HLTH 331 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
In order to be considerate of differences in learning and information processing, the best
strategy is to: - Answer -Provide a balanced, multiple-strategy approach
Three key elements to a successful community presentation include: - Answer -The
right background conditions, the right preparation, and the right delivery
Common mediums for health communication - Answer -Billboards, blogs and websites,
and peer-reviewed journals
Health communication model - Answer -sender, message, medium, receiver
persuation - Answer -knowing how to assess and adapt health-related messages to the
needs and values of a variety of audiences and to package those messages in ways
that can persuade receivers to change attitudes and behavior
Stages of Health Communication - Answer -1. Planning and strategy development
2. Developing and pretesting concepts, messages, and materials
3. Implementing the program
4. Assessing the effectiveness and making refinements
False - Answer -To try and improve the quality of healthcare, there had been a move
away from "patient-centered" health care.
Iatrogenic Health Education Disease - Answer -a state of mind in which a person feels
overwhelmed by the onslaught of health-risk messages
Ex: 'Everything causes cancer!'
False (2) - Answer -Up to 55% of Americans have difficulty with everyday reading tasks
such as reviewing medication instructions, interpreting food labels, or filling out health
forms at a doctors office or clinic.
Use jargon and technical language - Answer -Select the communication strategy that
does not apply to blogs and vlogs.
Incidence - Answer -number of new cases
(# of new cases/total # of ppl) x100,000
Prevalence - Answer -total number of cases
, (total # of cases/avg # of ppl) x100,000
Mortality - Answer -The proportion of deaths during a specified time period per unit of
population.
(# of deaths/# of ppl) x100,000
morbidity - Answer -rate of illness
-Incidence
-Prevalence
non-specific morbidity rates - Answer -The proportion of people who are ill during a
specified time period per unit of population.
Primary prevention - Answer -Efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occurring.
Ex: stop-smoking programs before heart disease/cancer, vaccinations, changing the
environment
Secondary prevention - Answer -Prevention of a present disease
Ex: mammography screenings; patient charts
Tertiary prevention - Answer -actions taken to contain damage once a disease or
disability has progressed beyond its early stages
Ex: hospice
Case-control study - Answer -type of study includes two groups: people with a disease
and people without the disease but otherwise very similar to the first group in regard to
characteristics like age, gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status
cohort study - Answer -(Longitudinal)
group of individuals is followed through time to determine relationships between
behaviors and conditions
Passive immunity - Answer -Individuals produce immunity by receiving the ingredients
of immunity from outside the body.
How often does the census occur in the U.S.? - Answer -Every 10 years
cross-sectional study - Answer -a survey of a group of people is used as a snapshot of
behaviors and illnesses among people of that group
In order to be considerate of differences in learning and information processing, the best
strategy is to: - Answer -Provide a balanced, multiple-strategy approach
Three key elements to a successful community presentation include: - Answer -The
right background conditions, the right preparation, and the right delivery
Common mediums for health communication - Answer -Billboards, blogs and websites,
and peer-reviewed journals
Health communication model - Answer -sender, message, medium, receiver
persuation - Answer -knowing how to assess and adapt health-related messages to the
needs and values of a variety of audiences and to package those messages in ways
that can persuade receivers to change attitudes and behavior
Stages of Health Communication - Answer -1. Planning and strategy development
2. Developing and pretesting concepts, messages, and materials
3. Implementing the program
4. Assessing the effectiveness and making refinements
False - Answer -To try and improve the quality of healthcare, there had been a move
away from "patient-centered" health care.
Iatrogenic Health Education Disease - Answer -a state of mind in which a person feels
overwhelmed by the onslaught of health-risk messages
Ex: 'Everything causes cancer!'
False (2) - Answer -Up to 55% of Americans have difficulty with everyday reading tasks
such as reviewing medication instructions, interpreting food labels, or filling out health
forms at a doctors office or clinic.
Use jargon and technical language - Answer -Select the communication strategy that
does not apply to blogs and vlogs.
Incidence - Answer -number of new cases
(# of new cases/total # of ppl) x100,000
Prevalence - Answer -total number of cases
, (total # of cases/avg # of ppl) x100,000
Mortality - Answer -The proportion of deaths during a specified time period per unit of
population.
(# of deaths/# of ppl) x100,000
morbidity - Answer -rate of illness
-Incidence
-Prevalence
non-specific morbidity rates - Answer -The proportion of people who are ill during a
specified time period per unit of population.
Primary prevention - Answer -Efforts to prevent an injury or illness from ever occurring.
Ex: stop-smoking programs before heart disease/cancer, vaccinations, changing the
environment
Secondary prevention - Answer -Prevention of a present disease
Ex: mammography screenings; patient charts
Tertiary prevention - Answer -actions taken to contain damage once a disease or
disability has progressed beyond its early stages
Ex: hospice
Case-control study - Answer -type of study includes two groups: people with a disease
and people without the disease but otherwise very similar to the first group in regard to
characteristics like age, gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status
cohort study - Answer -(Longitudinal)
group of individuals is followed through time to determine relationships between
behaviors and conditions
Passive immunity - Answer -Individuals produce immunity by receiving the ingredients
of immunity from outside the body.
How often does the census occur in the U.S.? - Answer -Every 10 years
cross-sectional study - Answer -a survey of a group of people is used as a snapshot of
behaviors and illnesses among people of that group
