HPEX 357: Personal Health & Behavior Change -
Recap Exercises (chapters 1-9) questions with correct
answers
How does health and wellness differ? Correct Answer-health is
responsible for the overall condition of a person which includes the
absence or presence of disease, and is out of a person's control, while
wellness is a subdivision of health, and is determined by conscious
decisions
What are the 9 dimensions of wellness and examples? Correct Answer-
physical (practicing good eating and exercise habits), emotional (being
able to communicate your feelings, and having a sense of self-worth),
intellectual (being able to advance your mind), interpersonal (having
quality relationships with others), cultural (developing a sense of
cultural identity, and an understanding of different cultures), spiritual
(having guiding beliefs that give you a sense of meaning and purpose),
environmental (being able to live in your surroundings), financial
(having good money management techniques), and occupational
(enjoying your job, and having a good working environment)
Define and give examples of infectious and chronic diseases. Correct
Answer-An infectious disease is a disease that can spread from person to
person, and cause harm. Some examples of this include COVID-19 and
STDs. A chronic disease is a disease that impacts one person for an
extended period of time. Some examples of this include cancer.
Define mortality and morbidity rate. Correct Answer-Mortality rate is
the number of deaths in a population over a period of time while
,morbidity rate is the frequency of diseases in a population over a period
of time.
Define life expectancy. What is the current life expectancy in the United
States? Correct Answer-Life expectancy is the amount of time a person
is expected to live; 79
What are some public health achievements from the last century?
Correct Answer-development of clean drinking water, tobacco
knowledge and smoking cessation campaigns, and education when it
comes to women's health.
What are the top 3 leading causes of death in the United States? Correct
Answer-cardiovascular disease, cancer, and respiratory illnesses.
What are the top 3 key contributors to death in the United States?
Correct Answer-tobacco, obesity, and alcohol consumption.
What are the 2 major efforts to promote the United States' national
health? Correct Answer-healthy people reports, and the Affordable Care
Act (ACA); the NIH and CDC promote national health
What is health disparity, and what are some causes and examples of it?
Correct Answer-a difference in the number of health conditions, and
treatment of these conditions due to social, economic, and environmental
disadvantages; black women are disadvantaged when it comes to getting
treatment for different diseases due to the fact that in healthcare, their
,symptoms and feelings are often dismissed due to the color of their skin
(social)
What are some factors that can influence your health? Correct Answer-
genetics, gender, access to healthcare, the environment, and your
lifestyle
What are the methods for achieving wellness? Correct Answer-behavior
change, getting serious about your health, building a motivation to
change, enhancing readiness to change, dealing with relapse, creating a
plan, putting the plan into action, and staying with the plan
How can you build motivation to change? Correct Answer-engaging in
the desired change with a friend, develop rewards when on the journey
to change, and visualizing what your life would be like after completing
the desired change
What is the transtheoretical model, and what are the stages? Correct
Answer-describes the stages that are gone through when conducting a
behavior change; precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action,
maintenance, termination
Why is the transtheoretical model considered a spiral model? Correct
Answer-people might spiral back to old habits when trying to change a
behavior
, What is a SMART goal? Correct Answer-a goal that is specific,
measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-specific
How can you develop skills for change? Correct Answer-monitoring
behavior and gathering information, analyzing the data and identifying
patterns, creating SMART goals, creating a plan of action, and creating a
personal contract
What is meant by psychoneuroimmunology, and how can different types
of stress affect immunity in different ways? Correct Answer-study of the
interactions of the nervous, endocrine, and immune systems, and how
stress affects one's health; acute stress can improve the immune
response, whereas chronic stress would deplete the immune response
while prolonging the secretion of cortisol, and accelerate diseases
What are the specific diseases and health conditions that are related to
stress? Correct Answer-cardiovascular disease, psychological disorders,
altered immune functions, headaches, and other health problems
What are the common sources of stress? Correct Answer-major life
changes, daily hassles, college stressors, job-related stressors, social
stressors, other stressors
What are some ways of managing stress? Correct Answer-having a
support system, volunteering, communicating with others, exercise,
nutrition, time management, having spiritual wellness, keeping a journal,
cognitive techniques, and body awareness techniques
