Health & Wellness (Exam 1)questions
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Wellness - correct answer ✔✔a positive state in which incremental increases in health can be made
beyond the midpoint.
Health - correct answer ✔✔the state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely
the absence of disease and infirmity, but moves beyond this definition to encompass spiritual,
developmental, and environmental aspects over time.
Illness - correct answer ✔✔composed of the subjective experience of the individual and the physical
manifestation of disease
Illness - correct answer ✔✔a response characterized by a mismatch between a person's needs and the
resources available to meet those needs. Present balance is not working.
True - correct answer ✔✔A person can also feel ill without having a diagnosable disease (e.g., as a result
of stress)
True - correct answer ✔✔A person can have a disease without feeling ill (e.g., asymptomatic
hypertension)
Disease - correct answer ✔✔the failure of a person's adaptive mechanisms to counteract stimuli and
stresses adequately, resulting in functional or structural disturbances.
ethnocentrism - correct answer ✔✔to assume that an individual's own perspective is correct and shared
by others.
racism - correct answer ✔✔devaluing of the beliefs, values, and customs of others
, empathy - correct answer ✔✔The ability to view other persons' situations from their perspective
prevention - correct answer ✔✔averting the development of disease in the future. In a broad sense,
prevention consists of all measures that limit disease progression.
What are the 3 levels of prevention? - correct answer ✔✔primary, secondary, and tertiary
Within the three levels of prevention, there are five steps. - correct answer ✔✔These steps include
health promotion and specific protection (primary prevention); early diagnosis, prompt treatment, and
disability limitation (secondary prevention); and restoration and rehabilitation (tertiary prevention).
Disparities - correct answer ✔✔any wide variations (difference) between groups.
Primary Level off Prevention - correct answer ✔✔health promotion, such as health education about risk
factors for heart disease, and specific protection, such as immunization against hepatitis B. Its purpose is
to decrease the vulnerability of the individual or population to disease or dysfunction.
Trans-theoretical (stage of change) - correct answer ✔✔Pre-contemplation
Contemplation
Planning or preparation
Maintenance
Relapse
Precontemplation - correct answer ✔✔Not considering change
Comtemplation - correct answer ✔✔Aware of but not considering change soon
Planning or preparation - correct answer ✔✔Planning to act soon
Maintenance - correct answer ✔✔Has begun to make behavioral change (recent)
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Wellness - correct answer ✔✔a positive state in which incremental increases in health can be made
beyond the midpoint.
Health - correct answer ✔✔the state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely
the absence of disease and infirmity, but moves beyond this definition to encompass spiritual,
developmental, and environmental aspects over time.
Illness - correct answer ✔✔composed of the subjective experience of the individual and the physical
manifestation of disease
Illness - correct answer ✔✔a response characterized by a mismatch between a person's needs and the
resources available to meet those needs. Present balance is not working.
True - correct answer ✔✔A person can also feel ill without having a diagnosable disease (e.g., as a result
of stress)
True - correct answer ✔✔A person can have a disease without feeling ill (e.g., asymptomatic
hypertension)
Disease - correct answer ✔✔the failure of a person's adaptive mechanisms to counteract stimuli and
stresses adequately, resulting in functional or structural disturbances.
ethnocentrism - correct answer ✔✔to assume that an individual's own perspective is correct and shared
by others.
racism - correct answer ✔✔devaluing of the beliefs, values, and customs of others
, empathy - correct answer ✔✔The ability to view other persons' situations from their perspective
prevention - correct answer ✔✔averting the development of disease in the future. In a broad sense,
prevention consists of all measures that limit disease progression.
What are the 3 levels of prevention? - correct answer ✔✔primary, secondary, and tertiary
Within the three levels of prevention, there are five steps. - correct answer ✔✔These steps include
health promotion and specific protection (primary prevention); early diagnosis, prompt treatment, and
disability limitation (secondary prevention); and restoration and rehabilitation (tertiary prevention).
Disparities - correct answer ✔✔any wide variations (difference) between groups.
Primary Level off Prevention - correct answer ✔✔health promotion, such as health education about risk
factors for heart disease, and specific protection, such as immunization against hepatitis B. Its purpose is
to decrease the vulnerability of the individual or population to disease or dysfunction.
Trans-theoretical (stage of change) - correct answer ✔✔Pre-contemplation
Contemplation
Planning or preparation
Maintenance
Relapse
Precontemplation - correct answer ✔✔Not considering change
Comtemplation - correct answer ✔✔Aware of but not considering change soon
Planning or preparation - correct answer ✔✔Planning to act soon
Maintenance - correct answer ✔✔Has begun to make behavioral change (recent)
