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True or False? Unhealthy behaviors may be maintained and reinforced by aspects of the social
environment that are beyond the individual's control. - correct answer ✔✔True
True or False? Based on the health belief model, the public health approach for promoting behavior
change would be to convince people that they are vulnerable, that the threat is severe, and that certain
actions are effective preventive measures. - correct answer ✔✔True
True or False? A person's actual ability to perform a behavior through essential knowledge and skills is
known as self-efficacy. - correct answer ✔✔False
True or False? Healthy People 2020 was designed to identify ways to create social and physical
environments that promote good health for all. - correct answer ✔✔True
The life course model that suggest that factors that elevate disease risk or enhance good health may
aggregate gradually over the life course is: - correct answer ✔✔The accumulation model
The application of which model at the interpersonal level would lead to different strategies in a teen
drug prevention program, depending on the nature of the teens' social relationships? - correct answer
✔✔Social-Ecological model
Research using the life course perspective is primarily interested in: - correct answer ✔✔How life
experiences and events affect a person as he ages
The following is NOT true about health behavior theories and models: - correct answer ✔✔Determine
the cost-effectiveness of public health interventions
Which of the following is NOT a key construct of the health belief model: - correct answer ✔✔Reciprocal
Determinism
, Mary just paid a gym membership to start exercising within the next month and after being told by her
doctor that her medical condition would greatly improve by doing so. Where would you place her in the
stages of change model? - correct answer ✔✔Preparation
True or False? An "All hazard" approach implies preparation for many type of disasters. - correct answer
✔✔True
Which of the following factors influence the risk of the physical environment on the individual's health
status? - correct answer ✔✔All the options apply
Which approach would be appropriate to study the impact of a pollutant in the ecosystem? - correct
answer ✔✔Ecological risk assessment
The following is true about the "Toxic Substances Control Act"? - correct answer ✔✔All the options apply
Which of the following is NOT true about intentional and unintentional injuries - correct answer
✔✔Injuries are the leading cause of death in the United States
Which of the following is NOT true on the impact of the environment on health? - correct answer
✔✔Environmental conditions have been shown to influence the risk of communicable diseases, but do
not have an effect on the risk of non communicable diseases.
True or False? According to the World Health Organization, mental illnesses account for more disability in
developed countries than any other group of illnesses. - correct answer ✔✔True
True or False? The measures of health status that combine mortality and morbidity data facilitate
comparisons of the burden of disease both within and across populations. - correct answer ✔✔True
A public health prevention program aiming to promote mental health counseling among substance users
is considered a: - correct answer ✔✔Indicated prevention
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