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HEALTH PROMOTION THROUGHOUT THE LIFE SPAN, 8TH
EDITION (EDELMAN) EXAM 2026 LATEST VERSION QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2026 EDITION
HEALTH PROMOTION THROUGHOUT THE LIFE SPAN, 8TH EDITION
(EDELMAN) – 250 EXAM-STYLE QUESTIONS WITH RATIONALES
SECTION 1: FOUNDATIONS FOR HEALTH PROMOTION (CHAPTERS 1-5)
Chapter 1: Health Defined: Objectives for Promotion and Prevention (Questions 1-50)
1. Which model of health is most likely used by a person who does not believe in
preventive health care?
A. Clinical model
B. Role performance model
C. Adaptive model
D. Eudaimonistic model
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The clinical model of health views the absence of signs and symptoms of disease
as indicative of health. People who use this model wait until they are very sick to seek care.
The other models view health more holistically and would be more likely to support
preventive care .
2. A person with chronic back pain is cared for by a primary care provider and also
receives acupuncture. Which model of health does this person likely favor?
A. Clinical model
B. Role performance model
C. Adaptive model
D. Eudaimonistic model
Correct Answer: D
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Rationale: The eudaimonistic model embodies the interaction and interrelationships among
physical, social, psychological, and spiritual aspects of life and the environment in goal
attainment and creating meaning in life. Those who believe in this model often look for
alternative providers of care .
3. A state of physical, mental, spiritual, and social functioning that realizes a person's
potential and is experienced within a developmental context is known as:
A. Growth and development
B. Health
C. Functioning
D. High-level wellness
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Health is defined as a state of physical, mental, spiritual, and social functioning
that realizes a person's potential and is experienced within a developmental context. This
holistic definition encompasses multiple dimensions of well-being .
4. Which of the following best describes a client who has an illness?
A. Someone with well-controlled diabetes
B. Someone with hypercholesterolemia
C. Someone with a headache
D. Someone with coronary artery disease without angina
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Someone with a headache represents a person with an illness. An illness is made
up of the subjective experience of the individual and the physical manifestation of disease. It
can be described as a response characterized by a mismatch between a person's needs and the
resources available to meet those needs. A person can have a disease without feeling ill .
5. Which U.S. report is considered a landmark document in creating a global approach
to health?
A. The 1990 Health Objectives for the Nation: A Midcourse Review
B. Healthy People 2020
C. Healthy People 2000
D. The U.S. Surgeon General Report
Correct Answer: C
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Rationale: Healthy People 2000 and its Midcourse Review and 1995 Revisions were
landmark documents in which a consortium of people representing national organizations
worked with US Public Health Service officials to create a more global approach to health .
6. Which of the following represents a method of primary prevention?
A. Informational session about healthy lifestyles
B. Blood pressure screening
C. Interventional cardiac catheterization
D. Diagnostic cardiac catheterization
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Primary prevention precedes disease or dysfunction. It includes health promotion
and specific protection and encourages increased awareness; thus, education about healthy
lifestyles fits this definition. Blood pressure screening does not prevent disease, but instead
identifies it .
7. Which of the following represents a method of secondary prevention?
A. Self-breast examination education
B. Yearly mammograms
C. Chemotherapy for advanced breast cancer
D. Complete mastectomy for breast cancer
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Screening is secondary prevention because the principal goal of screenings is to
identify individuals in an early, detectable stage of the disease process. A mammogram is a
screening tool for breast cancer and thus is considered a method of secondary prevention .
8. Which of the following represents a method of tertiary prevention?
A. Drunk driving campaign
B. Road blocks for drunk driving
C. Emergency surgery for head trauma after a motor vehicle accident
D. Physical and occupational therapy after a motor vehicle accident with head trauma
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Physical therapy and occupational therapy are considered tertiary prevention.
Tertiary prevention occurs when a defect or disability is permanent and irreversible. It
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involves minimizing the effect of disease and disability. The objective of tertiary prevention
is to maximize remaining capacities .
9. In reviewing a person's medical claims, a nurse realizes that the individual with
moderate persistent asthma has had several emergency department visits and is not on
inhaled steroids as recommended by NHLBI asthma management guidelines. The nurse
discusses this with the person's primary care provider. In this scenario, the nurse is
acting as a(n):
A. Advocate
B. Care manager
C. Consultant
D. Educator
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Care managers act to prevent duplication of service and reduce cost. Care
managers base recommendations on reliable data sources such as evidence-based practices
and protocols .
10. During a home visit, a nurse assists an individual to complete an application for
disability services. The nurse is acting as a(n):
A. Advocate
B. Care manager
C. Consultant
D. Educator
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The advocacy role of the nurse helps individuals obtain what they are entitled to
receive from the health care system, tries to make the system more responsive to individuals'
community needs, and assists individuals in developing skills to advocate for themselves .
