HLTH 366 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH ACCURATE
ANSWERS A+ GRADED
what is public health? - ANSWER Activities that society undertakes to assure the
conditions in which people can be healthy. These include organized community efforts
to prevent, identify, and counter threats to the health of the public.
What is "public"? Shifting concepts... - ANSWER Those with highest risk, Depends on
issue being examined, From topic to population to subpopulation
what is health? - ANSWER general concept of wholeness, nature, and balance
Psychological domain - ANSWER (includes spiritual domain)- positive attitude, gratitude
and creativity...religion and humanitarian beliefs
Social domain - ANSWER social interactions, leisure activities
Physical domain - ANSWER somatic (absence of illness and symptoms), physical activity
Illness - ANSWER subjective experience of physical/mental states...may be based on
underlying pathology, socially constructed
Disease - ANSWER defined by medicine (abnormalities in structure or function of organs
, and body systems), not dispersed equally among population
Health behavior - ANSWER tangible, cause of the condition
Health condition - ANSWER illness caused by behavior (i.e. COPD from smoking
cigarettes)
How do different ethnicities conceptualize domains of health?
Damron-Rodriguez, J et al. (2005) Ethnic differences and conceptualizing health -
ANSWER African American-Physical: absence of illness or symptoms
Eastern European-Physical: activity and functional ability
Hispanic American-Physical: do not have to go to the doctor
Chinese American-Psychological/spiritual: "positive spirit" "good heart"
Systems View - ANSWER Society: political philosophy, social policy, programs
Community: schools, neighborhoods, community factors
Relationship: families, peer groups, genetics, social environment
Individual: knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, biology
Levels of explanation (girl eating doughnuts example) - ANSWER 1. Actor - Observer
differences; Attribution theory: how we attach meaning to action (Internal vs. External)
ANSWERS A+ GRADED
what is public health? - ANSWER Activities that society undertakes to assure the
conditions in which people can be healthy. These include organized community efforts
to prevent, identify, and counter threats to the health of the public.
What is "public"? Shifting concepts... - ANSWER Those with highest risk, Depends on
issue being examined, From topic to population to subpopulation
what is health? - ANSWER general concept of wholeness, nature, and balance
Psychological domain - ANSWER (includes spiritual domain)- positive attitude, gratitude
and creativity...religion and humanitarian beliefs
Social domain - ANSWER social interactions, leisure activities
Physical domain - ANSWER somatic (absence of illness and symptoms), physical activity
Illness - ANSWER subjective experience of physical/mental states...may be based on
underlying pathology, socially constructed
Disease - ANSWER defined by medicine (abnormalities in structure or function of organs
, and body systems), not dispersed equally among population
Health behavior - ANSWER tangible, cause of the condition
Health condition - ANSWER illness caused by behavior (i.e. COPD from smoking
cigarettes)
How do different ethnicities conceptualize domains of health?
Damron-Rodriguez, J et al. (2005) Ethnic differences and conceptualizing health -
ANSWER African American-Physical: absence of illness or symptoms
Eastern European-Physical: activity and functional ability
Hispanic American-Physical: do not have to go to the doctor
Chinese American-Psychological/spiritual: "positive spirit" "good heart"
Systems View - ANSWER Society: political philosophy, social policy, programs
Community: schools, neighborhoods, community factors
Relationship: families, peer groups, genetics, social environment
Individual: knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, biology
Levels of explanation (girl eating doughnuts example) - ANSWER 1. Actor - Observer
differences; Attribution theory: how we attach meaning to action (Internal vs. External)
