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Test Bank: Public / Community Health and NursingPractice, 2nd Edition 2nd Edition by Savage
True or False: The concept of 'Quality of Life' includes feelings people express in
areas such as standard of living, income, housing, neighbourhood and health. -
ANSWER True
True or False: The most cited definition of Health can be found in the Constitution of
the United States of America. - ANSWER False
True or False: While traditional health indicators and measures focus on ill health or
disease, indicators of the quality of life and health scale tend to focus on life
expectancy and morbidity rates and to cover aspects of negative health and
wellbeing. - ANSWER False
'Health in a vacuum' as an understanding of the concept of health refers to:
Select one:
a. Morbidity & Disability
b. The absence of disease only
c. Having health
d. Self-perceived Health
e. All of the Above - ANSWER b. The absence of disease only
Measures of psychological wellbeing tend to tap two components:
Select one:
a. Affective wellbeing (feeling states) and cognitive or mental functioning
b. Feeling healthy and feeling ill
c. Medicine and Public Health
d. All of the above
e. None of the above - ANSWER a. Affective wellbeing (feeling states) and
cognitive or mental functioning
True or False: Good Health can affect a patient's sense of meaning. True or False? -
ANSWER False
'Targets for Health for All' as adopted by WHO member states in the European
region advocates for which of the following:
Select one:
a. Ensuring equity in health
b. Add life to years
c. Add health to life
d. Add years to life
e. All of the Above - ANSWER e. All of the Above
According to the WHO, Health is:
Select one:
a. Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not
merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
, b. The conditions under which people are born, grow, live, work, and age.
c. The absence of disease or infirmity.
d. The opposite of illness.
e. None of the Above - ANSWER a. Health is a state of complete physical, mental
and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
What kind of information are more recent (within the past few decades) Health
Information Systems interested in?
Select one:
a. Morbidity & Disability
b. Use of Health Services
c. Cardiovascular and lifestyle risk factors
d. self-perceived Health
e. All of the Above - ANSWER e. All of the Above
In the reading by Savolaine, J., & Granello, many models of wellness are discussed.
What do the authors propose as the common thread as a central theme of individual
wellness between these various models?
Select one:
a. Social interaction
b. Mental stability
c. Absence of disease
d. Meaning and Purpose
e. None of the Above - ANSWER d. Meaning and Purpose
True or False: Public Health is primarily the acute response to a disease at an
individual level. - ANSWER False
Core components of Social capital are:
Select one:
a. Social ties
b. Community ties
c. Natural environment
d. Both A and B
e. All of the above - ANSWER d. Both A and B
Which of the following is not a function of public health?
Select one:
a. The assessment and monitoring of the health of communities and populations at
risk to identify health problems and priorities.
b. The formulation of public policies designed to solve identified local and national
health problems and priorities.
c. To assure that all populations have access to appropriate and cost-effective care,
including health promotion and disease prevention services
d. To cure diseases in the context of a clinic or a hospital
e. None of the above - ANSWER e. None of the above
The definition of Public health as defined by WHO is:
Select one:
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