MHA 707 LSUS EXAM A Questions with CORRECT Answers (Grade A+)

MHA 707 LSUS EXAM A Questions with CORRECT
Answers (Grade A+)

Question 1:
Health Care System
Answer:
All persons, institutions, and processes supporting diagnosis and treatment of health problems and for
legitimized patients by appropriate providers.

Question 2:
Variation Among Nations' Health Care Systems
Answer:
- Definitions of health problems (e.g. obesity) - Diagnosis & treatment models - Social position,
training, and authority of healers

Question 3:
What is health?
Answer:
- Complete physical, mental, and social well-being - NOT just absence of disease or infirmity (WHO)

Question 4:
Determinants of Health
Answer:
- Genetic inheritance - Health behavior - Physical environment - Social environment

Question 5:
Health Behavior
Answer:
Behavior that affects health, usually negatively, and are the most common target for health
improvement efforts

Question 6:
Smoking, alcohol/drug abuse, diet, exercise
Answer:
Health Behaviors

, Question 7:
Implicated in leading causes of death in the United States
Answer:
Heart disease, cancer, stroke, respiratory diseases, etc.

Question 8:
Health behaviors are...
Answer:
the most common target of health improvement efforts

Question 9:
Social determinants
Answer:
- Education Access & Quality - Health Care Access & Quality - Neighborhood & Built Environment -
Social & Community Context - Economic Stability

Question 10:
Main goals of health care as a determinant
Answer:
- Restore health - Prevent worsening of problems

Question 11:
Late in causal chain leading to illness
Answer:
cause of chronic illnesses

Question 12:
Levels of Prevention
Answer:
- Primary - Secondary - Tertiary

Question 13:
Primary
Answer:
Eliminate risk factors to prevent onset (least focused on now)