adult health - FINAL UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Question: Mortality statistics offer insight into...
Correct Answer: health and well-being of a population
Question: 20th century causes of death
Correct Answer: communicable diseases (such as TB or pneumonia)
Question: What was there a shift towards in the 21st century?
Correct Answer: chronic health conditions
Question: Why was there a shift to chronic health conditions during the 21st century?
Correct Answer: life expectancy has increased - improving and eliminating health disparities
Question: This means that ______ is higher
Correct Answer: morbidity (people are eating well and exercising)
Question: What do we want to prevent?
Correct Answer: mortality and morbidity
Question: How are the margins in mortality and morbidity now?
Correct Answer: they are more narrow - women used to live longer - now it's closer between genders, and
even race
Question: Major health problems of adults
Correct Answer: cardiovascular disease and stroke - cancer - chronic lower respiratory diseases -
unintentional injuries - diabetes mellitus
Question: Health problem
Correct Answer: cardiovascular: - includes: heart and blood disorders, HTN, peripheral vascular disease,
cardiomyopathy - rates have declined by over 50% from second prevention and lifestyle changes - certain
risk factors contribute to heart disease
Question: Nonmodifiable risk factors for cardiovascular health problems
Correct Answer: genetics - race - gender - predisposition
Question: Modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular health problems
Correct Answer: cholesterol level (high cholesterol causes more artery clogging) - diet and fats - smoking
- sedentary lifestyle
Question: What risk factors can contribute to heart disease?
Correct Answer: stress + need to reduce stress
Question: What is the second leading cause of death?
Correct Answer: cancer
Question: Health problem
, Correct Answer: cancer: - caused by internal and external factors + internal: genetic mutations + external:
environmental (radiation), alcohol, tobacco use, poor lifestyle choices - colorectal cancers are the 3rd
leading cause of death: primary prevention includes exercise and diet, secondary prevention includes
screenings such as colonoscopies (50 years), if hx go sooner or get a heme test
Question: Health problem
Correct Answer: chronic respiratory diseases: - COPD: d/t smoking - asthma: allergy triggers
(environmental) - primary + talk about environmental hazards + things to be alert for - secondary +
screening + pulmonary function test - tertiary + avoid triggers + take medications
Question: Health problem
Correct Answer: unintentional injuries: - includes falls and MVA and poisoning - primary prevention
includes education + fall prevention for elderly + seatbelts and helmets for kids
Question: Health problem
Correct Answer: diabetes: - can lead to amputations or peripheral vascular problems - need to check blood
sugar - primary prevention includes diet and exercise - secondary prevention includes getting screened if
history - tertiary prevention includes adhering to meds, seeing foot doctor, and seeing endocrinologist or
retinologist
Question: Prevalence of obesity
Correct Answer: 41.9% adults + 44.3% middle aged adults (40-59) + 39.8% young adults (20-39)
Question: Obesity risks
Correct Answer: increases morbidity and mortality - risk factors for CVD, some types of cancer, type 2
diabetes, obstructive sleep apnea, and premature death
Question: What two conditions go hand in hand?
Correct Answer: obesity and diabetes
Question: What are we seeing more of now with diabetes?
Correct Answer: type 2 in kids now - usually it was older adults or middle age adults
Question: Certain _____ have higher rates of obesity
Correct Answer: regions - such as the south (32.4%) - and the midwest (32.3%)
Question: What do we want to talk to people with diabetes about?
Correct Answer: diet and exercise
Question: What can obesity lead to?
Correct Answer: diabetes - cardiovascular disease - sleep apnea
Question: What is the problem with telling people to walk?
Correct Answer: they may not have sidewalks (especially in rural areas)
Question: Substance use disorder (SUD)
Correct Answer: in 2021, 35.5 million Americans 26+ had substance abuse disorder related to their use of
alcohol or illicit drugs
Answers
Question: Mortality statistics offer insight into...
Correct Answer: health and well-being of a population
Question: 20th century causes of death
Correct Answer: communicable diseases (such as TB or pneumonia)
Question: What was there a shift towards in the 21st century?
Correct Answer: chronic health conditions
Question: Why was there a shift to chronic health conditions during the 21st century?
Correct Answer: life expectancy has increased - improving and eliminating health disparities
Question: This means that ______ is higher
Correct Answer: morbidity (people are eating well and exercising)
Question: What do we want to prevent?
Correct Answer: mortality and morbidity
Question: How are the margins in mortality and morbidity now?
Correct Answer: they are more narrow - women used to live longer - now it's closer between genders, and
even race
Question: Major health problems of adults
Correct Answer: cardiovascular disease and stroke - cancer - chronic lower respiratory diseases -
unintentional injuries - diabetes mellitus
Question: Health problem
Correct Answer: cardiovascular: - includes: heart and blood disorders, HTN, peripheral vascular disease,
cardiomyopathy - rates have declined by over 50% from second prevention and lifestyle changes - certain
risk factors contribute to heart disease
Question: Nonmodifiable risk factors for cardiovascular health problems
Correct Answer: genetics - race - gender - predisposition
Question: Modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular health problems
Correct Answer: cholesterol level (high cholesterol causes more artery clogging) - diet and fats - smoking
- sedentary lifestyle
Question: What risk factors can contribute to heart disease?
Correct Answer: stress + need to reduce stress
Question: What is the second leading cause of death?
Correct Answer: cancer
Question: Health problem
, Correct Answer: cancer: - caused by internal and external factors + internal: genetic mutations + external:
environmental (radiation), alcohol, tobacco use, poor lifestyle choices - colorectal cancers are the 3rd
leading cause of death: primary prevention includes exercise and diet, secondary prevention includes
screenings such as colonoscopies (50 years), if hx go sooner or get a heme test
Question: Health problem
Correct Answer: chronic respiratory diseases: - COPD: d/t smoking - asthma: allergy triggers
(environmental) - primary + talk about environmental hazards + things to be alert for - secondary +
screening + pulmonary function test - tertiary + avoid triggers + take medications
Question: Health problem
Correct Answer: unintentional injuries: - includes falls and MVA and poisoning - primary prevention
includes education + fall prevention for elderly + seatbelts and helmets for kids
Question: Health problem
Correct Answer: diabetes: - can lead to amputations or peripheral vascular problems - need to check blood
sugar - primary prevention includes diet and exercise - secondary prevention includes getting screened if
history - tertiary prevention includes adhering to meds, seeing foot doctor, and seeing endocrinologist or
retinologist
Question: Prevalence of obesity
Correct Answer: 41.9% adults + 44.3% middle aged adults (40-59) + 39.8% young adults (20-39)
Question: Obesity risks
Correct Answer: increases morbidity and mortality - risk factors for CVD, some types of cancer, type 2
diabetes, obstructive sleep apnea, and premature death
Question: What two conditions go hand in hand?
Correct Answer: obesity and diabetes
Question: What are we seeing more of now with diabetes?
Correct Answer: type 2 in kids now - usually it was older adults or middle age adults
Question: Certain _____ have higher rates of obesity
Correct Answer: regions - such as the south (32.4%) - and the midwest (32.3%)
Question: What do we want to talk to people with diabetes about?
Correct Answer: diet and exercise
Question: What can obesity lead to?
Correct Answer: diabetes - cardiovascular disease - sleep apnea
Question: What is the problem with telling people to walk?
Correct Answer: they may not have sidewalks (especially in rural areas)
Question: Substance use disorder (SUD)
Correct Answer: in 2021, 35.5 million Americans 26+ had substance abuse disorder related to their use of
alcohol or illicit drugs
