, Edelman and Kudzma’s Canadian Health Promotion v v v v v
v Throughout the Life Span 1st Edition Dames Test Bank v v v v v v v v
Chapter 1: Health Defined: Health Promotion, Prevention, and Protection Dames,
v v v v v v v v v
Luctkar-Flude and Tyerman: Edelman and Kudzma’s Canadian Health
v v v v v v v v
Promotion Throughout the Life Span, 1st Edition
v v v v v v
MULTIPLE CHOICE v
1. How is disease defined?
v v v
a. The failure of a person’s adaptive mechanisms to counteract stimuli and stresses
v v v v v v v v v v v
adequately, resulting in functional or structural disturbances
v v v v v v v
b. Disease and illness are components of a struggle for balance in the bodily systems
v v v v v v v v v v v v v
c. The failure of a person’s bodily systems in responding to stresses, resulting in a hormonal
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
imbalance
v
d. The assault by stimuli and stress on the body’s core defence systems
v v v v v v v v v v v
ANS: A v
Disease may be defined as the failure of a person’s adaptive mechanisms to counteract stimuli
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
and stresses adequately, resulting in functional or structural disturbances. This definition is an
v v v v v v v v v v v v v
ecological concept of disease, which uses multiple factors to determine the cause of disease,
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
rather than describing a single cause. Disease and illness are not synonymous.
v v v v v v v v v v v v
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember (Knowledge) REF: Disease, Illness, and Health OBJ: 1 TOP:
v v v v v v v v v v v v
Assessment MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance
v v v v v v
2. How can health be defined?
v v v v
a. As the absence of disease and illness
v v v v v v
b. As the person’s philosophy for living in harmony with their environment
v v v v v v v v v v
c. A state of physical, mental, and spiritual well-being
v v v v v v v
d. A state of physical, mental, spiritual, and social functioning that realizes a person’s
v v v v v v v v v v v v
potential and is experienced within a developmental context.
v v v v v v v v
ANS: D v
Definitions of health have evolved as the nature of health and illness becomes better
v v v v v v v v v v v v v
understood. Health is much more than the absence of disease and illness. It is a state of
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
physical, mental, spiritual, and social functioning that realizes a person’s potential and is
v v v v v v v v v v v v v
experienced within a developmental context.
v v v v v
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) REF: Health and Wellness OBJ: 1 TOP: Assessment
v v v v v v v v v v v v
MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance
v v v v v
3. The 1986 Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion document provides a blueprint for health
v v v v v v v v v v v v
promotion in Canada. Which of the following statements is correct concerning this model? a.
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
The focus is on environment and the ability to achieve health on a personal and societal level.
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
b. It depicts health promotion as the process of enabling people to increase control over
v v v v v v v v v v v v v
and improve their health.
v v v v
c. It provides a view of health promotion that is focused on people taking control of
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
their own health.
v v v
d. It is most closely aligned with a clinical model of health.
v v v v v v v v v v
, ANS: B v
The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion provides a blueprint for health promotion in
v v v v v v v v v v v v
Canada. Within this model, health promotion is depicted as the process of enabling people to
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
increase control over and improve their health.
v v v v v v v
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) REF: Health Promotion OBJ: 2 TOP: Assessment
v v v v v v v v v v v
MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance
v v v v v
4. Which of the following is a tool used to measure quality of life?
v v v v v v v v v v v v
a. CDCQOL-BREF (from the Centers for Disease Control) v v v v v v
b. McGowan Quality of Life Questionnaire v v v v
c. WHOQOL-BREF (World Health Organization) v v v
d. Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion v v v v
ANS: C v
Multiple tools are available for measuring quality of life, including a general measure
v v v v v v v v v v v v
established by the World Health Organization Quality of Life, WHOQOL-BREF and the
v v v v v v v v v v v v
McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire for use at the end of life. The Ottawa Charter for Health
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
Promotion provides a framework for health promotion, rather than measuring quality of life.
