NUR 503 Exam #2 QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT!!
Health Promotion - ANSWERProcess of enabling people to increase control and to
improve their health
Health Belief Model - ANSWERDeveloped to understand health behavior
Four Steps: Health Belief Model - ANSWERBelieve that they are at risk,
Consequence of health risk is serious, Health problem can be prevented; Personal
action outweighs the cost
Upstream Thinking - ANSWERDeveloped by McKinley in 1999
Looking Upstream - ANSWERA point where individuals are not sick, an attempt to
address health risks, and prevent illness
Analogy of illness as a river - ANSWERHealthcare providers' effort to rescue patients
from a river of disease; If patients are sick then they are "downstream"
Social Determinants of Health - ANSWERConditions in which people are born, grow,
live, work, age; including health system
Social Determinants of Health are shaped By: - ANSWERFinancial and political
forces which lead to health inequities or Health Disparities
Health Disparities - ANSWERPreventable Differences: In the burden of disease,
injury, violence; Opportunities: To achieve optimal health experienced by socially
disadvantaged populations
Health Disparities - ANSWERRelated to unequal distribution, historically and
currently, of social, political, economic; environmental resources
Health Disparities result from: - ANSWERPoverty, Environmental Threats,
Inadequate Access to Health Care, Individual and Behavioral Factors; Educational
Inequalities
Healthy People 2020 - ANSWERProvides Science-based, 10 year national
objectives for improving the health of all Americans
Healthy People 2020 - ANSWERInitiated in 1979, Serves as a guide for promoting
health and preventing disease, Coordinated by US Department of Health and Human
Services
Ecological Approach - ANSWERIntegrates multilevel interventions to promote public
health; Synthesizes knowledge from nursing and social sciences. Understanding the
social, political, and economic factors that effect health and wellness, such as the
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT!!
Health Promotion - ANSWERProcess of enabling people to increase control and to
improve their health
Health Belief Model - ANSWERDeveloped to understand health behavior
Four Steps: Health Belief Model - ANSWERBelieve that they are at risk,
Consequence of health risk is serious, Health problem can be prevented; Personal
action outweighs the cost
Upstream Thinking - ANSWERDeveloped by McKinley in 1999
Looking Upstream - ANSWERA point where individuals are not sick, an attempt to
address health risks, and prevent illness
Analogy of illness as a river - ANSWERHealthcare providers' effort to rescue patients
from a river of disease; If patients are sick then they are "downstream"
Social Determinants of Health - ANSWERConditions in which people are born, grow,
live, work, age; including health system
Social Determinants of Health are shaped By: - ANSWERFinancial and political
forces which lead to health inequities or Health Disparities
Health Disparities - ANSWERPreventable Differences: In the burden of disease,
injury, violence; Opportunities: To achieve optimal health experienced by socially
disadvantaged populations
Health Disparities - ANSWERRelated to unequal distribution, historically and
currently, of social, political, economic; environmental resources
Health Disparities result from: - ANSWERPoverty, Environmental Threats,
Inadequate Access to Health Care, Individual and Behavioral Factors; Educational
Inequalities
Healthy People 2020 - ANSWERProvides Science-based, 10 year national
objectives for improving the health of all Americans
Healthy People 2020 - ANSWERInitiated in 1979, Serves as a guide for promoting
health and preventing disease, Coordinated by US Department of Health and Human
Services
Ecological Approach - ANSWERIntegrates multilevel interventions to promote public
health; Synthesizes knowledge from nursing and social sciences. Understanding the
social, political, and economic factors that effect health and wellness, such as the
