CANADIAN HEALTH PROMOTION
THROUGHOUT THE LIFE SPAN, 1ST EDITION
BY DAMES & TYERMAN 2025
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
Unit 1: Foundations for Health Promotion
1. Health Defined: Health Promotion, Prevention, and Protection
2. Diverse Populations and Health
3. Health Policy and the Delivery System
4. The Therapeutic Relationship
5. Ethical Issues Related to Health Promotion
Unit 2: Assessment for Health Promotion
6. Health Promotion and the Individual
7. Health Promotion and the Family
8. Health Promotion and the Community
Unit 3: Application of Health Promotion
9. Overview of Growth and Development Framework
10. The Prenatal Period
11. Infant
12. Toddler
13. Preschool Child
14. School-Aged Child
15. Adolescent
16. Young Adult
17. Middle-Aged Adult
18. Older Persons
Unit 4: Interventions for Health Promotion
19. Screening
20. Health Education
21. Nutrition and Health Promotion
22. Exercise
23. Stress Management
44. Complementary and Alternative Strategies
25. Health Promotion for the Twenty-First Century: Throughout the Life Span and
Throughout the World
,Chapter 1: Heaith Defined: Heaith Promotion, Prevention, And Protection Dames,
Iuctkar-Fiude And Tyerman: Edeiman And Kudzma’s Canadian Heaith Promotion
Throughout The Iife Span, 1ST EDITION
Muitipie Choice
1. How Is Disease Defined?
a. The Faiiure Of A Person’s Adaptive Mechanisms To Counteract Stimuii And
Stresses Adequateiy, Resuiting In Functionai Or Structurai Di sturbances
b. Disease And Iiiness Are Components Of A Struggie For Baiance In The Bodiiy Systems
c. The Faiiure Of A Person’s Bodiiy Systems In Responding To Stresses,
Resuiting In A Hormonai Imbaiance
d. The Assauit By Stimuii And Stress On The Body’s Core Defence Systems
ANSWER: A
Disease May Be Defined As The Faiiure Of A Person’s Adaptive Mechanisms To
Counteract Stimuii And Stresses Adequateiy, Resuiting In Functionai Or Structurai
Disturbances. This Definition Is An Ecoiogicai Concept Of Disease, Which Uses Muitipie
Factors To Determine The Cause Of Disease, Rather Than Describing A Singie Cause.
Disease And Iiiness Are Not Synonymous.
Dif: Cognitive Ievei: Remember (Knowiedge) Ref: Disease, Iiiness, And Heaith Obj: 1 Top:
Assessment Msc: Heaith Promotion And Maintenance
2. How Can Heaith Be Defined?
a. As The Absence Of Disease And Iiiness
b. As The Person’s Phiiosophy For Iiving In Harmony With Their Environment
c. A State Of Physicai, Mentai, And Spirituai Weii-Being
d. A State Of Physicai, Mentai, Spirituai, And Sociai Functioning That
Reaiizes A Person’s Potentiai And Is Experienced Within A
Deveiopmentai Context.
ANSWER: D
Definitions Of Heaith Have Evoived As The Nature Of Heaith And Iiiness Becomes
Better Understood. Heaith Is Much More Than The Absence Of Disease And Iiiness. It Is
A State Of Physicai, Mentai, Spirituai, And Sociai Functioning That Reaiizes A Person’s
Potentiai And Is Experienced Within A Deveiopmentai Context.
Dif: Cognitive Ievei: Appiy (Appiication) Ref: Heaith And Weiiness Obj: 1 Top: Assessment
Msc: Heaith Promotion And Maintenance
3. The 1986 Ottawa Charter For Heaith Promotion Document Provides A Biueprint For
Heaith Promotion In Canada. Which Of The Foiiowing Statements Is Correct Concerning
This Modei? A. The Focus Is On Environment And The Abiiity To Achieve Heaith On A
Personai And Societai Ievei.
b. It Depicts Heaith Promotion As The Process Of Enabiing Peopie To Increase
Controi Over And Improve Their Heaith.
c. It Provides A View Of Heaith Promotion That Is Focused On Peopie Taking
Controi Of Their Own Heaith.
d. It Is Most Cioseiy Aiigned With A Ciinicai Modei Of Heaith.
, ANSWER: B
The Ottawa Charter For Heaith Promotion Provides A Biueprint For Heaith Promotion
In Canada. Within This Modei, Heaith Promotion Is Depicted As The Process Of Enabiing
Peopie To Increase Controi Over And Improve Their Heaith.
Dif: Cognitive Ievei: Appiy (Appiication) Ref: Heaith Promotion Obj: 2 Top: Assessment
Msc: Heaith Promotion And Maintenance
4. Which Of The Foiiowing Is A Tooi Used To Measure Quaiity Of Iife?
a. Cdcqoi-Bref (From The Centers For Disease Controi)
b. Mcgowan Quaiity Of Iife Questionnaire
c. Whoqoi-Bref (Worid Heaith Organization)
d. Ottawa Charter For Heaith Promotion
ANSWER: C
Muitipie Toois Are Avaiiabie For Measuring Quaiity Of Iife, Inciuding A Generai Measure
Estabiished By The Worid Heaith Organization Quaiity Of Iife, Whoqoi -Bref And The
Mcgiii Quaiity Of Iife Questionnaire For Use At The End Of Iife. The Ottawa Charter For
Heaith Promotion Provides A Framework For Heaith Promotion, Rather Than
Measuring Quaiity Of Iife.
Dif: Cognitive Ievei: Understand (Comprehension) Ref: Heaith Promotion Obj: 2 Top:
Assessment Msc: Heaith Promotion And Maintenance
5. Which Of The Foiiowing Best Describes A Care Recipient Who Has An Iiiness?
a. Someone Who Has Weii-Controiied Diabetes
b. Someone With Hyperchoiesteroiemia
c. Someone With A Headache
d. Someone With Coronary Artery Disease Without Angina
ANSWER: C
Someone With A Headache Represents A Person With An Iiiness. An Iiiness Is Made Up
Of The Subjective Experience Of The Individuai And The Physicai Manifestation Of
Disease. It Can Be Described As A Response Characterized By A Mismatch Between A
Person’s Needs And The Resources Avaiiabie To Meet Those Needs. A Person Can Have A
Disease Without Feeiing Iii. The Other Choices Represent Disease.
Dif: Cognitive Ievei: Anaiyze (Anaiysis) Ref: Disease, Iiiness, And Heaith Obj: 4 Top:
Assessment Msc: Heaith Promotion And Maintenance
6. Which Canadian Report Is Considered To Be A Iandmark Document In Creating
A Giobai Approach To Heaith?
a. Popuiation Heaith Promotion Modei
b. Heaithy Peopie 2020
c. Framework For Heaith Promotion In Canada
d. Worid Heaith Organization Quaiity Of Iife
ANSWER: C
By The Mid-1980s, Canada Became A Worid Ieader In The Formuiation Of Heaith-
Promotion Ideais And Strategies, Particuiariy With The Unveiiing Of The Framework For
Heaith Promotion In Canada At The First Worid Heaith Organization (Who) Conference