v v v v v v v v v v v v v
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension) REF: Health Promotion OBJ: 2 TOP:
v v v v v v v v v v
Assessment MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance
v v v v v v
5. Which of the following best describes a care recipient who has an illness?
v v v v v v v v v v v v
a. Someone who has well-controlled diabetes v v v v
b. Someone with hypercholesterolemia v v
c. Someone with a headache v v v
d. Someone with coronary artery disease without angina v v v v v v
ANS: C v
Someone with a headache represents a person with an illness. An illness is made up of the
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
subjective experience of the individual and the physical manifestation of disease. It can be
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
described as a response characterized by a mismatch between a person’s needs and the
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
resources available to meet those needs. A person can have a disease without feeling ill. The
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
other choices represent disease.
v v v v
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyze (Analysis) REF: Disease, Illness, and Health OBJ: 4 TOP:
v v v v v v v v v v v v
Assessment MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance
v v v v v v
6. Which Canadian report is considered to be a landmark document in creating a global
v v v v v v v v v v v v v
vapproach to health? v v
a. Population Health Promotion Model v v v
b. Healthy People 2020 v v
c. Framework for Health Promotion in Canada v v v v v
d. World Health Organization Quality of Life v v v v v
ANS: C v
By the mid-1980s, Canada became a world leader in the formulation of health-promotion
v v v v v v v v v v v v
ideals and strategies, particularly with the unveiling of the Framework for Health Promotion
v v v v v v v v v v v v v
in Canada at the first World Health Organization (WHO) conference on health promotion in
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
Ottawa. The overall goal of “achieving health for all” in this report identifies three health
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
, challenges: reducing inequities, increasing prevention, and enhancing coping. The three
v v v v v v v v v
health-promotion mechanisms to address these challenges are self-care, mutual aid, and
v v v v v v v v v v v
healthy environments. The final component of the framework consists of three
v v v v v v v v v v v
implementation strategies: fostering public participation, strengthening community health
v v v v v v v v
services; and coordinating health public policy.
v v v v v v
Healthy People 2020 is a US-based document to guide planning for health care. The WHO
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
Quality of Life tool is a quality of life measurement tool used by health care workers. The
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
Population Health Promotion Model was developed to provide an overall framework to guide
v v v v v v v v v v v v
health promotion by blending both health promotion and population health concepts.
v v v v v v v v v v v
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember (Knowledge)
v v v v
REF: The Evolution of Health Promotion in Canada OBJ: 3 TOP: Planning
v v v v v v v v v v v
MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance
v v v v v
7. Which of the following is one of the three programs that the Public Health Agency of Canada
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
(PHAC) is focused on for improving the health of Canadians?
v v v v v v v v v v
a. Decreased tobacco use in youth throughout the country v v v v v v v
b. Health promotion and disease prevention v v v v
c. Increased public funding for health insurance v v v v v
d. Decreased hospital re-admission rates v v v
ANS: B v
The aim of the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is to promote and protect the health
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
of Canadians through leadership, partnership, innovation, and action in public health. Among
v v v v v v v v v v v v
the agency’s recent plans are three programs: public health infrastructure; health promotion
v v v v v v v v v v v v
and disease prevention; and health security. Choices A, C, and D are possible strategies to
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
achieve the goals of this program.
v v v v v v
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember (Knowledge)
v v v v
REF: The Role of the Public Health Agency of Canada in Health Promotion, Prevention, and
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
Protection
v OBJ: 3 TOP: Planning v v
MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance
v v v v
8. Which of the following represents a method of primary prevention?
v v v v v v v v v
a. Informational session about healthy lifestyles v v v v
b. Blood pressure screening v v
c. Interventional cardiac catheterization v v
d. Diagnostic cardiac catheterization v v
ANS: A v
Primary prevention precedes disease or dysfunction. It includes health promotion and specific
v v v v v v v v v v v
protection and encourages increased awareness; thus, education about healthy lifestyles fits
v v v v v v v v v v v
this definition. Blood pressure screening does not prevent disease, but instead identifies it.
