HEALTH SCI 2250 - MIDTERM 1 REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Better control of behavioural risk factors alone could prevent between ------- of ALL
premature deaths - Answers - 40-70%
Better control of behavioural risk factors alone could prevent ------ of ALL acute
disabilities - Answers - one-third
Better control of behavioural risk factors alone could prevent ------ of chronic disabilities
- Answers - two-thirds
True/false: Health promotion roots in Health education - Answers - True
True/False: Health education is part of health promotion - Answers - True
What is health education? - Answers - A planned learning experience to facilitate
voluntary change in behaviour
Health education is concerned with "--------" for disease prevention or further disease
progression - Answers - Health directed behaviour
Health promotion draws on the ------------- that relate to the health of populations -
Answers - components of life
Health promotion believes that we must look at --------------- to promote health - Answers
- sectors other than health institutions
What were the concerns about health educations that led to the emergence of health
promotion - Answers - Health education's ability to address lifetime habits ('lifestyle')
What is at the heart of health promotion? - Answers - lifestyle
What is the focus of Health promotion? - Answers - Determinants of health, rather than
measuring and explaining disease at submolecular units
What is the definition of lifestyle? - Answers - An enduring pattern of behaviour or
socialization
Why do health promotion services suffer in clinical settings? - Answers - The incentives
are stacked in favour of high tech, rather than social, cultural & behavioural aspects of
care
What is CIHI? - Answers - Canadian Institute for Health Information
, What is equity stratification? - Answers - Measuring and reporting on indicators by
population groups
What is a "CIHI tool kit", and how could it be useful in addressing health inequities in
Canada? - Answers - Has developed standard definitions for equity stratifiers, it helps
identify health differences and monitior progress towards closing the gap between sub-
populations
What is an equity stratifier? - Answers - A characteristic such as a demographic, social
economic or geographic variable that can identify population subgroups for measuring
differences in health and health care that may be considered unfair or unjust
What do health inequalities mean? - Answers - Differences in the health status of
individuals and groups. These differences can be due to your genes and the choices
you make
What do health inequities mean? - Answers - Health inequalities that are unfair or unjust
and modifiable
What are the 3 ways Canada is attempting to reduce health inequalities? - Answers - 1.
Strengthening the evidence base to inform decision-making
2. Engaging beyond the health sector
3. Sharing knowledge of action across Canada
What is the definition of health promotion by Green & Kreuter? - Answers - The
combination of educational and ecological supports of actions and conditions conducive
to health
What is the definition of health promotion according to the Ottawa Charter (1986)? -
Answers - The process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their
health
Without health education, health promotion would be? - Answers - A manipulative social
engineering enterprise
How do we quantify health or health status? - Answers - We define health with its
opposite -ill death which lends itself to huge assumptions (if not ill or dead, thus must be
healthy!)
What is at the core of health promotion? - Answers - Health education
Perth Charter argues that ' health promotion in practice has largely been confined to ----
------ health promotion. - Answers - Physical
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Better control of behavioural risk factors alone could prevent between ------- of ALL
premature deaths - Answers - 40-70%
Better control of behavioural risk factors alone could prevent ------ of ALL acute
disabilities - Answers - one-third
Better control of behavioural risk factors alone could prevent ------ of chronic disabilities
- Answers - two-thirds
True/false: Health promotion roots in Health education - Answers - True
True/False: Health education is part of health promotion - Answers - True
What is health education? - Answers - A planned learning experience to facilitate
voluntary change in behaviour
Health education is concerned with "--------" for disease prevention or further disease
progression - Answers - Health directed behaviour
Health promotion draws on the ------------- that relate to the health of populations -
Answers - components of life
Health promotion believes that we must look at --------------- to promote health - Answers
- sectors other than health institutions
What were the concerns about health educations that led to the emergence of health
promotion - Answers - Health education's ability to address lifetime habits ('lifestyle')
What is at the heart of health promotion? - Answers - lifestyle
What is the focus of Health promotion? - Answers - Determinants of health, rather than
measuring and explaining disease at submolecular units
What is the definition of lifestyle? - Answers - An enduring pattern of behaviour or
socialization
Why do health promotion services suffer in clinical settings? - Answers - The incentives
are stacked in favour of high tech, rather than social, cultural & behavioural aspects of
care
What is CIHI? - Answers - Canadian Institute for Health Information
, What is equity stratification? - Answers - Measuring and reporting on indicators by
population groups
What is a "CIHI tool kit", and how could it be useful in addressing health inequities in
Canada? - Answers - Has developed standard definitions for equity stratifiers, it helps
identify health differences and monitior progress towards closing the gap between sub-
populations
What is an equity stratifier? - Answers - A characteristic such as a demographic, social
economic or geographic variable that can identify population subgroups for measuring
differences in health and health care that may be considered unfair or unjust
What do health inequalities mean? - Answers - Differences in the health status of
individuals and groups. These differences can be due to your genes and the choices
you make
What do health inequities mean? - Answers - Health inequalities that are unfair or unjust
and modifiable
What are the 3 ways Canada is attempting to reduce health inequalities? - Answers - 1.
Strengthening the evidence base to inform decision-making
2. Engaging beyond the health sector
3. Sharing knowledge of action across Canada
What is the definition of health promotion by Green & Kreuter? - Answers - The
combination of educational and ecological supports of actions and conditions conducive
to health
What is the definition of health promotion according to the Ottawa Charter (1986)? -
Answers - The process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their
health
Without health education, health promotion would be? - Answers - A manipulative social
engineering enterprise
How do we quantify health or health status? - Answers - We define health with its
opposite -ill death which lends itself to huge assumptions (if not ill or dead, thus must be
healthy!)
What is at the core of health promotion? - Answers - Health education
Perth Charter argues that ' health promotion in practice has largely been confined to ----
------ health promotion. - Answers - Physical
