Define *Health* - ANS -dynamic state that results from a person's interactions with and adaptations to the environment
-multidimensional
Define *Health education* - ANS any combination of *planned learning experiences* using evidence-based practices/theories
TAKEAWAY:
-to ac...
Define *Health* - ANS -dynamic state that results from a person's interactions with and
adaptations to the environment
-multidimensional
Define *Health education* - ANS any combination of *planned learning experiences* using
evidence-based practices/theories
TAKEAWAY:
-to acquire knowledge and skills to adopt AND maintain healthy behaviors
Definition of *Health Promotion* - ANS any combination of *planned education, political,
environmental, or organizational mechanisms*
TAKEAWAY:
- support actions and conditions living conducive to health
Define *Disease prevention* - ANS reducing risks and alleviating disease to promote,
preserve, and restore health
*Levels*
List Levels of prevention - ANS Primary: changing health behaviors to reduce future
disease *preventing*
Secondary: *early diagnosis* of a disease
Tertiary: treatment of a disease to reduce complications
*disease is present*
Define *Public Health* - ANS An effort organized by society to protect, promote, and
restore the population's health through *collective action*
Define *Community Health* - ANS *Health status* of a defined group of people
-protect, promote, and preserve their health
,Define *Global health* - ANS Health problems, issues, and concerns that *transcends
national boundaries*
-best addressed by cooperative actions and solutions
Define *Population health* - ANS Cohesive, integrated, and comprehensive approach
focus on
- health determinants that influence distribution of care
-policies and interventions that affect people
Define *Wellness* - ANS *Balancing* the many dimensions of a person's life, strive to
reach optimum state
focus on enhancing behaviors rather than trying to minimize the illness' conditions
What is the health agenda for the nation? - ANS Healthy People 2030
What is the goal of health education/promotion? - ANS To improve the quality of life
What type of data is used to measure health or health status? - ANS Epidemiological data
This rate is the most frequently used to *quantify seriousness of illness or disease* - ANS
Death rate
______ ___________ is the *average number of years remaining* to a person at a particular
age (birth, 65, 75) - ANS Life Expectancy
This is the measure of *premature mortality*
75- person age at death = ___________ - ANS YPLL
One lost year of "healthy" life as a result of being in states of poor health or disability - ANS
DALY (Disability- Adjusted Life Years)
The aspects of *overall quality of life*
- physically and/or mentally - ANS HRQoL (Health-related Quality of Life)
T/F: Endemic refers to a county - ANS True
T/F: Epidemic refers to a state or multiple places affected at high rates - ANS True
T/F: Health surveys are not used to measure health or health status - ANS False;
NHIS, NHANES, NCHS, YRBSS, NCHA
, Why are health-related data and epidemiology such important disciplines for health
edu/promotion? - ANS 1.For health edu/promo programs bc it MUST be based on need
2. Health Disparity: to compare the difference in health between populations often caused by
either lack of access to care or quality care
Define *philosophy* - ANS statement summarizing attitudes, beliefs, principles, and values
held by an individual or group
Select:
1.Philosophy is to (group/ individual)
and 2.mission statement is to (group/individ) - ANS individual, group
Why is it important to have a personal philosophy about life? - ANS - reflects your values
and beliefs which determines your purpose
- *helps answer the "whys" of health edu/promo*
-provides a bridge between theory and practice
- our reality, life experiences, approach to life, life choices
T/F: There is a difference between personal and professional philosophies and they must match
up - ANS False
T/F: When one's personal philosophy and professional philosophy are perfectly matched and
consistent , it is considered *ideal* - ANS True
Which philosophy explains health to have physical, emotional, spiritual, and social components
where is one is as important as the other?
A. Holistic Philosophy
B. Cognitive- based philosophy
C. Social change philosophy
D. Eclectic philosophy
E. Philosophy of symmetry - ANS *E. Philosophy of symmetry*
HINT: each component is important, suggesting equality which suggests symmetry
Which philosophy explains the mind, body, and spirit distinction disappears, yielding a whole
unified being?
A. Holistic Philosophy
B. Decision-making philosophy
C. Freeing or functioning philosophy
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