PBH 310 : MIDTERM UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Definition of health
Answer:
a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity
Question:
2. Three models of health care
Answer:
1. biomedical model
-ill health is a physical phenomenon that can be explained, identified, adn treated through physical means ;
curing an illness=fixing a machine; not a lot of communication; no external factors influencing these
(biology, pathogen, cure)
2. biopsychosocial model
-peoples thoughts and emotions have an influence on their overall health and coping ability
-not solely physical, influenced by peoples feelings, no one single approach; good patient provider
communication, most commonly used today
3. sociocultural model
-reflects an array of factors: personal choice, social dynamics, culture
-represents all diff layers and levels whereby we can have influence on health and health behaviors
(individual and interpersonal)
Question:
3. social determinants of health (childhood experience, housing, education, social support, family income,
employment, community, access to health services)
Answer:
The conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age, shaped by the distribution of money,
power, and resources at global, national, and local levels
Question:
4. Effective health communication techniques
Answer:
transactional model of communication: people collaborate to construct meaning in a process of ongoing,
reciprocal influence
-collaborative sense-making
-relational (multiple levels of meaning)
-context and culture
Question:
5. Multiple levels of meaning
, Answer:
-meaning has both a relational and content level
-content: considered to be mostly denotative: subject to literal interpretation ("i'm pregnant" - a fact)
-relational: participants consider the implications of communication in terms of their relate status and
feelings about each other
Question:
6. Jobs in the health care industry
Answer:
-clinical care
-public relations
-marketing
-administration
-human resources
-education
-community outreach
-crisis management
-patient advocacy
Question:
7. US health care system in comparison to ten other OECD countries
Answer:
#24 in life expectancy #37 in health system performance
-US spends more per capital per indiv, a year than any other country
-ranks last in terms of overall health care outcome
-rank last in access, efficiency, equity, and healthy lives
-pay more for health care and have higher percentage that do not have access at all
Question:
8. Measures to increase the cost efficiency of the US health care system
Answer:
-creation of medicare and medicaid
-focus on prevention
-Affordable Care Act
Question:
9. Impact of the changing populations in the US on its health care system
Answer:
-global health: disease carried across borders
-changing populations: increasing older population, causes an increase in health needs
-technology use: eHealth
-many older adults healthy, they are more likely than others to have chronic health concerns, which
increases need for medical care, assisted living, social services, and home care
-increase % of racial/ethnic minorities and underprivileged population, increasing demand for care
providers who are aware or sensitive to intercultural differences
Question:
10. fee-for-service
CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Definition of health
Answer:
a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or
infirmity
Question:
2. Three models of health care
Answer:
1. biomedical model
-ill health is a physical phenomenon that can be explained, identified, adn treated through physical means ;
curing an illness=fixing a machine; not a lot of communication; no external factors influencing these
(biology, pathogen, cure)
2. biopsychosocial model
-peoples thoughts and emotions have an influence on their overall health and coping ability
-not solely physical, influenced by peoples feelings, no one single approach; good patient provider
communication, most commonly used today
3. sociocultural model
-reflects an array of factors: personal choice, social dynamics, culture
-represents all diff layers and levels whereby we can have influence on health and health behaviors
(individual and interpersonal)
Question:
3. social determinants of health (childhood experience, housing, education, social support, family income,
employment, community, access to health services)
Answer:
The conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work, and age, shaped by the distribution of money,
power, and resources at global, national, and local levels
Question:
4. Effective health communication techniques
Answer:
transactional model of communication: people collaborate to construct meaning in a process of ongoing,
reciprocal influence
-collaborative sense-making
-relational (multiple levels of meaning)
-context and culture
Question:
5. Multiple levels of meaning
, Answer:
-meaning has both a relational and content level
-content: considered to be mostly denotative: subject to literal interpretation ("i'm pregnant" - a fact)
-relational: participants consider the implications of communication in terms of their relate status and
feelings about each other
Question:
6. Jobs in the health care industry
Answer:
-clinical care
-public relations
-marketing
-administration
-human resources
-education
-community outreach
-crisis management
-patient advocacy
Question:
7. US health care system in comparison to ten other OECD countries
Answer:
#24 in life expectancy #37 in health system performance
-US spends more per capital per indiv, a year than any other country
-ranks last in terms of overall health care outcome
-rank last in access, efficiency, equity, and healthy lives
-pay more for health care and have higher percentage that do not have access at all
Question:
8. Measures to increase the cost efficiency of the US health care system
Answer:
-creation of medicare and medicaid
-focus on prevention
-Affordable Care Act
Question:
9. Impact of the changing populations in the US on its health care system
Answer:
-global health: disease carried across borders
-changing populations: increasing older population, causes an increase in health needs
-technology use: eHealth
-many older adults healthy, they are more likely than others to have chronic health concerns, which
increases need for medical care, assisted living, social services, and home care
-increase % of racial/ethnic minorities and underprivileged population, increasing demand for care
providers who are aware or sensitive to intercultural differences
Question:
10. fee-for-service
