Nursing 1015 - Health Promotion Midterm Questions with Complete Solutions
Determinants of Health Correct Answer-The conditions in which people live that affect their current and future health
-Income and social status
-Social support systems
-education
-Employment/working conditions
-Social and physical environments
-Personal health practices and coping skills
-Healthy child development
-Biology and genetic endowment
-Health services
-Gender
-Culture
Health Promotion Correct Answer-The process of enabling people to increase control over and to improve their health. Health is seen as a resource, not the objective of living
Principles of Health Promotion Correct Answer--Involves population as a whole in the context of everyday life
-Is directed at the determinants of health
-Combines diverse but complimentary approaches -Empowers communities through public participation
-Recognizes important roles of health care providers
Cardinal Principle of Health Promotion Correct Answer-Empowerment; health promotion empowers by providing necessary information and helping people develop skills and self-esteem
-Feel that control resides within them rather than external forces
-Based upon the concept of wellness
Primary Prevention Correct Answer-Implementation of measures that prevent illness from occurring. Includes health promotion and specific protection. -Active: individual personally involved
-Passive: inactive participant/recipient
Secondary Prevention Correct Answer-Measures taken to identify health
problems and/or treat them as early as possible to prevent the problem from worsening. Example: breast screening, developmental screening in children
Tertiary Prevention Correct Answer-Measures aimed at reducing the severity of a health problem to minimize disability and restore or preserve function Example: rehabilitation
Medical Approach to Healthcare Correct Answer-Health equated with quality of medicine and number of acute care hospitals. Does little to
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