HLTH 3000 TEST 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WHO definition of health - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅"Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and
social well-being and not merely an absence of disease or infirmity."
contemporary definition of health - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A means to achieve desirable goals in life
while maintaining a multidimensional(physical, mental, social, political, economic, and spiritual)
equilibrium that is operationalized for individuals as well as for communities.
•All ethnic groups described elements of health that included physical, psychological, social,and spiritual
domains
behavior - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅•Any overt human action, conscious or unconscious, with
measurable:
-Frequency
-Intensity
-Duration
health behavior - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Those personal attributes such as beliefs, expectations,
motives, values, perceptions, and other cognitive elements; personality characteristics, including
affective and emotional states and traits, and behavioral patterns, actions, and habits that relate to
health maintenance, to health restoration, and to health improvement." (Gochman,1982)
•Health-directed behaviors - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅those behaviors that a person consciously pursues
for health improvement or health protection, such as seeking an immunization, a physical examination,
a low-fat food, or a condom.
Health-related behaviors - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅those actions that are performed for reasons other
than health but have health effects; for example, a person trying to lose weight so he can improve his
appearance.
examples of health behaviors - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅•Underage drinking at college.
•Thinking about exercising.
, •Getting an STD test.
•Wearing sunscreen.
•Going to the doctor.
•Eating fruits and vegetables.
•Taking a vacation.
what is health: african american - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅physical: absence of illness or symptoms
what is health: eastern european - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅physical: activity and functional ability
what is health: hispanic american - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅physical: do not have to go to the doctor
what is health: chinese- american - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅psychological-spirtual: "positive spirit" "good
heart"
Health education: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- "Any combination of planned learning experiences based
on sound theories that provide individuals, groups, and communitiesthe opportunity to acquire
informationand the skillsneeded to make quality health decisions." (2000 Joint Committee on Health
Education Terminology, 2002)
-emphasizes providing information to facilitate obtaining skills needed to make voluntary actions to
improve health.
Health promotion: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Any planned combination of educational, political,
regulatory, and organizational supports for actions and conditions of living conducive to the health of
individuals, groups, or communities." (Green & Kreuter, 2005)
•The process of enabling people to increase control over, and improve their health (WHO, 1986).
-Supports actions and conditions to improve health.
WHO definition of health - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅"Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and
social well-being and not merely an absence of disease or infirmity."
contemporary definition of health - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A means to achieve desirable goals in life
while maintaining a multidimensional(physical, mental, social, political, economic, and spiritual)
equilibrium that is operationalized for individuals as well as for communities.
•All ethnic groups described elements of health that included physical, psychological, social,and spiritual
domains
behavior - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅•Any overt human action, conscious or unconscious, with
measurable:
-Frequency
-Intensity
-Duration
health behavior - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Those personal attributes such as beliefs, expectations,
motives, values, perceptions, and other cognitive elements; personality characteristics, including
affective and emotional states and traits, and behavioral patterns, actions, and habits that relate to
health maintenance, to health restoration, and to health improvement." (Gochman,1982)
•Health-directed behaviors - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅those behaviors that a person consciously pursues
for health improvement or health protection, such as seeking an immunization, a physical examination,
a low-fat food, or a condom.
Health-related behaviors - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅those actions that are performed for reasons other
than health but have health effects; for example, a person trying to lose weight so he can improve his
appearance.
examples of health behaviors - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅•Underage drinking at college.
•Thinking about exercising.
, •Getting an STD test.
•Wearing sunscreen.
•Going to the doctor.
•Eating fruits and vegetables.
•Taking a vacation.
what is health: african american - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅physical: absence of illness or symptoms
what is health: eastern european - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅physical: activity and functional ability
what is health: hispanic american - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅physical: do not have to go to the doctor
what is health: chinese- american - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅psychological-spirtual: "positive spirit" "good
heart"
Health education: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- "Any combination of planned learning experiences based
on sound theories that provide individuals, groups, and communitiesthe opportunity to acquire
informationand the skillsneeded to make quality health decisions." (2000 Joint Committee on Health
Education Terminology, 2002)
-emphasizes providing information to facilitate obtaining skills needed to make voluntary actions to
improve health.
Health promotion: - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅- Any planned combination of educational, political,
regulatory, and organizational supports for actions and conditions of living conducive to the health of
individuals, groups, or communities." (Green & Kreuter, 2005)
•The process of enabling people to increase control over, and improve their health (WHO, 1986).
-Supports actions and conditions to improve health.
