PHLT 309 EXAM 1 TAMU UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

PHLT 309 EXAM 1 TAMU UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS

Question:
1. what contributes to physical, mental and social health?
Answer:
environment (social and physical), policies, economics, emotional well being, access, financial, education,
ect

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2. health promotion
Answer:
any planned combo of educational, political, environmental, regulatory, or organizational mechanisms that
support actions and conditions of living conducive to the health of individuals, groups, and communities

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3. health education
Answer:
any combination of planned learning experiences using evidence based practices and/or sound theories that
provide the opportunity to acquire knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed to adopt and maintain healthy
behaviors

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4. epidemiological data
Answer:
information gathered when measuring health

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5. epidemiology
Answer:
The study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations,
and the application of this study to the control of health problems.

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6. rate
Answer:
a measure of some event, disease, or condition in relation to a unit of population, along with some
specification of time

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7. death rate
Answer:
most frequently used to measure the seriousness of injury or disease; expressed per 100,000

,Question:
8. crude rate
Answer:
expressed for a total population

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9. adjusted rate
Answer:
expressed for a total population

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10. specific rate
Answer:
rate for a particular population subgroup

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11. endemic
Answer:
occurs regularly in a population as a matter of course

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12. epidemic
Answer:
an unexpectedly large number of cases of an illness, specific health-related behavior or other health related
event in a population

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13. pandemic
Answer:
outbreak over a wide geographical area such as a continent

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14. health disparity
Answer:
the difference in health between populations often caused by two health inequities-lack of access to care
and lack of quality care

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15. 4 modifiable health risk behaviors
Answer:
1. lack of physical activity
2. poor nutrition
3. tobacco use
4. excessive alcohol consumption

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16. evidence-based practice

, Answer:
when health promotion specialists practice in such a way that they systematically find, appraise and use
evidence as the basis for decision making when planning health education/promotion programs

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17. human biology
Answer:
all aspects of health which are developed in the basic biology of man

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18. environment
Answer:
relates to health external to the human body

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19. lifestyle and health behavior
Answer:
decisions by the individual which affect their health

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20. health care organization
Answer:
quantity, quality, arrangement, nature, and relationship of people and resources in the provision of health
care

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21. health field concept (Lalonde,
1974)
Answer:
brought attention the concept of health promotion and disease prevention, while contributing to a better
understanding of what health professionals can do to influence morbidity and mortality of a given
population

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22. primary prevention
Answer:
reduce disease incidence

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23. secondary prevention
Answer:
reduce prevalence or consequence

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24. tertiary prevention
Answer:
reduce complications or disability