MHA 707 Module A Test Questions and Answers
Question 1
•All persons, institutions, and processes supporting diagnosis, treatment or mitigation of health problems
•For legitimized patients by appropriate providers
Correct Answer
Health Care Systems
Question 2
What are the different variations of healthcare systems?
Correct Answer
•Definitions of health problems (e.g., obesity)
•Diagnosis & treatment models
•Social position, training, and authority of healers
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,Question 3
"Complete physical, mental, and social well-being not merely the absence of disease or infirmity" (WHO, 1948)
This is the definition of...
Correct Answer
Health
Other Definitions of health:
"the ability to conduct a life that is as socially and economically rewarding
as available physical and financial resources will allow” ([ABIM] Conference,
1981)
"the condition of being sound in body, mind, and spirit, especially free of
disease or infirmity." (Webster’s, 2019)
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, Question 4
What are the determinants of health?
Correct Answer
•Genetic inheritance – also epigenetics (gene-environmental interactions)
•Physical environment – ex: exposures, housing, availability of healthy foods
•Social & economic environment – ex: education, income, employment,
community, social support and culture
•Health behavior – ex: exercise, smoking, diet (often shaped by the preceding)
•Health care – accessible, affordable, quality and adequate intensity
Question 5
•Behavior that affects health, usually negatively
•Implicated in most “leading causes of death” in the United States
•Heart disease, cancer, stroke, respiratory diseases, etc.
•Common target for health improvement efforts
•Healthy People 2020
Correct Answer
Health Behavior
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Question 1
•All persons, institutions, and processes supporting diagnosis, treatment or mitigation of health problems
•For legitimized patients by appropriate providers
Correct Answer
Health Care Systems
Question 2
What are the different variations of healthcare systems?
Correct Answer
•Definitions of health problems (e.g., obesity)
•Diagnosis & treatment models
•Social position, training, and authority of healers
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,Question 3
"Complete physical, mental, and social well-being not merely the absence of disease or infirmity" (WHO, 1948)
This is the definition of...
Correct Answer
Health
Other Definitions of health:
"the ability to conduct a life that is as socially and economically rewarding
as available physical and financial resources will allow” ([ABIM] Conference,
1981)
"the condition of being sound in body, mind, and spirit, especially free of
disease or infirmity." (Webster’s, 2019)
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, Question 4
What are the determinants of health?
Correct Answer
•Genetic inheritance – also epigenetics (gene-environmental interactions)
•Physical environment – ex: exposures, housing, availability of healthy foods
•Social & economic environment – ex: education, income, employment,
community, social support and culture
•Health behavior – ex: exercise, smoking, diet (often shaped by the preceding)
•Health care – accessible, affordable, quality and adequate intensity
Question 5
•Behavior that affects health, usually negatively
•Implicated in most “leading causes of death” in the United States
•Heart disease, cancer, stroke, respiratory diseases, etc.
•Common target for health improvement efforts
•Healthy People 2020
Correct Answer
Health Behavior
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