Chapter 22- School Health
1. Which of the eight recommended components of a comprehensive school health program should
include the physical, emotional, and social conditions that affect the well-being of students and staff?
A) Family/community involvement
B) Healthy and safe school environment C) Counseling and psychology services D) Health
promotion for staff
Ans: B
Feedback:
A healthy and safe school environment should include the physical, emotional, and social conditions
that affect the well-being of students and staff. Family/community involvement should include school
health advisory councils, coalitions, and broadly based constituencies for school health. Counseling
and psychology services should include individual and group assessments, interventions, and
referrals. Health promotion for staff should encourage staff to pursue a lifestyle that contributes to
their improved health status and morale and to develop a greater personal commitment to the
school's overall coordinated health program.
Origin: Chapter 22- School Health, 2
2. On the basis of the eight recommended components of a comprehensive school health program,
which should be included in a K-12 health education curriculum? (Select all that apply.)
A) Consumer health education
B) Environmental health education
C) Sexuality education
D) Nutrition counseling
E) Physical development activities
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,Ans: A, B, C, D
Feedback:
K-12 health education curriculum should discuss personal health, family health, community health,
consumer health, environmental health, sexuality education, mental and emotional health, injury
prevention and safety, nutrition, prevention and control of disease, and substance use and abuse. K-
12 physical education curriculum should promote optimum physical, mental, emotional, and social
development, as well as activities and sports that all students enjoy and can pursue throughout their
lives.
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, Origin: Chapter 22- School Health, 3
3. Which services are reimbursable by Medicaid? (Select all that apply.) A) Speech/language
therapy and evaluations
B) Occupational therapy and evaluations
C) Physical therapy and evaluations
D) Nutrition screening and evaluations
E) Allergy testing and evaluations
Ans: A, B, C, E
Feedback:
Services reimbursable by Medicaid include speech/language therapy and evaluations, occupational
therapy and evaluations, and physical therapy and evaluations. Medicaid does not cover nutrition
or allergy screening and evaluations.
Origin: Chapter 22- School Health, 4
4. The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey (YRBSS) outlines common risk behaviors
influencing the health of the nation's youth. Which risk factors are included on this survey? (Select
all that apply.)
A) Unintentional injury B) Sports-related trauma C) Sleep deprivation
D) Sexual behaviors
E) Alcohol use Ans: A, D, E Feedback:
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey risk behavior categories include the following:
unintentional injury, violence, tobacco use, alcohol use, drug use, sexual behaviors, unhealthy
dietary behaviors, and physical inactivity. Sports-related trauma and sleep deprivation are not risk
behavior categories.
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1. Which of the eight recommended components of a comprehensive school health program should
include the physical, emotional, and social conditions that affect the well-being of students and staff?
A) Family/community involvement
B) Healthy and safe school environment C) Counseling and psychology services D) Health
promotion for staff
Ans: B
Feedback:
A healthy and safe school environment should include the physical, emotional, and social conditions
that affect the well-being of students and staff. Family/community involvement should include school
health advisory councils, coalitions, and broadly based constituencies for school health. Counseling
and psychology services should include individual and group assessments, interventions, and
referrals. Health promotion for staff should encourage staff to pursue a lifestyle that contributes to
their improved health status and morale and to develop a greater personal commitment to the
school's overall coordinated health program.
Origin: Chapter 22- School Health, 2
2. On the basis of the eight recommended components of a comprehensive school health program,
which should be included in a K-12 health education curriculum? (Select all that apply.)
A) Consumer health education
B) Environmental health education
C) Sexuality education
D) Nutrition counseling
E) Physical development activities
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,Ans: A, B, C, D
Feedback:
K-12 health education curriculum should discuss personal health, family health, community health,
consumer health, environmental health, sexuality education, mental and emotional health, injury
prevention and safety, nutrition, prevention and control of disease, and substance use and abuse. K-
12 physical education curriculum should promote optimum physical, mental, emotional, and social
development, as well as activities and sports that all students enjoy and can pursue throughout their
lives.
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, Origin: Chapter 22- School Health, 3
3. Which services are reimbursable by Medicaid? (Select all that apply.) A) Speech/language
therapy and evaluations
B) Occupational therapy and evaluations
C) Physical therapy and evaluations
D) Nutrition screening and evaluations
E) Allergy testing and evaluations
Ans: A, B, C, E
Feedback:
Services reimbursable by Medicaid include speech/language therapy and evaluations, occupational
therapy and evaluations, and physical therapy and evaluations. Medicaid does not cover nutrition
or allergy screening and evaluations.
Origin: Chapter 22- School Health, 4
4. The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey (YRBSS) outlines common risk behaviors
influencing the health of the nation's youth. Which risk factors are included on this survey? (Select
all that apply.)
A) Unintentional injury B) Sports-related trauma C) Sleep deprivation
D) Sexual behaviors
E) Alcohol use Ans: A, D, E Feedback:
Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey risk behavior categories include the following:
unintentional injury, violence, tobacco use, alcohol use, drug use, sexual behaviors, unhealthy
dietary behaviors, and physical inactivity. Sports-related trauma and sleep deprivation are not risk
behavior categories.
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