EXHSS-155 Alexander Self, Family, Community

What is the difference between the concepts of health and wellness?

Health is a person's state, but wellness emphasizes the behaviours needed to be healthy.

Wellness has multiple dimensions, unlike health.

Health can be compared to a continuum, unlike wellness.

One of the dimensions of wellness involves intellectual capabilities, but health does not.

The action stage includes

Committing time and energy to make it work.

Putting in the work to prevent a relapse.

Setting goals and a start date

Acting in the realization of a problem by searching for solutions.

The preparation stage includes

Building your skill set

Making a list of pros and cons for making a change

Avoiding situations and environments that could trigger unhealthy behaviour.

Facing the fact th.at you have a problem

In the Stages of Change, which would not take place in the contemplation stage of behavior change?

Searching for solutions to the problem.

Weighing the pros and cons of making a change.

Setting goals and a start date

Trying to understand the problem.

Which definition best represents health?

Health is defined by a lack of disease, illness, or chronic issue.

Health involves feeling good, no matter what physical state they are in.

Health is the overall condition of a person's body, mind, and social well being.

Health can be determined by how people live their lives, with emphasis on their diet and exercise.

The action stage includes

Putting time and energy into making it work

Searching for solutions to the problem.

Getting started on making a plan for change.

Facing that you have a problem.

Ridding of social and economic practices and policies that are avoidable and create barriers to improving the health of certain demographic groups leads to

Health discrimination

Groups having the same outcome for their health

Health equality

Health equity

Which of these is an example of community health?

A town deciding to build an outdoor gym for the public to use

Businesses enforcing no smoking on the property.

Businesses enforcing a mandate for updated vaccinations.

A town requiring citizens to not work further than a certain distance from their home.

In terms of deceased relatives, what information needs to be on a family tree?

Employment history

Age and cause of death

History of where they've lived

Place of birth

Which best benefits population health of studying health outcomes within demographic groups?

Helping individuals that are health concious decide whether or not they should move somewhere different

Calculating differences in groups to determine health status in order to charge higher rates

Identify differences in health outcomes between groups and finding oppertunities for intervention

Observing food preferences between groups to help restaurants better target consumers

Community health can be described as activities set out to improve health outcomes of those who

Share interests and goals within a town

Live in the same geographic location

Have background in the same culture

Are mutual members of groups

Which is a goal of the Healthy People 2020 initiative?

To promote medication use as apposed to other forms of treatment

To decrease number of rivers or lakes going through towns and cities

To achieve health equity for all groups and individuals

To monitor preventable diseases

Which is the best example of a public policy that restricts individual choice?

Nutritional label requirements

Speed limits

The right to free speech

Sin tax

Of the 4 perceptions of the Health Belief Model, which one brings together individual health choices with whether somebody believes they are at risk for a problem?

Perceived susceptability

Perceived barriers to taking action

Perceived consequences of actions

Perceived benefits of actions

Which tip can best help someone move forward from the precontemplation stage?

Researching solutions to your problems

Noting discrepancies between your behaviors and goals

Brainstorming rewards for along the process

Setting a date to start making a change

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