v v v v v v v v v v v v v
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application)
v REF: Levels of Prevention
v v v v v v
v OBJ: 5 TOP: Planning
v MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance v v v v v
9. Which of the following represents a method of secondary prevention?
v v v v v v v v v
a. Education about breast self-examination v v v
b. Yearly mammograms v
c. Chemotherapy for advanced breast cancer v v v v
d. Complete mastectomy for breast cancer v v v v
v Throughout the Life Span 1st Edition Dames Test Bank v v v v v v v v
Chapter 1: Health Defined: Health Promotion, Prevention, and Protection Dames,
v v v v v v v v v
Luctkar-Flude and Tyerman: Edelman and Kudzma’s Canadian Health
v v v v v v v v
Promotion Throughout the Life Span, 1st Edition
v v v v v v
MULTIPLE CHOICE v
1. How is disease defined?
v v v
a. The failure of a person’s adaptive mechanisms to counteract stimuli and stresses
v v v v v v v v v v v
adequately, resulting in functional or structural disturbances
v v v v v v v
b. Disease and illness are components of a struggle for balance in the bodily systems
v v v v v v v v v v v v v
c. The failure of a person’s bodily systems in responding to stresses, resulting in a hormonal
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
imbalance
v
d. The assault by stimuli and stress on the body’s core defence systems
v v v v v v v v v v v
ANS: A v
Disease may be defined as the failure of a person’s adaptive mechanisms to counteract stimuli
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
and stresses adequately, resulting in functional or structural disturbances. This definition is an
v v v v v v v v v v v v v
ecological concept of disease, which uses multiple factors to determine the cause of disease,
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
rather than describing a single cause. Disease and illness are not synonymous.
v v v v v v v v v v v v
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember (Knowledge) REF: Disease, Illness, and Health OBJ: 1 TOP:
v v v v v v v v v v v v
Assessment MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance
v v v v v v
2. How can health be defined?
v v v v
a. As the absence of disease and illness
v v v v v v
b. As the person’s philosophy for living in harmony with their environment
v v v v v v v v v v
c. A state of physical, mental, and spiritual well-being
v v v v v v v
d. A state of physical, mental, spiritual, and social functioning that realizes a person’s
v v v v v v v v v v v v
potential and is experienced within a developmental context.
v v v v v v v v
ANS: D v
Definitions of health have evolved as the nature of health and illness becomes better
v v v v v v v v v v v v v
understood. Health is much more than the absence of disease and illness. It is a state of
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
physical, mental, spiritual, and social functioning that realizes a person’s potential and is
v v v v v v v v v v v v v
experienced within a developmental context.
v v v v v
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) REF: Health and Wellness OBJ: 1 TOP: Assessment
v v v v v v v v v v v v
MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance
v v v v v
3. The 1986 Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion document provides a blueprint for health
v v v v v v v v v v v v
promotion in Canada. Which of the following statements is correct concerning this model? a.
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
The focus is on environment and the ability to achieve health on a personal and societal level.
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
b. It depicts health promotion as the process of enabling people to increase control over
v v v v v v v v v v v v v
and improve their health.
v v v v
c. It provides a view of health promotion that is focused on people taking control of
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
their own health.
v v v
d. It is most closely aligned with a clinical model of health.
v v v v v v v v v v
, ANS: B v
The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion provides a blueprint for health promotion in
v v v v v v v v v v v v
Canada. Within this model, health promotion is depicted as the process of enabling people to
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
increase control over and improve their health.
v v v v v v v
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) REF: Health Promotion OBJ: 2 TOP: Assessment
v v v v v v v v v v v
MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance
v v v v v
4. Which of the following is a tool used to measure quality of life?
v v v v v v v v v v v v
a. CDCQOL-BREF (from the Centers for Disease Control) v v v v v v
b. McGowan Quality of Life Questionnaire v v v v
c. WHOQOL-BREF (World Health Organization) v v v
d. Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion v v v v
ANS: C v
Multiple tools are available for measuring quality of life, including a general measure
v v v v v v v v v v v v
established by the World Health Organization Quality of Life, WHOQOL-BREF and the
v v v v v v v v v v v v
McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire for use at the end of life. The Ottawa Charter for Health
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
Promotion provides a framework for health promotion, rather than measuring quality of life.
