HTH 100: Exam 1 Study Guide With complete solu on
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immediate rewards of healthy behaviors - Ans - reduces risk of injury and illness
- improving academic performance
Long term rewards of healthy behaviors - Ans - disease preven on
- longevity (high life expectancy; avg is 78.8)
- improved quality of life
- societal and global benefits, such as reducing the global disease burden
enumerate the effects that personal health choices have on others - Ans - obesity
- smoking
- excessive alcohol consump on
- illegal and prescrip on drug abuse
compare and contrast the medical and public health models of health - Ans Medical model =
focused on trea ng disease
public model = focuses on factors contribu ng to health, disease preven on, and health
promo on
six (7) dimensions of health - Ans Physical
Social
Intellectual
Emo onal
Spiritual
,Environmental
Occupa onal
modifiable and nonmodifiable personal and social factors that influence health - Ans all of
these are determinants of health
modifiable =
- individual behavior (nutri on, exercise, drugs, etc.)
nonmodifiable =
- biology and gene cs (diseases/condi ons)
mod/nonmod =
- social factors (crime, poverty, violence, etc.)
- access to quality health services
- policies
define health - Ans world health org def = state of complete physical, mental, and social well-
being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
book def = the ever-changing process of achieving individual poten al in the physical, social,
emo onal, intellectual, spiritual, and environmental domains
HEALTH IS A DYNAMIC PROCESS
health dispari es - Ans a par cular type of health difference that is closely liked with social,
economic, and/or environmental disadvantage. includes:
, - racial or ethnic group
- religion
- socioeconomic status
- gender
-age
- mental health
- cogni ve, sensory, or physical disability
- sex orienta on or gender iden ty
- geographic loca on
- other characteris cs historically linked to discrimina on or exclusion
Three types of behavior change models - Ans health belief model
social-cogni ve model
transtheore cal (stages of change model)
health belief model - Ans shows when beliefs affect behavior change. several factors must
support a belief before change is likely:
- perceived seriousness of the health problem (more serious, more likely to change)
- perceived suscep bility to the health problem
- perceived benefits (more likely to change if there is benefits)
- perceived barriers (must be overcome)
- cues to ac on (more likely to change due to early symptoms or ad)
RATED A+ NEW EDITION
immediate rewards of healthy behaviors - Ans - reduces risk of injury and illness
- improving academic performance
Long term rewards of healthy behaviors - Ans - disease preven on
- longevity (high life expectancy; avg is 78.8)
- improved quality of life
- societal and global benefits, such as reducing the global disease burden
enumerate the effects that personal health choices have on others - Ans - obesity
- smoking
- excessive alcohol consump on
- illegal and prescrip on drug abuse
compare and contrast the medical and public health models of health - Ans Medical model =
focused on trea ng disease
public model = focuses on factors contribu ng to health, disease preven on, and health
promo on
six (7) dimensions of health - Ans Physical
Social
Intellectual
Emo onal
Spiritual
,Environmental
Occupa onal
modifiable and nonmodifiable personal and social factors that influence health - Ans all of
these are determinants of health
modifiable =
- individual behavior (nutri on, exercise, drugs, etc.)
nonmodifiable =
- biology and gene cs (diseases/condi ons)
mod/nonmod =
- social factors (crime, poverty, violence, etc.)
- access to quality health services
- policies
define health - Ans world health org def = state of complete physical, mental, and social well-
being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity
book def = the ever-changing process of achieving individual poten al in the physical, social,
emo onal, intellectual, spiritual, and environmental domains
HEALTH IS A DYNAMIC PROCESS
health dispari es - Ans a par cular type of health difference that is closely liked with social,
economic, and/or environmental disadvantage. includes:
, - racial or ethnic group
- religion
- socioeconomic status
- gender
-age
- mental health
- cogni ve, sensory, or physical disability
- sex orienta on or gender iden ty
- geographic loca on
- other characteris cs historically linked to discrimina on or exclusion
Three types of behavior change models - Ans health belief model
social-cogni ve model
transtheore cal (stages of change model)
health belief model - Ans shows when beliefs affect behavior change. several factors must
support a belief before change is likely:
- perceived seriousness of the health problem (more serious, more likely to change)
- perceived suscep bility to the health problem
- perceived benefits (more likely to change if there is benefits)
- perceived barriers (must be overcome)
- cues to ac on (more likely to change due to early symptoms or ad)
