HSS 3108 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Question:
1. What is health promotion?
Answer:
Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. It
moves beyond a focus on individual behaviour towards a wide range of social and environmental
interventions.
Question:
2. What is disease prevention?
Answer:
Disease prevention is a procedure through which individuals, particularly those with risk factors for a
disease, are treated in order to prevent a disease from occurring. Treatment normally begins either before
signs and symptoms of the disease occur, or shortly thereafter
Question:
3. Three types of health care
Answer:
Primary, secondary, tertiary
Question:
4. Fundamental premise of primary Health Care
Answer:
All people everywhere, deserve the right care, right in their community
Question:
5. Primary health care (PHC) addresses
Answer:
the majority of a person's health needs throughout their lifetime. This includes physical, mental, and social
well-being and it is people-centered rather than disease-centered. PHC is a whole-of-society approach that
includes health promotion, disease prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care
Question:
6. All primary health care approaches includes three components:
Answer:
1: meeting people's health needs throughout their lives 2: addressing the broader determinants of health
through multisectoral policy and action 3: empowering individuals, families, and communities to take
charge of their own health
Question:
7. Primary health care refers to
, Answer:
an approach to health and a spectrum of services beyond the traditional health care system. It includes all
services that play a part in health, such as income, housing, education, and environment
Question:
8. Secondary Health Care
Answer:
- Health care requiring more (primary) specialized care
- These are people who have the disease (ie: hypertension) and are seeking treatment, but still function
with their IADLs
Question:
9. Tertiary Health Care
Answer:
- Health care requiring more specialized care
- There are people who have the disease and REQUIRE treatment from health care professionals
- IE: are admitted to hospitals/hospice/rehab, etc.
Question:
10. Think about health care spending...
Answer:
Pareto Principle
Question:
11. What if...?
Answer:
- People did not smoke, drink alcohol, had access to safe water, ...
- As a society/government/nation spent more money on primary health care?
- We could remove all 'at risk' behaviours?
Question:
12. Literacy
Answer:
The ability of adults to read, write, and comprehend information at the 8th-grade level or above
Question:
13. Illiteracy
Answer:
The ability of adults to read, write, and comprehend information at the 4th-grade level or below, or not at
all
Question:
14. Low Literacy
Answer:
The ability of adults to read, write, and comprehend information between the 5th- to 8th-greade levels of
difficulty
ANSWERS
Question:
1. What is health promotion?
Answer:
Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve, their health. It
moves beyond a focus on individual behaviour towards a wide range of social and environmental
interventions.
Question:
2. What is disease prevention?
Answer:
Disease prevention is a procedure through which individuals, particularly those with risk factors for a
disease, are treated in order to prevent a disease from occurring. Treatment normally begins either before
signs and symptoms of the disease occur, or shortly thereafter
Question:
3. Three types of health care
Answer:
Primary, secondary, tertiary
Question:
4. Fundamental premise of primary Health Care
Answer:
All people everywhere, deserve the right care, right in their community
Question:
5. Primary health care (PHC) addresses
Answer:
the majority of a person's health needs throughout their lifetime. This includes physical, mental, and social
well-being and it is people-centered rather than disease-centered. PHC is a whole-of-society approach that
includes health promotion, disease prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and palliative care
Question:
6. All primary health care approaches includes three components:
Answer:
1: meeting people's health needs throughout their lives 2: addressing the broader determinants of health
through multisectoral policy and action 3: empowering individuals, families, and communities to take
charge of their own health
Question:
7. Primary health care refers to
, Answer:
an approach to health and a spectrum of services beyond the traditional health care system. It includes all
services that play a part in health, such as income, housing, education, and environment
Question:
8. Secondary Health Care
Answer:
- Health care requiring more (primary) specialized care
- These are people who have the disease (ie: hypertension) and are seeking treatment, but still function
with their IADLs
Question:
9. Tertiary Health Care
Answer:
- Health care requiring more specialized care
- There are people who have the disease and REQUIRE treatment from health care professionals
- IE: are admitted to hospitals/hospice/rehab, etc.
Question:
10. Think about health care spending...
Answer:
Pareto Principle
Question:
11. What if...?
Answer:
- People did not smoke, drink alcohol, had access to safe water, ...
- As a society/government/nation spent more money on primary health care?
- We could remove all 'at risk' behaviours?
Question:
12. Literacy
Answer:
The ability of adults to read, write, and comprehend information at the 8th-grade level or above
Question:
13. Illiteracy
Answer:
The ability of adults to read, write, and comprehend information at the 4th-grade level or below, or not at
all
Question:
14. Low Literacy
Answer:
The ability of adults to read, write, and comprehend information between the 5th- to 8th-greade levels of
difficulty
