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FTCE - HEALTH EXAM STUDY GUIDEPrimary Prevention - Answers-an approach for preventing chronic disease that aims to
prevent diseases from ever occurring
- includes education on healthier practices, legislation to eliminate factors such as
pollution, and building increased resistance to disease through methods such as
immunization.
Secondary Prevention - Answers-an approach that aims to reduce the impact of a
disease that has already occurred
- includes detecting and treating a disease ASAP through screenings, then prescribing
daily nutrition and exercise regimens to prevent recurrence of the disease.
Tertiary Prevention - Answers-an approach that aims to soften the impact of an illness or
injury that has lasting effects
- teaching pts how to effectively manage their disability or chronic condition. This helps
ppl achieve their best quality of life while preventing a worsening of sx.
In-School Screening - Answers-basic health tests performed in schools to measure
various health factors, such as student vision and hearing
Cultural Competence - Answers-the ability to interact with, understand, and effectively
communicate with ppl across cultures.
Health Education Curriculum Analysis (HECAT) Tool - Answers-an assessment tool
designed to help schools conduct a clear, complete, and consistent analysis of health
education curricula, based on the National Health Education Standards and CDC's
Characteristics of an Effective Health Education Curriculum.
- this evaluates whether a program is teaching functional health information (essential
knowledge).
Direct Instruction - Answers-a teacher-led approach to instruction in which the instructor
provides info on a concept and is the sole expert in the room (example: lectures and
demonstrations)
Scope and Sequence - Answers-a plan for the order and depth of skills to be taught
throughout the year. Scope refers to the topics to be covered and how deeply to cover
them, while the sequence describes the order in which the topics are to be taught.
Cooperative Learning - Answers-involves students working together to achieve an
instructional goal.
Health Intervention - Answers-action taken to improve a situation.
,- these are used to influence and counsel ppl and provide skills to support healthy
behaviors.
Brainstorming - Answers-a group discussion to generate ideas or solve problems
Role Playing - Answers-an activity in which students act out scenes in which they have
roles defined as a particular person or character.
- In this activity, the teacher gives scenarios to students regarding potential outcomes in
a health-related topic, then has students act out the scene.
Media Literacy - Answers-the ability to analyze media messages to identify the
sponsor's motive
- Kids take in a huge amount of info from the media, so it's important to educate them
on this.
Guided Discovery - Answers-an instructional strategy that involves students in actively
learning, often at their own pace.
- Using this strategy, students may be presented with a task that they must work to find
a solution to.
Peer Teaching - Answers-a teaching and learning strategy in which students teach other
students.
Entertainment Education (Health) - Answers-including health-promoting messages and
storylines in entertainment or news programs or eliminating messages that counter
positive health information.
- A news program promoting a new health trend is a form of entertainment education.
Reflection (instruction) - Answers-careful thought about an act completed in the past.
- This is a powerful tool in improving instruction. How did the lessons go? What worked
and did not work? What should be changed?
Advertising (health info) - Answers-a form of marketing promotion that places paid or
public health messages in the media or in public spaces to increase awareness in
support of a healthy behavior or health topic.
- This is one way to communicate health info to students, parents, and community
members.
Integration - Answers-the bringing together of separate groups of people or things.
- this helps students see how health topics fit into other aspects of life and subject
areas.
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) - Answers-A federal law that
protects the confidentiality of students and their records, including grades, attendance
and discipline records.
, - prevents schools from disclosing student records to the public while also requiring
them to provide parents and guardians with access to their child's grades, disciplinary
records, and attendance records.
Physical Therapist - Answers-health care professional who works with a person's
muscles, movement, and strength
National Health Education Standards (NHES) - Answers-standards for preK-12th grade
that advocate personal, family, and community health
- provide students and their families with clear expectations for health education
Mammogram - Answers-X-ray imaging of breast tissue to screen for lumps that may be
signs of breast cancer
- recommended for all women over the age of 40
Pap Smear - Answers-a test that collects cells from a woman's cervix for early detection
of cervical cancer
Genetic Counseling - Answers-a method of early disease detection in which pts work
with a genetic counselor to determine whether genes exist that can lead to
noncommunicable diseases
- includes specialty areas focusing on cancer, cardiovascular disease, and psychiatric
testing.
Coordinated School Health (CSH) Program - Answers-a program designed to increase
students' health and academic achievement in schools through collaboration with
families and community members
- these programs are suggested for schools by the CDC to meet the health and safety
needs of children.
Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) Model - Answers-a framework
designed by the CDC for approaching health in schools
- PE and activity are one of the components in this model.
Office of Minority Health - Answers-part of the US Department of Health and Human
Services focused on improving the health of racial and ethnic minority populations.
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) - Answers-an international organization that
promotes safety, security, health, and disease prevention to help prevent the spread of
disease
- provides fact sheets on various health topics, and data and statics related to important
illnesses.
WebMD - Answers-a website that offers vital info on medication and supplements,
illnesses, and medical news.
- People can enter their sx into this and search for illnesses that they might have.
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