11. During a home visit, a nurse discusses the dangers of smoking with an individual. In
this scenario the nurse is acting as a(n):
A. Advocate
B. Care manager
C. Consultant
D. Educator
HEALTH PROMOTION THROUGHOUT THE LIFE SPAN, 8TH
EDITION (EDELMAN) EXAM 2026 LATEST VERSION QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 2026 EDITION
HEALTH PROMOTION THROUGHOUT THE LIFE SPAN, 8TH EDITION
(EDELMAN) – 250 EXAM-STYLE QUESTIONS WITH RATIONALES
SECTION 1: FOUNDATIONS FOR HEALTH PROMOTION (CHAPTERS 1-5)
Chapter 1: Health Defined: Objectives for Promotion and Prevention (Questions 1-50)
1. Which model of health is most likely used by a person who does not believe in
preventive health care?
A. Clinical model
B. Role performance model
C. Adaptive model
D. Eudaimonistic model
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The clinical model of health views the absence of signs and symptoms of disease
as indicative of health. People who use this model wait until they are very sick to seek care.
The other models view health more holistically and would be more likely to support
preventive care .
2. A person with chronic back pain is cared for by a primary care provider and also
receives acupuncture. Which model of health does this person likely favor?
A. Clinical model
B. Role performance model
C. Adaptive model
D. Eudaimonistic model
Correct Answer: D
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Rationale: The eudaimonistic model embodies the interaction and interrelationships among
physical, social, psychological, and spiritual aspects of life and the environment in goal
attainment and creating meaning in life. Those who believe in this model often look for
alternative providers of care .
3. A state of physical, mental, spiritual, and social functioning that realizes a person's
potential and is experienced within a developmental context is known as:
A. Growth and development
B. Health
C. Functioning
D. High-level wellness
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Health is defined as a state of physical, mental, spiritual, and social functioning
that realizes a person's potential and is experienced within a developmental context. This
holistic definition encompasses multiple dimensions of well-being .
4. Which of the following best describes a client who has an illness?
A. Someone with well-controlled diabetes
B. Someone with hypercholesterolemia
C. Someone with a headache
D. Someone with coronary artery disease without angina
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Someone with a headache represents a person with an illness. An illness is made
up of the subjective experience of the individual and the physical manifestation of disease. It
can be described as a response characterized by a mismatch between a person's needs and the
resources available to meet those needs. A person can have a disease without feeling ill .
5. Which U.S. report is considered a landmark document in creating a global approach
to health?
A. The 1990 Health Objectives for the Nation: A Midcourse Review
B. Healthy People 2020
C. Healthy People 2000
D. The U.S. Surgeon General Report
Correct Answer: C
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Rationale: Healthy People 2000 and its Midcourse Review and 1995 Revisions were
landmark documents in which a consortium of people representing national organizations
worked with US Public Health Service officials to create a more global approach to health .
6. Which of the following represents a method of primary prevention?
A. Informational session about healthy lifestyles
B. Blood pressure screening
C. Interventional cardiac catheterization
D. Diagnostic cardiac catheterization
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Primary prevention precedes disease or dysfunction. It includes health promotion
and specific protection and encourages increased awareness; thus, education about healthy
lifestyles fits this definition. Blood pressure screening does not prevent disease, but instead
identifies it .
7. Which of the following represents a method of secondary prevention?
A. Self-breast examination education
B. Yearly mammograms
C. Chemotherapy for advanced breast cancer
D. Complete mastectomy for breast cancer
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Screening is secondary prevention because the principal goal of screenings is to
identify individuals in an early, detectable stage of the disease process. A mammogram is a
screening tool for breast cancer and thus is considered a method of secondary prevention .
8. Which of the following represents a method of tertiary prevention?
A. Drunk driving campaign
B. Road blocks for drunk driving
C. Emergency surgery for head trauma after a motor vehicle accident
D. Physical and occupational therapy after a motor vehicle accident with head trauma
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Physical therapy and occupational therapy are considered tertiary prevention.
Tertiary prevention occurs when a defect or disability is permanent and irreversible. It
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involves minimizing the effect of disease and disability. The objective of tertiary prevention
is to maximize remaining capacities .
9. In reviewing a person's medical claims, a nurse realizes that the individual with
moderate persistent asthma has had several emergency department visits and is not on
inhaled steroids as recommended by NHLBI asthma management guidelines. The nurse
discusses this with the person's primary care provider. In this scenario, the nurse is
acting as a(n):
A. Advocate
B. Care manager
C. Consultant
D. Educator
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Care managers act to prevent duplication of service and reduce cost. Care
managers base recommendations on reliable data sources such as evidence-based practices
and protocols .
10. During a home visit, a nurse assists an individual to complete an application for
disability services. The nurse is acting as a(n):
A. Advocate
B. Care manager
C. Consultant
D. Educator
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The advocacy role of the nurse helps individuals obtain what they are entitled to
receive from the health care system, tries to make the system more responsive to individuals'
community needs, and assists individuals in developing skills to advocate for themselves .
11. During a home visit, a nurse discusses the dangers of smoking with an individual. In
this scenario the nurse is acting as a(n):
A. Advocate
B. Care manager
C. Consultant
D. Educator
