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Primary Health Care Exam Prep - Questions And Answers
(Wks 1 - 9)
Primary Health Care (James Cook University)
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Week one:
Health is best described as a resource that allows a person to have:
(a) A social and spiritual life
(b) A productive social and economic life
(c) Economic well-being
(d) Physical capacity
What distinguishes primary health care from primary care?
(a) A focus on primary, secondary and tertiary intervention
(b) Provision of interventions specific to the health need
(c) Works within a multidisciplinary framework
(d) Planning and operation of services is centralised
The main aim of public health is to improve health by:
(a) Providing medical intervention appropriate for the individual
(b) Performing research to compare the effectiveness of treatments
(c) Promoting health and preventing disease in populations
(d) Providing advice on risk markers and genetics to families
Comprehensive primary health care is characterised by activities that work to change:
(a) Social and political determinants of illness
(b) Economic and educational well-being
(c) Health status in communities, regions or cities
(d) All of the above
Health car is predominantly:
(a) The province of the diagnostician
(b) Community focused
(c) Political in nature
(d) Independent in nature
A determinant that is clearly related to a change in health status is defined as a:
(a) Distal determinant
(b) Social determinant
(c) Proximal determinant
(d) Ecological determinant
Primary prevention is concerned with:
(a) Preventing disease or illness occurring
(b) Delaying the progress of an existing disease or illness
(c) Maintaining current health status
(d) Treatment of existing disease or illness
Predictors of future population health includes factors such as:
(a) Peoples circumstances
(b) Childhood lifestyle factors
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(c) Geographic location of people
(d) All of the above
Primary health care focuses on:
(a) Providing early diagnosis and treatment
(b) Performing health surveillance measures
(c) Exploring the relationship between determinants of health
(d) Reducing inequity and improving effects of disadvantage
An example of primary health care is an:
(a) Nurse practitioner clinic
(b) Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
(c) Outpatient clinic for a specific disease process
(d) Aged Care Services Organisation
Social determinants of health:
(a) Are constant between similar populations
(b) Refer specifically to the characteristics of health
(c) May vary between similar populations
(d) Refer specifically to methods that can be used to measure health
Which approach to health is the most concerned with the social causes of disease, injustice and
inequity?
(a) Biomedical
(b) Behavioural
(c) Ecological
(d) New public health
Which of the following models of health is the primary health care approach based on?
(a) Behavioural
(b) Economic
(c) Social
(d) Education
Sustainability refers to the ability of a program to:
(a) Be uncompromising when disturbances occur in social and environmental systems
(b) Identify and reduce risk factors and lifestyle behaviours affecting health
(c) Meet current needs without affecting the ability of people in the future to meet their needs
(d) Focus on the social, political, economic and ecological dimensions of health
A person working as a health educator uses an approach that views health as related to:
(a) Pathological processes
(b) Behavioural change
(c) Health screening
(d) Minimising complications
Primary health care is usually practiced in:
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(a) Community health services and NGOs
(b) Community and acute care clinics
(c) Aboriginal health services and NGOs
(d) Health education units
Social Justice refers to:
(a) Ensuring the punishment fits the crime
(b) An ethical concept based on human rights and fairness
(c) Social inclusion
(d) An ethical concept based on autonomy
The Ottawa Charter described health in terms of:
(a) The presence of disease
(b) The presence of health
(c) The object for living
(d) Physical capabilities
Health literacy is best defined as the capacity of a person to:
(a) Read health-related literature
(b) Follow medical instruction for a specific health care problem
(c) Recognise and know how to find information about a health problem
(d) Access the internet
Most people view health based on their:
(a) Personal knowledge and experience
(b) Life situations
(c) Cultural background
(d) All of the above
Health equity refers to the:
(a) Right to fair distribution of health services
(b) Disparities in health status among individuals
(c) Discrimination inherent in health care
(d) Statistical differences in health between groups
Which of the following best describes the principles that underlie the social health model?
(a) Individualised technologies and responsibilities
(b) Separation of health from the environment and spiritual beliefs
(c) Reduction of individual risk factors and individual or community-based education
(d) Reduction of inequity and empowerment with individuals and communities
Which of the following is the best description of life expectancy?
