NS1220 - PRIMARY HEALTH CARE WEEK 1-4 UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Which of the following models of health is the primary health care approach based on?
- Behavioural
- Economic
- Social
- Education
Answer:
Social
Question:
2. A person working as a health educator uses an approach that views health as related to:
- Pathological processes
- Behavioural change
- Health screening
- Minimising complications
Answer:
Behavioural change
Question:
3. Which approach to health is most concerned with the social causes of disease, injustice and inequity?
- Biomedical
- Behavioural
- Ecological
- New public health
Answer:
New public health
Question:
4. Understanding of health determinants is essential for:
- Primary health care interventions and assessment
- Effective programs to enable people to maintain good health
- Organisation of health services in regions or cities
- Acute care service provision
Answer:
Effective programs to enable people to maintain good health
Question:
5. For primary health care to improve health, people must first have:
- Access to medical services
- Their basic needs met
- A health promotion program
- Electronic medical records
,Answer:
Their basic needs met
Question:
6. Primary health care is usually practised in:
- Community health services and NGOs
- Community and acute care clinics
- Aboriginal health services and NGOs
- Health education units
Answer:
Community health services and NGOs
Question:
7. Legislation enacted by the Federal Government with the aim of reducing health-related risk factors, such
as increasing taxation on harmful products, has been due to:
- Public health advocacy
- Primary care
- Health education
- Product manufacturers
Answer:
Public health advocacy
Question:
8. The main aim of public health is to improve health by
- Providing medical intervention appropriate for the individual
- Performing research to compare the effectiveness of treatments
- Promoting health and preventing disease in populations
- Providing advice on risk markers and genetics to families
Answer:
Promoting health and preventing disease in populations
Question:
9. The term used to describe measurable differences in attaining health is:
- Health equity
- Health inequity
- Health gradient
- Health inequality
Answer:
Health inequality
Question:
10. Comprehensive primary health care is characterised by activities that work to change:
- Social and political determinants of illness
- Economic and educational well-being
- Health status in communities, regions or cities
- All of the above
, Answer:
All of the above
Question:
11. Primary prevention is concerned with:
- Preventing disease or illness occurring
- Delaying the progress of an existing disease or illness
- Maintaining current health status
- Treatment of an existing disease or illness
Answer:
Preventing disease or illness occurring
Question:
12. Health is best described as a resource that allows a person to have:
- A social and spiritual life
- A productive social and economic life
- Economic well-being
- Physical capacity
Answer:
A productive social and economic life
Question:
13. What does the term selective primary health care mean?
- Care focused on individual technology rather than equity
- An emphasis on promoting equity and justice
- A plan to confront determinants of illness
- Care focused on identifying causes of disease
Answer:
Care focused on individual technology rather than equity
Question:
14. Health literacy is best defined as the capacity of a person to:
- Read health-related literature
- Follow medical instructions for a specific health care problem
- Recognise and know how to find information about a health problem
- Access the internet
Answer:
Recognise and know how to find information about a health problem
Question:
15. Social justice refers to:
- Ensuring the punishment fits the crime
- An ethical concept based on human rights and fairness
- Social inclusion
- An ethical concept based on autonomy
Answer:
An ethical concept based on human rights and fairness
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. Which of the following models of health is the primary health care approach based on?
- Behavioural
- Economic
- Social
- Education
Answer:
Social
Question:
2. A person working as a health educator uses an approach that views health as related to:
- Pathological processes
- Behavioural change
- Health screening
- Minimising complications
Answer:
Behavioural change
Question:
3. Which approach to health is most concerned with the social causes of disease, injustice and inequity?
- Biomedical
- Behavioural
- Ecological
- New public health
Answer:
New public health
Question:
4. Understanding of health determinants is essential for:
- Primary health care interventions and assessment
- Effective programs to enable people to maintain good health
- Organisation of health services in regions or cities
- Acute care service provision
Answer:
Effective programs to enable people to maintain good health
Question:
5. For primary health care to improve health, people must first have:
- Access to medical services
- Their basic needs met
- A health promotion program
- Electronic medical records
,Answer:
Their basic needs met
Question:
6. Primary health care is usually practised in:
- Community health services and NGOs
- Community and acute care clinics
- Aboriginal health services and NGOs
- Health education units
Answer:
Community health services and NGOs
Question:
7. Legislation enacted by the Federal Government with the aim of reducing health-related risk factors, such
as increasing taxation on harmful products, has been due to:
- Public health advocacy
- Primary care
- Health education
- Product manufacturers
Answer:
Public health advocacy
Question:
8. The main aim of public health is to improve health by
- Providing medical intervention appropriate for the individual
- Performing research to compare the effectiveness of treatments
- Promoting health and preventing disease in populations
- Providing advice on risk markers and genetics to families
Answer:
Promoting health and preventing disease in populations
Question:
9. The term used to describe measurable differences in attaining health is:
- Health equity
- Health inequity
- Health gradient
- Health inequality
Answer:
Health inequality
Question:
10. Comprehensive primary health care is characterised by activities that work to change:
- Social and political determinants of illness
- Economic and educational well-being
- Health status in communities, regions or cities
- All of the above
, Answer:
All of the above
Question:
11. Primary prevention is concerned with:
- Preventing disease or illness occurring
- Delaying the progress of an existing disease or illness
- Maintaining current health status
- Treatment of an existing disease or illness
Answer:
Preventing disease or illness occurring
Question:
12. Health is best described as a resource that allows a person to have:
- A social and spiritual life
- A productive social and economic life
- Economic well-being
- Physical capacity
Answer:
A productive social and economic life
Question:
13. What does the term selective primary health care mean?
- Care focused on individual technology rather than equity
- An emphasis on promoting equity and justice
- A plan to confront determinants of illness
- Care focused on identifying causes of disease
Answer:
Care focused on individual technology rather than equity
Question:
14. Health literacy is best defined as the capacity of a person to:
- Read health-related literature
- Follow medical instructions for a specific health care problem
- Recognise and know how to find information about a health problem
- Access the internet
Answer:
Recognise and know how to find information about a health problem
Question:
15. Social justice refers to:
- Ensuring the punishment fits the crime
- An ethical concept based on human rights and fairness
- Social inclusion
- An ethical concept based on autonomy
Answer:
An ethical concept based on human rights and fairness
