NR 442 Community: Week 3 Health Policies and Practice
Questions with Verified Answers (Correct Update)
Question 1: What enables people to increase their control over and improve their health?
Answer: Health Promotion
Question 2: _______________ is when everyone has an opportunity to achieve their full health
potential
Answer: Health equity
Question 3: _______________ is a difference in health that is related to social, economic, and/ or
environmental disadvantage
Answer: Health disparity
Question 4: _______________ theories and models help explain why people may or may not
change their behavior
Answer: Health promotion
Question 5: The _______________ suggests that a person's perceived threat of illness combined
with their belief in the effectiveness of the recommended action predicts the likelihood of the
person making the change
Answer: Health belief model
Question 6: The _______________ Model focuses on the phases of decision-making. Knowing
which stage of change a person is in may be helpful in determining the most effective intervention
strategy
Answer: Transtheoretical
Question 7: What are some examples of health promotion?
Answer: Information shared on a poster or on social media
Question 8: The Transtheoretical stages are:
Answer: Precontemplation Contemplation Preparation Action Maintentance
Question 9: The person has no intention of making any changes for the next six months due to a
lack of information or failure on previous attempts at change
Answer: Precontemplation
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, Question 10: The person has some intention to take action in the next six months and is weighing
the pros and cons
Answer: Contemplation
Question 11: The person intends to take action in the next month and has a plan
Answer: Preparation
Question 12: The person has changed behavior for less than six months
Answer: Action
Question 13: The person has changed behavior for more than six months
Answer: Maintenance
Question 14: The nurse is caring for a client who smokes and recognizes their risk of cancer
related to continuing smoking. The likelihood that the client will quit smoking is based on the
client perceiving that the _______________ outweigh the _______________. The nurse should
focus on education about the risk of continuing to strategies to promote successful smoking
cessation
Answer: Benefits; barriers
Question 15: The nurse is working with a group of clients to increase their physical activity
levels. The group has developed a plan to meet three times a week at a local walking trail. The
clients are in which phase of making a change?
Answer: Preparation
Question 16: _______________ is when everyone has an opportunity to achieve their full health
potential, regardless of the color of their skin, level of education, gender identity, sexual
orientation, their job, the neighborhood they live in, or their level of ability
Answer: Health equity
Question 17: _______________ result in differences in length of life; quality of life; rates of
disease, disability, and death; severity of disease; and access to treatment
Answer: Health inequities
Question 18: A client with an increased risk of heart disease decides to stop smoking to reduce
their risk. When the client is in which phase are they most likely successful at smoking cessation?
Answer: Maintenance
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Questions with Verified Answers (Correct Update)
Question 1: What enables people to increase their control over and improve their health?
Answer: Health Promotion
Question 2: _______________ is when everyone has an opportunity to achieve their full health
potential
Answer: Health equity
Question 3: _______________ is a difference in health that is related to social, economic, and/ or
environmental disadvantage
Answer: Health disparity
Question 4: _______________ theories and models help explain why people may or may not
change their behavior
Answer: Health promotion
Question 5: The _______________ suggests that a person's perceived threat of illness combined
with their belief in the effectiveness of the recommended action predicts the likelihood of the
person making the change
Answer: Health belief model
Question 6: The _______________ Model focuses on the phases of decision-making. Knowing
which stage of change a person is in may be helpful in determining the most effective intervention
strategy
Answer: Transtheoretical
Question 7: What are some examples of health promotion?
Answer: Information shared on a poster or on social media
Question 8: The Transtheoretical stages are:
Answer: Precontemplation Contemplation Preparation Action Maintentance
Question 9: The person has no intention of making any changes for the next six months due to a
lack of information or failure on previous attempts at change
Answer: Precontemplation
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, Question 10: The person has some intention to take action in the next six months and is weighing
the pros and cons
Answer: Contemplation
Question 11: The person intends to take action in the next month and has a plan
Answer: Preparation
Question 12: The person has changed behavior for less than six months
Answer: Action
Question 13: The person has changed behavior for more than six months
Answer: Maintenance
Question 14: The nurse is caring for a client who smokes and recognizes their risk of cancer
related to continuing smoking. The likelihood that the client will quit smoking is based on the
client perceiving that the _______________ outweigh the _______________. The nurse should
focus on education about the risk of continuing to strategies to promote successful smoking
cessation
Answer: Benefits; barriers
Question 15: The nurse is working with a group of clients to increase their physical activity
levels. The group has developed a plan to meet three times a week at a local walking trail. The
clients are in which phase of making a change?
Answer: Preparation
Question 16: _______________ is when everyone has an opportunity to achieve their full health
potential, regardless of the color of their skin, level of education, gender identity, sexual
orientation, their job, the neighborhood they live in, or their level of ability
Answer: Health equity
Question 17: _______________ result in differences in length of life; quality of life; rates of
disease, disability, and death; severity of disease; and access to treatment
Answer: Health inequities
Question 18: A client with an increased risk of heart disease decides to stop smoking to reduce
their risk. When the client is in which phase are they most likely successful at smoking cessation?
Answer: Maintenance
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