the Jungle", this was the highest grossing animated film of all time until it was dethroned by Finding Nemo in 2003.