Why Is Providing Definitions of Health, or Subjective Experience of Symptoms

question 23

Multiple Choice

Why is providing definitions of health, or subjective experience of symptoms, comparing populations to determine the levels of inequality between them often difficult?

• A) Record keeping is often inaccurate and sporadic in some populations.
• B) Health is defined by some medical professionals only by symptoms.
• C) Different populations can have very different health belief systems.
• D) Definitions of health vary among medical professionals.

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Definitions:

Older

A comparative term used to describe someone or something of greater age or the process of aging or becoming older.

Cohort Effect

The influence that shared characteristics or experiences of a group have on the results of a study, due to members of the group having been born at or around the same time.

Young Adults

Individuals in the age range from late teens through the twenties, often considered the transitional phase from adolescence to adulthood.

Computers

Electronic devices capable of executing programmed instructions to process and store information, perform calculations, and control other devices.