What concept describes the difficulty women have advancing in their careers as a result of individual and institutional sexism?

Amy works full time as a manager at an office supply store. After work, she goes home and helps her kids with their homework, cooks dinner, and cleans the house while her husband relaxes after his day of work. This unpaid work is referred to as

What term describes the social rules for being a man or a woman that shape one’s behaviors and attitudes?

Jenny and Manuel are talented lawyers working at a major law firm. When one of the partners in the firm retires, the firm promotes Manuel into a higher-paid position, noting that he is more logical and dedicated to the job than Jenny. This is an example of

SHORT ANSWER: Responses should be precise and substantive — typically 3 to 6 sentences or a clearly organized list with brief explanations. Use accurate terminology from course materials. Define the social determinants of health (SDOH) and name three of the five SDOH domains identified by Healthy People 2030. Then explain, with one concrete example, why a doctoral-level behavioral health clinician must attend to SDOH rather than focusing on symptoms alone.

SHORT ANSWER: Responses should be precise and substantive — typically 3 to 6 sentences or a clearly organized list with brief explanations. Use accurate terminology from course materials. Compare and contrast population health, public health, and community health across two dimensions: (a) who leads the effort, and (b) how the target “population” is defined. Conclude with one sentence explaining why the three are best understood as complementary rather than competing.

ESSAY: Doctoral-level responses are expected — demonstrate synthesis, critical analysis, and integration of course concepts. Support your arguments with specific data, examples, and terminology from the course materials. The opioid epidemic is frequently described as a “systems-level” public health failure requiring a systems-level response. Write a well-organized essay that (a) explains the three waves of the epidemic and the role of corporate and regulatory accountability; (b) applies at least TWO of the three core public health functions (assessment, policy development, assurance) to the crisis; and (c) proposes an integrated behavioral health response that addresses prevention at the individual, community, and policy levels, including at least two harm-reduction strategies. Ground your argument in course content and explain why no single intervention is sufficient.

SHORT ANSWER: Responses should be precise and substantive — typically 3 to 6 sentences or a clearly organized list with brief explanations. Use accurate terminology from course materials. Distinguish activities of daily living (ADLs) from instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). Provide two examples of each, and explain why the ADL/IADL distinction has practical consequences for long-term care insurance and Medicaid benefit eligibility. 

The Supreme Court’s Olmstead decision (1999) is most directly responsible for which shift in long-term care?

SHORT ANSWER: Responses should be precise and substantive — typically 3 to 6 sentences or a clearly organized list with brief explanations. Use accurate terminology from course materials. Define the three forms of patient cost sharing (copayment, coinsurance, deductible). Then, using the evidence discussed in the chapter, explain how even small cost-sharing amounts can affect the use of preventive services, and how the ACA responded.