MHA 707 Module A Test Questions with100%
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Health Care Systems
•All persons, institutions, and processes supporting diagnosis, treatment or mitigation of
health problems
•For legitimized patients by appropriate providers
•Definitions of health problems (e.g., obesity)
•Diagnosis & treatment models
•Social position, training, and authority of healers
What are the different variations of healthcare systems?
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)
"Complete physical, mental, and social well-being not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity" (WHO, 1948)
, This is the definition of...
•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
What are the determinants of health?
Health Behavior
•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
•Smoking, alcohol/drug abuse, diet, lack of exercise
What are some examples of health behavior?
allopathic medicine
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Health Care Systems
•All persons, institutions, and processes supporting diagnosis, treatment or mitigation of
health problems
•For legitimized patients by appropriate providers
•Definitions of health problems (e.g., obesity)
•Diagnosis & treatment models
•Social position, training, and authority of healers
What are the different variations of healthcare systems?
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)
"Complete physical, mental, and social well-being not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity" (WHO, 1948)
, This is the definition of...
•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
What are the determinants of health?
Health Behavior
•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
•Smoking, alcohol/drug abuse, diet, lack of exercise
What are some examples of health behavior?
allopathic medicine