v v v v v v v v v v v v v
DIF: Cognitive Level: Understand (Comprehension) REF: Health Promotion OBJ: 2 TOP:
v v v v v v v v v v
Assessment MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance
v v v v v v
5. Which of the following best describes a care recipient who has an illness?
v v v v v v v v v v v v
a. Someone who has well-controlled diabetes v v v v
b. Someone with hypercholesterolemia v v
c. Someone with a headache v v v
d. Someone with coronary artery disease without angina v v v v v v
ANS: C v
Someone with a headache represents a person with an illness. An illness is made up of the
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
subjective experience of the individual and the physical manifestation of disease. It can be
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
described as a response characterized by a mismatch between a person’s needs and the
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
resources available to meet those needs. A person can have a disease without feeling ill. The
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
other choices represent disease.
v v v v
DIF: Cognitive Level: Analyze (Analysis) REF: Disease, Illness, and Health OBJ: 4 TOP:
v v v v v v v v v v v v
Assessment MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance
v v v v v v
6. Which Canadian report is considered to be a landmark document in creating a global
v v v v v v v v v v v v v
vapproach to health? v v
a. Population Health Promotion Model v v v
b. Healthy People 2020 v v
c. Framework for Health Promotion in Canada v v v v v
d. World Health Organization Quality of Life v v v v v
ANS: C v
By the mid-1980s, Canada became a world leader in the formulation of health-promotion
v v v v v v v v v v v v
ideals and strategies, particularly with the unveiling of the Framework for Health Promotion
v v v v v v v v v v v v v
in Canada at the first World Health Organization (WHO) conference on health promotion in
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
Ottawa. The overall goal of “achieving health for all” in this report identifies three health
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
, challenges: reducing inequities, increasing prevention, and enhancing coping. The three
v v v v v v v v v
health-promotion mechanisms to address these challenges are self-care, mutual aid, and
v v v v v v v v v v v
healthy environments. The final component of the framework consists of three
v v v v v v v v v v v
implementation strategies: fostering public participation, strengthening community health
v v v v v v v v
services; and coordinating health public policy.
v v v v v v
Healthy People 2020 is a US-based document to guide planning for health care. The WHO
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
Quality of Life tool is a quality of life measurement tool used by health care workers. The
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
Population Health Promotion Model was developed to provide an overall framework to guide
v v v v v v v v v v v v
health promotion by blending both health promotion and population health concepts.
v v v v v v v v v v v
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember (Knowledge)
v v v v
REF: The Evolution of Health Promotion in Canada OBJ: 3 TOP: Planning
v v v v v v v v v v v
MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance
v v v v v
7. Which of the following is one of the three programs that the Public Health Agency of Canada
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
(PHAC) is focused on for improving the health of Canadians?
v v v v v v v v v v
a. Decreased tobacco use in youth throughout the country v v v v v v v
b. Health promotion and disease prevention v v v v
c. Increased public funding for health insurance v v v v v
d. Decreased hospital re-admission rates v v v
ANS: B v
The aim of the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is to promote and protect the health
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
of Canadians through leadership, partnership, innovation, and action in public health. Among
v v v v v v v v v v v v
the agency’s recent plans are three programs: public health infrastructure; health promotion
v v v v v v v v v v v v
and disease prevention; and health security. Choices A, C, and D are possible strategies to
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
achieve the goals of this program.
v v v v v v
DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember (Knowledge)
v v v v
REF: The Role of the Public Health Agency of Canada in Health Promotion, Prevention, and
v v v v v v v v v v v v v v
Protection
v OBJ: 3 TOP: Planning v v
MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance
v v v v
8. Which of the following represents a method of primary prevention?
v v v v v v v v v
a. Informational session about healthy lifestyles v v v v
b. Blood pressure screening v v
c. Interventional cardiac catheterization v v
d. Diagnostic cardiac catheterization v v
ANS: A v
Primary prevention precedes disease or dysfunction. It includes health promotion and specific
v v v v v v v v v v v
protection and encourages increased awareness; thus, education about healthy lifestyles fits
v v v v v v v v v v v
this definition. Blood pressure screening does not prevent disease, but instead identifies it.
v v v v v v v v v v v v v
DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application)
v REF: Levels of Prevention
v v v v v v
v OBJ: 5 TOP: Planning
v MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance v v v v v
9. Which of the following represents a method of secondary prevention?
v v v v v v v v v
a. Education about breast self-examination v v v
b. Yearly mammograms v
c. Chemotherapy for advanced breast cancer v v v v
d. Complete mastectomy for breast cancer v v v v
