Nutr 430 Exam 1 ( Modules 1-6) 2025
Questions and Answers
Module 1: Principles of Public health and Community Nutrition - ANSWER-
Primary goal of Public Health and Community Nutrition - ANSWER-Health
promotion and disease prevention
Define concepts of "health promotion" - ANSWER-The process of enabling
people to achieve their maximum potential for good health
Define concepts of "Wellness" - ANSWER-An optimal state of health. It concerns
a person's individual health physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually and
also their role in society and fulfilling expectations in their family, community,
place of worship, workplace and environment.
Successful health promotion and wellness requires what? - ANSWER-Changing
how we think about health and health care --> a paradigm shift
Shift from treatment-->PREVENTION
COPYRIGHT ©️ 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...TRUSTED & VERIFIED 1
,Explain idea of "determinants of health" - ANSWER-The range of personal,
social, economic, and environmental factors that influence health status. It is
interrelationships among these factors that determine individual and population
health.
Examples: Gender & Age, Race, Lifestyle, Environment
What are the five key areas of social determinants? - ANSWER-1. Economic
Stability
-Employment, food insecurity, poverty
2. Education
-Early Childhood education, high school and college education
3. Social and Community Context
-Discrimination
4. Health and Health Care
-Access to primary health care, health literacy
COPYRIGHT ©️ 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...TRUSTED & VERIFIED 2
,5. Neighborhood and Built Environment
-Access to health foods, manmade structures that enhance or interfere with health
promotion
Define concept of "public health" practice - ANSWER-Its to prevent problems
from occurring such disease or injuries
Examples: Putting up road signs to prevent car/ bike accidents
Describe theoretical framework of the Socio-ecological model - ANSWER-1.
Societal (policies, laws)
2. Community (schools, workplace, cultural values, norms, built environments)
3. Interpersonal (Friends, Family, Social networks)
4.Individual (knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, skills)
What is the Socio-ecological model's role in planning public health and community
nutrition interventions? - ANSWER-The role is to be a positive influence on
behaviors towards nutrition such as educating about nutrition, changing people's
attitudes or beliefs and improving skills for cooking.
Concept of Public health and Community nutrition interventions - ANSWER-
Interventions are planned activities that are targeted to change behavior in a certain
group
COPYRIGHT ©️ 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...TRUSTED & VERIFIED 3
, What are the 3 desired outcomes of public health/ community nutrition
interventions? - ANSWER-1. Build awareness
2. Changing behaviors
3. Creating supportive environment (behavior change is easy)
What are the 3 levels of prevention in public health/community nutrition
interventions? - ANSWER-Primary Prevention
Secondary Prevention
Tertiary Prevention
Primary Prevention - ANSWER-Purpose: Improve QOL, Social and Personal
productivity, reduce burden on society
Health promotion:
Intervene prior to onset of disease
"Keeping people well"
Secondary Prevention - ANSWER-The person has a risk factor that they may or
may not know about
COPYRIGHT ©️ 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...TRUSTED & VERIFIED 4
Questions and Answers
Module 1: Principles of Public health and Community Nutrition - ANSWER-
Primary goal of Public Health and Community Nutrition - ANSWER-Health
promotion and disease prevention
Define concepts of "health promotion" - ANSWER-The process of enabling
people to achieve their maximum potential for good health
Define concepts of "Wellness" - ANSWER-An optimal state of health. It concerns
a person's individual health physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually and
also their role in society and fulfilling expectations in their family, community,
place of worship, workplace and environment.
Successful health promotion and wellness requires what? - ANSWER-Changing
how we think about health and health care --> a paradigm shift
Shift from treatment-->PREVENTION
COPYRIGHT ©️ 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...TRUSTED & VERIFIED 1
,Explain idea of "determinants of health" - ANSWER-The range of personal,
social, economic, and environmental factors that influence health status. It is
interrelationships among these factors that determine individual and population
health.
Examples: Gender & Age, Race, Lifestyle, Environment
What are the five key areas of social determinants? - ANSWER-1. Economic
Stability
-Employment, food insecurity, poverty
2. Education
-Early Childhood education, high school and college education
3. Social and Community Context
-Discrimination
4. Health and Health Care
-Access to primary health care, health literacy
COPYRIGHT ©️ 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...TRUSTED & VERIFIED 2
,5. Neighborhood and Built Environment
-Access to health foods, manmade structures that enhance or interfere with health
promotion
Define concept of "public health" practice - ANSWER-Its to prevent problems
from occurring such disease or injuries
Examples: Putting up road signs to prevent car/ bike accidents
Describe theoretical framework of the Socio-ecological model - ANSWER-1.
Societal (policies, laws)
2. Community (schools, workplace, cultural values, norms, built environments)
3. Interpersonal (Friends, Family, Social networks)
4.Individual (knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, skills)
What is the Socio-ecological model's role in planning public health and community
nutrition interventions? - ANSWER-The role is to be a positive influence on
behaviors towards nutrition such as educating about nutrition, changing people's
attitudes or beliefs and improving skills for cooking.
Concept of Public health and Community nutrition interventions - ANSWER-
Interventions are planned activities that are targeted to change behavior in a certain
group
COPYRIGHT ©️ 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...TRUSTED & VERIFIED 3
, What are the 3 desired outcomes of public health/ community nutrition
interventions? - ANSWER-1. Build awareness
2. Changing behaviors
3. Creating supportive environment (behavior change is easy)
What are the 3 levels of prevention in public health/community nutrition
interventions? - ANSWER-Primary Prevention
Secondary Prevention
Tertiary Prevention
Primary Prevention - ANSWER-Purpose: Improve QOL, Social and Personal
productivity, reduce burden on society
Health promotion:
Intervene prior to onset of disease
"Keeping people well"
Secondary Prevention - ANSWER-The person has a risk factor that they may or
may not know about
COPYRIGHT ©️ 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED...TRUSTED & VERIFIED 4
