INTRO TO HEALTH PROMOTION (HED 311) EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

INTRO TO HEALTH PROMOTION (HED 311) EXAM
AND CORRECT ANSWERS




Health c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔A cstate cof ccomplete cphysical, cmental, cand csocial cwell-being cand
cdisease cor cinfirmity


Community c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔A cgroup cof cindividuals cwith cshared ccharacteristics c(race/ethn
corientation, clanguage) cor cshared cnorms cthat care cnot cshared cby cthe coverall cpopulation.


Key cElements: cmembership cand csense cof cbelonging

Community chealth c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔the chealth cstatus cof ca cdefined cgroup cof cpeople cand c
cprotect cand cimprove ctheir chealth


Personal cHealth cActivities c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Individual cactions cand cdecision cmaking cthat ca
cindividual cor cher cimmediate cfamily cmembers cor cfriends


Community/Public cHealth cActivities c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Activities caimed cat cprotecting cor cimpr
cpopulation cor ccommunity


Factors cthat caffect ccommunity chealth c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cPhysical cfactors
- cSocial cand cCultural cfactors

Physical cFactors c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔- cGeography
- cEnvironment
- cCommunity cSize
- cIndustrial cDevelopment

Health cDisparity c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔-Population cspecific cdifferences cin cthe cpresence cof cdise
caccess cto ccare


Heart cDisease cand cCancer c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Top ckillers

, Health cPromotion c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Any cplanned ccombination cof ceducational, cpolitical, cenv
corganizational cmechanisms cthat csupport cactions cand cconditions cof cliving cconducive cto cthe che
cand ccommunities


Relationship cbetween cHealth cEducation cand cHealth cPromotion c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔

Socioeconomic cStatus cimpact con cPH c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔determines caccess cand cphysical ca

epidemiology c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Study cof cdistribution cand cdeterminants cof chealth-related csta
cpopulations


- cconcerned cwith cfrequency cand cpattern cof chealth cevents cin ca cpopulation

Sporadic cDisease cOccurrence c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Occasional ccases coccurring cat cirregular cin

Epidemic cDisease cOccurrence c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔unexpectedly clarge cnumber cof ccases cof ca
crelated cbehavior, cor cevent cin ca cparticular cpopulation


Notable ccases: cSt. cLouis cEncephalitis, cTSS, cHIV/AIDS, cWest cNile, cMumps, cH1N1

Endemic cDisease cOccurrence c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Diseases cthat care ccommon cand cconstantl
cpopulation


Pandemic cDisease cOccurrence c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Outbreak cover cwide cgeographic carea

John cSnow c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔-Father cof cEpidemiology
-discovered ccause cof ccholera coutbreak c
-used cprocess cof cepidemiology clike cwe cknow ctoday

Measures cof cHealth c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Mortality c(death)
Morbidity c(disease)
Life cExpectancy c(years cof cremaining clife)

Measures cof cdisease cfrequency c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔Ratio, cProportion, cRate c

numerator: ccase
denominator: cpopulation

Ratio c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔obtained cby cdividing cone cquantity cby canother. cOften cexpressed cas
cas c"___:1"


Proportion c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔comparison cof ca cpart cto ca cwhole. cNumerator cis cALWAYS ca c
cMay cbe cexpressed cas ca cdecimal, ca cfraction, cor ca cpercentage.
- ccertain ccriteria cresult cover ctotal

Rate c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔proportion cwhich cconsiders cchange cover ctime

Incidence c- cCORRECT cANS✔✔-Measures cof cRISK. cNew ccases cof ca cdisease cthat cdevelop cov

-refers cto cthe cproportion cof cpersons cwho cDEVELOP ca ccondition cduring ca cparticular ctime cperio

-Number cof cnew ccases cof cdisease cor cinjury cduring cspecific cperiod/size cof cpopulation cat cstart c

-helpful cfor cetiological/causal cinference
- cdifficult cto cestimate