HEALTH SCI 2250 - MIDTERM 1 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Health education - Answers - planned learning experience to facilitate voluntary change
in behaviour. it is concerned with health direceted behaviour for disease prevention
targets lifestyles
Health Promotion - Answers - combination of educational and ecological supports of
actions and conditions conducive to health
look at health as a resource
moving beyond boundaries of health institutions to focus on determniants of health
beyond ill health
explain health status
look at health as a profuct of variable factors
differences between health promotion and disease prevention - Answers - HP-
multidimentional, participation, non profit organizations, municipal goverenments
DP - individual, absence of disease, one shot strategies
lifestyle - Answers - at the heart of HP, patterns of choices made by ppl accodring ot
socioeconomic status and how easily they can choose one choice over another
health variabiltiy - Answers - there are a lot of different factors that can influence health -
age, sex, genetics
Health ineuqalities - Answers - HP targets cause of inequality,
differences in access to health care- income, education
avoidable inequities vs unavoidable - Answers - income vs dna/genetics
CIHI stand for - Answers - canadian institure of heaelth education
Equity stratification - Answers - Measuring and reporting on indicators by population
group
lookign at population groups with regard to charachetritics like demogrphics, social,
economic, racial or geographic descriptors
measuring and reporting on indicators by population groups (i.e. Canadians) living in
richer and poorer communities
- Stratify indicators in different ways (I.e. by age, sex, neighbourhood level income,
geography)
measuring health - Answers - define health by it opposite -ill health
- death rates
, - life expectancy
physical, mental, social, spiritual components
components of health promotion - Answers - ADVOCACY: conditions of health
favourable thru advocacy for health as a resource.
MEDIATING: demands coordination of sectors
ENABLING: focuses on achieving equity in health, reduce differences
Why can't we look at health instutution to promote health? - Answers - Health is affected
by different sectors of life so we must look at sectors other than health institutions to
promote health
How did Health Promotion emerge from Health Eduction? - Answers - - concerns about
HE(Health Eduction) ability to address lifetime habits
- sectors needed to come together to influence health of the population
- HE could only develop its full potential if supported by structural measures
What is a "CIHI tool kit" - Answers - Standard definition for equity strafiers to support
analyst with measuring health inequalities.Helps plan data, analyze data and report
findings.
Ways Canada has reduced health inequalities and address the social determinants of
health. - Answers - \1. Strengthening the evidence base to inform decision-making by
using- Health Inequalities Data Tool- Intergrating intersectionality- Data on Indigenous
2. Engaging beyond the health sector: Established the Canadian Council on Social
Determinants of Health to work with leaders from different sectors on the social
determinants of health and improve health equity.
3. Sharing knowledge of action across Canada: Under the Rio Political Declaration on
Social Determinants of Health in 2012, Canada and other member states pledged to
take steps to improve health equity
9 assumptions of health promotion - Answers - 1. health status can be changed
2. health and disease are dynamic
3. disease theories and principles can be understood
4. appropriate prevention strategies can be developed
5. behavior can be changed and those changes can impact health
6. many things contribute to health and influence behavior change
7. initiating and maintaining a behavior change is difficult
8. individual responsibility should not be viewed as victim blaming
9. for behavior change to be permanent, the person must be motivated and ready to
change
process of health promotion - Answers - 1. understand and engage- Understanding
community and engaging target population
2. assess needs- assessment of population
- Critical- Ownership required for success
ANSWERS
Health education - Answers - planned learning experience to facilitate voluntary change
in behaviour. it is concerned with health direceted behaviour for disease prevention
targets lifestyles
Health Promotion - Answers - combination of educational and ecological supports of
actions and conditions conducive to health
look at health as a resource
moving beyond boundaries of health institutions to focus on determniants of health
beyond ill health
explain health status
look at health as a profuct of variable factors
differences between health promotion and disease prevention - Answers - HP-
multidimentional, participation, non profit organizations, municipal goverenments
DP - individual, absence of disease, one shot strategies
lifestyle - Answers - at the heart of HP, patterns of choices made by ppl accodring ot
socioeconomic status and how easily they can choose one choice over another
health variabiltiy - Answers - there are a lot of different factors that can influence health -
age, sex, genetics
Health ineuqalities - Answers - HP targets cause of inequality,
differences in access to health care- income, education
avoidable inequities vs unavoidable - Answers - income vs dna/genetics
CIHI stand for - Answers - canadian institure of heaelth education
Equity stratification - Answers - Measuring and reporting on indicators by population
group
lookign at population groups with regard to charachetritics like demogrphics, social,
economic, racial or geographic descriptors
measuring and reporting on indicators by population groups (i.e. Canadians) living in
richer and poorer communities
- Stratify indicators in different ways (I.e. by age, sex, neighbourhood level income,
geography)
measuring health - Answers - define health by it opposite -ill health
- death rates
, - life expectancy
physical, mental, social, spiritual components
components of health promotion - Answers - ADVOCACY: conditions of health
favourable thru advocacy for health as a resource.
MEDIATING: demands coordination of sectors
ENABLING: focuses on achieving equity in health, reduce differences
Why can't we look at health instutution to promote health? - Answers - Health is affected
by different sectors of life so we must look at sectors other than health institutions to
promote health
How did Health Promotion emerge from Health Eduction? - Answers - - concerns about
HE(Health Eduction) ability to address lifetime habits
- sectors needed to come together to influence health of the population
- HE could only develop its full potential if supported by structural measures
What is a "CIHI tool kit" - Answers - Standard definition for equity strafiers to support
analyst with measuring health inequalities.Helps plan data, analyze data and report
findings.
Ways Canada has reduced health inequalities and address the social determinants of
health. - Answers - \1. Strengthening the evidence base to inform decision-making by
using- Health Inequalities Data Tool- Intergrating intersectionality- Data on Indigenous
2. Engaging beyond the health sector: Established the Canadian Council on Social
Determinants of Health to work with leaders from different sectors on the social
determinants of health and improve health equity.
3. Sharing knowledge of action across Canada: Under the Rio Political Declaration on
Social Determinants of Health in 2012, Canada and other member states pledged to
take steps to improve health equity
9 assumptions of health promotion - Answers - 1. health status can be changed
2. health and disease are dynamic
3. disease theories and principles can be understood
4. appropriate prevention strategies can be developed
5. behavior can be changed and those changes can impact health
6. many things contribute to health and influence behavior change
7. initiating and maintaining a behavior change is difficult
8. individual responsibility should not be viewed as victim blaming
9. for behavior change to be permanent, the person must be motivated and ready to
change
process of health promotion - Answers - 1. understand and engage- Understanding
community and engaging target population
2. assess needs- assessment of population
- Critical- Ownership required for success