(a) The number of years people in a specific group or population can expect to live
(b) The number of years all people in all populations expect to live
(c) The minimum number of years people in a specific group expect to live
(d) The maximum number of years people in a specific group of population expect to live
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Primary Health Care Exam Prep - Questions And Answers
(Wks 1 - 9)
Primary Health Care (James Cook University)
StuDocu is not sponsored or endorsed by any college or university
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Exam Preparation:
Week one:
Health is best described as a resource that allows a person to have:
(a) A social and spiritual life
(b) A productive social and economic life
(c) Economic well-being
(d) Physical capacity
What distinguishes primary health care from primary care?
(a) A focus on primary, secondary and tertiary intervention
(b) Provision of interventions specific to the health need
(c) Works within a multidisciplinary framework
(d) Planning and operation of services is centralised
The main aim of public health is to improve health by:
(a) Providing medical intervention appropriate for the individual
(b) Performing research to compare the effectiveness of treatments
(c) Promoting health and preventing disease in populations
(d) Providing advice on risk markers and genetics to families
Comprehensive primary health care is characterised by activities that work to change:
(a) Social and political determinants of illness
(b) Economic and educational well-being
(c) Health status in communities, regions or cities
(d) All of the above
Health car is predominantly:
(a) The province of the diagnostician
(b) Community focused
(c) Political in nature
(d) Independent in nature
A determinant that is clearly related to a change in health status is defined as a:
(a) Distal determinant
(b) Social determinant
(c) Proximal determinant
(d) Ecological determinant
Primary prevention is concerned with:
(a) Preventing disease or illness occurring
(b) Delaying the progress of an existing disease or illness
(c) Maintaining current health status
(d) Treatment of existing disease or illness
Predictors of future population health includes factors such as:
(a) Peoples circumstances
(b) Childhood lifestyle factors
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(c) Geographic location of people
(d) All of the above
Primary health care focuses on:
(a) Providing early diagnosis and treatment
(b) Performing health surveillance measures
(c) Exploring the relationship between determinants of health
(d) Reducing inequity and improving effects of disadvantage
An example of primary health care is an:
(a) Nurse practitioner clinic
(b) Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
(c) Outpatient clinic for a specific disease process
(d) Aged Care Services Organisation
Social determinants of health:
(a) Are constant between similar populations
(b) Refer specifically to the characteristics of health
(c) May vary between similar populations
(d) Refer specifically to methods that can be used to measure health
Which approach to health is the most concerned with the social causes of disease, injustice and
inequity?
(a) Biomedical
(b) Behavioural
(c) Ecological
(d) New public health
Which of the following models of health is the primary health care approach based on?
(a) Behavioural
(b) Economic
(c) Social
(d) Education
Sustainability refers to the ability of a program to:
(a) Be uncompromising when disturbances occur in social and environmental systems
(b) Identify and reduce risk factors and lifestyle behaviours affecting health
(c) Meet current needs without affecting the ability of people in the future to meet their needs
(d) Focus on the social, political, economic and ecological dimensions of health
A person working as a health educator uses an approach that views health as related to:
(a) Pathological processes
(b) Behavioural change
(c) Health screening
(d) Minimising complications
Primary health care is usually practiced in:
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(a) Community health services and NGOs
(b) Community and acute care clinics
(c) Aboriginal health services and NGOs
(d) Health education units
Social Justice refers to:
(a) Ensuring the punishment fits the crime
(b) An ethical concept based on human rights and fairness
(c) Social inclusion
(d) An ethical concept based on autonomy
The Ottawa Charter described health in terms of:
(a) The presence of disease
(b) The presence of health
(c) The object for living
(d) Physical capabilities
Health literacy is best defined as the capacity of a person to:
(a) Read health-related literature
(b) Follow medical instruction for a specific health care problem
(c) Recognise and know how to find information about a health problem
(d) Access the internet
Most people view health based on their:
(a) Personal knowledge and experience
(b) Life situations
(c) Cultural background
(d) All of the above
Health equity refers to the:
(a) Right to fair distribution of health services
(b) Disparities in health status among individuals
(c) Discrimination inherent in health care
(d) Statistical differences in health between groups
Which of the following best describes the principles that underlie the social health model?
(a) Individualised technologies and responsibilities
(b) Separation of health from the environment and spiritual beliefs
(c) Reduction of individual risk factors and individual or community-based education
(d) Reduction of inequity and empowerment with individuals and communities
Which of the following is the best description of life expectancy?
(a) The number of years people in a specific group or population can expect to live
(b) The number of years all people in all populations expect to live
(c) The minimum number of years people in a specific group expect to live
(d) The maximum number of years people in a specific group of population expect to live
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