HS 2250 HEALTH PROMOTION MIDTERM #1
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
What is health promotion (HP)? - Answers - the process of enabling people to increase
control over and to improve their health
What are the 5 action areas of the Ottawa Charter? - Answers - 1. Building health public
policy
2. Creating supportive environments
3. Strengthening community action
4. Reorienting health services
5. Developing personal skills
What are the 3 strategies for action areas in the Ottawa Charter? - Answers - 1.
Advocate
2. Mediate
3. Enable
What is health education (HE)? - Answers - planned learning experience to facilitate
voluntary change in behaviour
____ is concerned with '________ ________ behaviour' for disease prevention or
further progression - Answers - HE, health directed
____ is concerned with moving beyond tidy boundaries of health institutions to focus of
determinants of health - Answers - HP
____ looks beyond health institutions for ways to promote health, since ____ draws
from different components of life - Answers - HP, HP
How does HP define health compared to disease prevention (DP)? - Answers - HP =
health is positive and multidimensional
DP = health is the absence of disease
HP is a _______ model of health, whereas DP is a _______ model - Answers -
participatory, medical
HP is aimed at _______, whereas DP is aimed at _______ - Answers - the entire
population, high-risk groups in the population
HP concerns _______, whereas DP concerns _______ - Answers - a network of issues,
a specific pathology
, T/F: HE emerged from HP - Answers - false, HP emerged from HE - HE has been
historically successful
What is the 'heart' of HP? - Answers - lifestyle
Lifestyle depends on - Answers - - patterns of choices
- socialization
- socioeconomic position
- ability to choose certain behaviours
What is the 'submolecular level' of illness - Answers - using high tech to treat illness
When is reducing illness to a submolecular level useful? - Answers - for medical
applications/medical model
Why is reducing illness to a submolecular level not always useful? - Answers - neglects
the rest of a person - i.e. Social cultural, behavioural influences, also overlooks HE and
DP
List determinants of health - Answers - - Income and social status
- Social environment
- Physical environment
- Social support networks
- Gender
- Culture
- Education
- Personal health practices and coping skills
- Health services
- Employment and working conditions
- Healthy child development
- Biology and genetic endowment
What is equality? - Answers - providing everyone with the same resources and access
What is equity? - Answers - providing people who have different needs with the
necessary custom and informed resources that identify and address inequality
T/F: children with lower education, employment, income have a lower chance of
reaching their developmental potential, increased risk of diabetes, poorer mental health,
shorter life expectancy - Answers - true
What is food insecurity? - Answers - being unable to afford the food necessary for a
healthy lifestyle
T/F: Indigenous Canadians face higher rates of food insecurity than non-Indigenous
Canadians - Answers - true
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
What is health promotion (HP)? - Answers - the process of enabling people to increase
control over and to improve their health
What are the 5 action areas of the Ottawa Charter? - Answers - 1. Building health public
policy
2. Creating supportive environments
3. Strengthening community action
4. Reorienting health services
5. Developing personal skills
What are the 3 strategies for action areas in the Ottawa Charter? - Answers - 1.
Advocate
2. Mediate
3. Enable
What is health education (HE)? - Answers - planned learning experience to facilitate
voluntary change in behaviour
____ is concerned with '________ ________ behaviour' for disease prevention or
further progression - Answers - HE, health directed
____ is concerned with moving beyond tidy boundaries of health institutions to focus of
determinants of health - Answers - HP
____ looks beyond health institutions for ways to promote health, since ____ draws
from different components of life - Answers - HP, HP
How does HP define health compared to disease prevention (DP)? - Answers - HP =
health is positive and multidimensional
DP = health is the absence of disease
HP is a _______ model of health, whereas DP is a _______ model - Answers -
participatory, medical
HP is aimed at _______, whereas DP is aimed at _______ - Answers - the entire
population, high-risk groups in the population
HP concerns _______, whereas DP concerns _______ - Answers - a network of issues,
a specific pathology
, T/F: HE emerged from HP - Answers - false, HP emerged from HE - HE has been
historically successful
What is the 'heart' of HP? - Answers - lifestyle
Lifestyle depends on - Answers - - patterns of choices
- socialization
- socioeconomic position
- ability to choose certain behaviours
What is the 'submolecular level' of illness - Answers - using high tech to treat illness
When is reducing illness to a submolecular level useful? - Answers - for medical
applications/medical model
Why is reducing illness to a submolecular level not always useful? - Answers - neglects
the rest of a person - i.e. Social cultural, behavioural influences, also overlooks HE and
DP
List determinants of health - Answers - - Income and social status
- Social environment
- Physical environment
- Social support networks
- Gender
- Culture
- Education
- Personal health practices and coping skills
- Health services
- Employment and working conditions
- Healthy child development
- Biology and genetic endowment
What is equality? - Answers - providing everyone with the same resources and access
What is equity? - Answers - providing people who have different needs with the
necessary custom and informed resources that identify and address inequality
T/F: children with lower education, employment, income have a lower chance of
reaching their developmental potential, increased risk of diabetes, poorer mental health,
shorter life expectancy - Answers - true
What is food insecurity? - Answers - being unable to afford the food necessary for a
healthy lifestyle
T/F: Indigenous Canadians face higher rates of food insecurity than non-Indigenous
Canadians - Answers - true
