HSS3108 - MIDTERM UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

HSS3108 - MIDTERM UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS

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1. What was the early focus in health?
Answer:
Sanitation and hygiene

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2. What happened in the 1940-50s:
Answer:
Systematic and more scientific approach to educating the public began

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3. What happened Post WWII:
Answer:
Mandatory public health measures; shift to chronic disease prevention

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4. What happened 1950-60s:
Answer:
Health education approaches targeted behavioural risk factors; development of models and theories of
health behaviour (ex - smoking, diet, nutrition, etc.)

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5. What happened 1960-70s:
Answer:
Public health prevention interventions focused on education to change lifestyle behaviours (ex.
participaction - body breaks)

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6. What was written in 1974:
Answer:
A New Perspective on the Health of Canadians (Lalonde Report)

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7. What took place 1978 and what was it?
Answer:
Alma-Ata Declaration; Health Promotion Directorate established

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8. What happened in 1979-84:
Answer:
New research highlighting health impact of social, economic & environmental factors

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9. What conference and report were done in 1986:
Answer:
1st international conference on HP; The Ottawa Charter; Achieving Health for All (Epp Report)

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10. What is A New Perspective on the Health of Canadians (Lalonde,
1974)
Answer:
First government document that advocated for investing resources beyond health services

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11. What was the main focus or goal of the Lalonde report?
Answer:
Shift toward health promotion and disease prevention Focus on lifestyle and personal responsibility
through behaviour change

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12. Criticism of Lalonde report
Answer:
Blaming the victim and lack of focus on SDOH

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13. Criticism of Alma Ata Declaration
Answer:
Approach was idealistic and unfeasible

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14. What are the pre-reqs deemed by the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion?
Answer:
Pre-requisites and resources for health identified: Peace, shelter, education, food, income, a stable
eco-system, sustainable resources, social justice and equity

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15. Criticism of Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion
Answer:
Lack of direction and specificity in application for the practitioner

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16. What does the Ottawa Charter consist of?
Answer:
- 3 Strategies
- 5 Action Areas

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17. What are the three key areas of the Shanghai Declaration?

, Answer:
- Good governance (so at all levels of government, not just one)
- Healthy cities (where most of the population lives - different initiatives, smoke-free, active)
- Health literacy: key key key - important for a campaign and the communication aspect of health promo
(looks outside of the individual level)

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18. Health
Answer:
State of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity

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19. Wellness
Answer:
A state of dynamic physical, mental, social and spiritual well-being that enables a person to achieve full
potential and an enjoyable life

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20. Disease
Answer:
Pathological process that may or may not produce symptoms

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21. Illness
Answer:
Subjective sense of feeling unwell

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22. Sickness
Answer:
Social and cultural conception of the health condition

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23. Prevention
Answer:
Measures that can be applied to reduce the occurrence, progression, and consequences

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24. Primordial prevention
Answer:
Strategies that inhibit the establishment of predisposing risk factors

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25. Primordial prevention examples
Answer:
Improving public policies, environmental conditions, health literacy