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Canadian Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span – Edelman & Kudzma (1st Edition, Dames) – Complete Test Bank with Answers and Rationales

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This document provides the complete test bank for Edelman & Kudzma’s Canadian Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span, 1st Edition by Dames. It includes multiple-choice questions, correct answers, and detailed rationales for Chapter 1, covering key topics such as definitions of health, disease and illness, the Ottawa Charter, levels of prevention, Canadian health-promotion frameworks, and the role of PHAC. The material is suitable for exam preparation and mastering foundational concepts in Canadian health promotion.

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Test Bank for Edelman and Kudzma’s Canadian Health Promotion

throughout the Life Span 1st Edition by Dames A+

Chapter 1: Health Defined: Health Promotion, Prevention, and Protection Dames, Luctkar-Flude

and Tyerman:

MULTIPLE CHOICE



1. How is disease defined?
y
a. The failure of a person’s adaptive mechanisms to counteract stimuli and stresses
g
adequately, resulting in functional or structural disturbances

b. Disease and illness are components of a struggle for balance in the bodily systems

c. a g
The failure of a person’s bodily systems in responding to stresses, resulting in a hormonal

imbalance

d.

ANS: A
M
The assault by stimuli and stress on the body’s core defence systems



Disease may be defined as the failure of a person’s adaptive mechanisms to counteract stimuli

and stresses adequately, resulting in functional or structural disturbances. This definition is an

ecological concept of disease, which uses multiple factors to determine the cause of disease,

rather than describing a single cause. Disease and illness are not synonymous.



DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember (Knowledge) REF: Disease, Illness, and Health OBJ: 1 TOP:

Assessment MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance



2. How can health be defined?

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a. As the absence of disease and illness

b. As the person’s philosophy for living in harmony with their environment

c. A state of physical, mental, and spiritual well-being

d. A state of physical, mental, spiritual, and social functioning that realizes a person’s

potential and is experienced within a developmental context.

ANS: D

Definitions of health have evolved as the nature of health and illness becomes better understood.

Health is much more than the absence of disease and illness. It is a state of physical, mental,
y
spiritual, and social functioning that realizes a person’s potential and is experienced within a
g
developmental context. g
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) REF: Health and Wellness OBJ: 1 TOP: Assessment

MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance
a
3.
M
The 1986 Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion document provides a blueprint for health

promotion in Canada. Which of the following statements is correct concerning this model? a.

The focus is on environment and the ability to achieve health on a personal and societal level.

b. It depicts health promotion as the process of enabling people to increase control over and

improve their health.

c. It provides a view of health promotion that is focused on people taking control of their

own health.

d. It is most closely aligned with a clinical model of health.




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ANS: B

The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion provides a blueprint for health promotion in Canada.

Within this model, health promotion is depicted as the process of enabling people to increase

control over and improve their health.



DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) REF: Health Promotion OBJ: 2 TOP: Assessment

MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance



4.
y
Which of the following is a tool used to measure quality of life?
g
a. CDCQOL-BREF (from the Centers for Disease Control)
g
b. McGowan Quality of Life Questionnaire

c. WHOQOL-BREF (World Health Organization)

d. Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion
a
ANS: C
M
Multiple tools are available for measuring quality of life, including a general measure established

by the World Health Organization Quality of Life, WHOQOL-BREF and the McGill Quality of

Life Questionnaire for use at the end of life. The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion provides a

framework for health promotion, rather than measuring quality of life.



DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension) REF: Health Promotion OBJ: 2 TOP:

Assessment MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance



5. Which of the following best describes a care recipient who has an illness?


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a. Someone who has well-controlled diabetes

b. Someone with hypercholesterolemia

c. Someone with a headache

d. Someone with coronary artery disease without angina

ANS: C

Someone with a headache represents a person with an illness. An illness is made up of the

subjective experience of the individual and the physical manifestation of disease. It can be

described as a response characterized by a mismatch between a person’s needs and the resources
y
available to meet those needs. A person can have a disease without feeling ill. The other choices
g
represent disease. g
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyze (Analysis) REF: Disease, Illness, and Health OBJ: 4 TOP:
a
Assessment MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance



6.
M
Which Canadian report is considered to be a landmark document in creating a global

approach to health?

a. Population Health Promotion Model

b. Healthy People 2020

c. Framework for Health Promotion in Canada

d. World Health Organization Quality of Life

ANS: C

By the mid-1980s, Canada became a world leader in the formulation of health-promotion ideals

and strategies, particularly with the unveiling of the Framework for Health Promotion in Canada


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