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NURS 299 - Module 1 Questions and Answershealth promotion CORRECT ANS-consists of strategies used to increase the level of health
of individuals, families, groups, and communities.
* Knowledge
* Techniques
* Community supports
disease prevention CORRECT ANS-is the recognition of a danger to health that could be
reduced or alleviated through specific actions or changes in lifestyle behaviors.
** Primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention
** Role of nutrition
health literacy CORRECT ANS-is the ability to understand basic health concepts and apply
them to one's own health decisions.
** Formal education
** Non-formal education
** Informal education
Learning Objectives:
define health and wellness. CORRECT ANS-○ Health: is the merging and balancing of six
physical and psychologic dimensions of health: physical, intellectual, emotional, social,
spiritual, and environmental.
, NURS 299 - Module 1 Questions and Answers
○ Wellness: is a lifestyle that enhance our level of health
Learning Objectives:
define health promotion. CORRECT ANS--- it is very important in nursing. --
○ Health Promotion: consists of strategies used to increase the level of health of individuals,
families, groups, and communities.
* Knowledge
* Techniques
* Community supports
Learning Objectives:
state the purpose of Healthy People 2020 (HP2020). CORRECT ANS-It is a program of the
US Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS). ○ It is based on the vision of a
society in which all people live long and healthy lives (based on ecological model of health).
- Its mission is to improve health through strengthening policy and practice.
○ (watch slide 8) & (box 1-1 from the book)
○ The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) is an American survey
that monitors the dietary intake, medical history, biochemical evaluation, and measurement
of American groups that were carefully chosen to represent the total population. Also, the
National Food consumption Survey (NFCS).
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Learning Objectives:
describe health literacy. CORRECT ANS-it is the ability to understand basic health concepts
and apply them to one's own health decisions.
-- Formal education:
school environment.
-- Non-formal education: organize teaching or learning events such as hospitals, clinics, or
community centers.
-- Informal education: acquired through daily activities.
○ Health literacy actualization: being able to use acquired health knowledge and skills -it can
be influenced by:
-- social factors: create settings to receive support for health-promoting behaviors.
-- individual factors: choices persons make to acquire and then apply health knowledge.
-- cultural factors: encompass ethnic, religious, and racial traditions.
-- supportive health system.
Learning Objectives:
Identify 6 nutriment categories. CORRECT ANS-○ Carbohydrates (CHO)
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○ Proteins
○ Lipids (fats)
○ Vitamins
○ Minerals
○ Water
Module Objectives:
describe the illness-wellness continuum. CORRECT ANS-The Illness-Wellness Continuum is
a graphical illustration of a well-being concept first proposed by Travis in 1972. It proposes
that well-being includes mental and emotional health, as well as the presence or absence of
illness.
Module Objectives:
integrate the role of nutrition into the six dimensions of health.
- physical
- intellectual
- emotional
- social
- spiritual
- environmental CORRECT ANS-1. Physical health - Efficient Body functioning, maintain
immunity from disease, meet energy needs.
2. Intellectual Health - Use of intellectual abilities to learn and adapt.
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