Health Education Exam #1 questions
well answered to pass
Rate - correct answer ✔✔A measure of some event, disease, or condition in relation to a unit of
population, along with some specification of time
Crude Rate - correct answer ✔✔Rate expressed for a total population
Adjusted Rate - correct answer ✔✔Also expressed for a total population but is statistically adjusted for a
certain characteristic, such as age
Specific Rate - correct answer ✔✔Rate for a particular population subgroup such as for a particular
disease or for a particular age of people
Life Expectancy - correct answer ✔✔Average number of years of life remaining to a person at a
particular age and is based on a given set of age-specific death rates-generally the mortality conditions
existing in the period mentioned
Years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL) - correct answer ✔✔Premature mortality
-Subtract persons age at death from 75
Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALY) - correct answer ✔✔One lost year of "healthy" life as a result of
being in states of poor health of disability
-YLL+YLD=DALY
Health-Adjusted Life Expectancy (HALE) - correct answer ✔✔Number of years of healthy life expected,
on average, in a given population
Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) - correct answer ✔✔Those aspects of overall quality of life that
can be clearly shown to affect health-either physical or mental
, -Measures effect of chronic disease to see how the disease interferes with their daily life
Epidemiology - correct answer ✔✔The study of the distribution and determinants of health-related
states or events, and the application of this study to the control of disease and other health problems
Endemic - correct answer ✔✔Occurs regularly in a population as a matter of course
Epidemic - correct answer ✔✔Unexpectedly large number of cases of an illness, specific health-related
behavior, or other health-related event in a population
Pandemic - correct answer ✔✔An outbreak over a wide geographical area, such as a continent
Evidence - correct answer ✔✔Data that can be used to make decisions about planning
Evidence-Based Practice - correct answer ✔✔They systematically find, appraise, and use evidence as the
basis for decision making when planning health education/promotion programs
Health - correct answer ✔✔A dynamic state or condition that is multidimensional, a resource for living,
and results from a persons interactions with and adaptation to the environment
Health Education - correct answer ✔✔Any combination of planned learning experiences using evidence
based practices and/or sound theories that provide the opportunity to acquire knowledge, attitudes, and
skills needed to adopt and maintain healthy behaviors
Health Promotion - correct answer ✔✔Any planned combination of educational, political,
environmental, regulatory, or organizational mechanisms that support actions and conditions of living
conducive to the health of individuals, groups and communities
Disease Prevention - correct answer ✔✔The process of reducing risks and alleviating disease to
promote, preserve, and restore health and minimize suffering and distress
well answered to pass
Rate - correct answer ✔✔A measure of some event, disease, or condition in relation to a unit of
population, along with some specification of time
Crude Rate - correct answer ✔✔Rate expressed for a total population
Adjusted Rate - correct answer ✔✔Also expressed for a total population but is statistically adjusted for a
certain characteristic, such as age
Specific Rate - correct answer ✔✔Rate for a particular population subgroup such as for a particular
disease or for a particular age of people
Life Expectancy - correct answer ✔✔Average number of years of life remaining to a person at a
particular age and is based on a given set of age-specific death rates-generally the mortality conditions
existing in the period mentioned
Years of Potential Life Lost (YPLL) - correct answer ✔✔Premature mortality
-Subtract persons age at death from 75
Disability-Adjusted Life Years (DALY) - correct answer ✔✔One lost year of "healthy" life as a result of
being in states of poor health of disability
-YLL+YLD=DALY
Health-Adjusted Life Expectancy (HALE) - correct answer ✔✔Number of years of healthy life expected,
on average, in a given population
Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) - correct answer ✔✔Those aspects of overall quality of life that
can be clearly shown to affect health-either physical or mental
, -Measures effect of chronic disease to see how the disease interferes with their daily life
Epidemiology - correct answer ✔✔The study of the distribution and determinants of health-related
states or events, and the application of this study to the control of disease and other health problems
Endemic - correct answer ✔✔Occurs regularly in a population as a matter of course
Epidemic - correct answer ✔✔Unexpectedly large number of cases of an illness, specific health-related
behavior, or other health-related event in a population
Pandemic - correct answer ✔✔An outbreak over a wide geographical area, such as a continent
Evidence - correct answer ✔✔Data that can be used to make decisions about planning
Evidence-Based Practice - correct answer ✔✔They systematically find, appraise, and use evidence as the
basis for decision making when planning health education/promotion programs
Health - correct answer ✔✔A dynamic state or condition that is multidimensional, a resource for living,
and results from a persons interactions with and adaptation to the environment
Health Education - correct answer ✔✔Any combination of planned learning experiences using evidence
based practices and/or sound theories that provide the opportunity to acquire knowledge, attitudes, and
skills needed to adopt and maintain healthy behaviors
Health Promotion - correct answer ✔✔Any planned combination of educational, political,
environmental, regulatory, or organizational mechanisms that support actions and conditions of living
conducive to the health of individuals, groups and communities
Disease Prevention - correct answer ✔✔The process of reducing risks and alleviating disease to
promote, preserve, and restore health and minimize suffering and distress
