Deck 10: Self Care and Health Care Behaviour

Question 1

Health behaviours are learned through social interactions is a component of which model of health behaviour?

A) Health Belief Model
B) Social Cognitive Model
C) Stages of Change Model
D) None of the above

Answer 1

Social Cognitive Model

Question 2

Barriers is a component of which model of health behaviour?

A) Health Belief Model
B) Social Cognitive Model
C) Stages of Change Model
D) None of the above

Answer 2

Health Belief Model

Question 3

Which of the following models of health behaviour best explains one's decision to get a vaccine?

A) Health Belief Model
B) Social Cognitive Model
C) Stages of Change Model
D) None of the above

Answer 3

None of the above

Question 4

Maintenance is a component of which model of health behaviour?

A) Health Belief Model
B) Social Cognitive Model
C) Stages of Change Model
D) None of the above

Question 5

Which of the following is considered a predisposing factor in Andersen's Socio-Behavioural Model of Health Services?

A) Marital status
B) Social support
C) Income
D) Proximity to the care provider

Question 6

Which of the following components are not part of the Health Belief model?

A) Susceptibility
B) Benefits
C) Barriers
D) Social context

Question 7

Based on the Health Belief Model, an individual will decide to take action based on which of the following is NOT a factor?

A) Perceived threat of a condition
B) Potential outcome of an intervention
C) Perceived ability to modify their behaviour
D) All of the above are factors used by individuals to decide to take action

Question 8

Benefits is a component of which model of health behaviour?

A) Health Belief Model
B) Social Cognitive Model
C) Stages of Change Model
D) None of the above

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT a stage in the Stages of Change Theory?

A) Precontemplation
B) Relapse
C) Action
D) Maintenance
E) Preparation

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT a factor of the Social Cognitive Model?

A) Threat of a condition
B) Cognitive and personal characteristics
C) Individual behaviour
D) Environment

Question 11

Which of the following is the principal strength of the Social Cognitive Model over other models of health behaviour?

A) Recognition of the ability of the social context to influence decision-making.
B) Recognition of the ability of personal characteristics to influence decision-making.
C) Recognition of the ability to integrate personal behaviour into the model.
D) Recognition of the ability of the individual to make his or her own decisions about health.

Question 12

The influence of the biomedical model still constrains the focus of prevention research to:

A) Individual-level risk reduction and illness avoidance.
B) Individual-level preventive and positive health behaviour.
C) Individual-level self-care and health maintenance.
D) Population-level preventive and positive health behaviour.
E) Population-level self-care and health maintenance.

Question 13

Illness behaviour is a component of which model of health behaviour?

A) Health Belief Model
B) Social Cognitive Model
C) Stages of Change Model
D) None of the above

Question 14

Seriousness is a component of which model of health behaviour?

A) Health Belief Model
B) Social Cognitive Model
C) Stages of Change Model
D) None of the above

Question 15

Which of the following is the principal criticism of the Health Belief Model?

A) It's inability to identify additional factors that influence decision-making to seek care.
B) It's assumption that people behave rationally.
C) It's focus on the underlying context that guides individual decision-making.
D) It's lack of consideration of the social and economic context guiding individual decision-making.

Question 16

That people commonly behave in ways that contradict their beliefs about health is a critique of which theory of health behaviour?

A) Health Belief Model
B) Social Cognitive Model
C) Stages of Change Model
D) None of the above

Question 17

Environment is a component of which model of health behaviour?

A) Health Belief Model
B) Social Cognitive Model
C) Stages of Change Model
D) None of the above

Question 18

Which of the following models of health behaviour best explains one's decision to stop smoking?

A) Health Belief Model
B) Social Cognitive Model
C) Stages of Change Model
D) None of the above

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT included Mechanic's four dimensions for assessing illness?

A) The commonality of the illness.
B) The predictability of the diagnosis.
C) The perceived threat and loss resulting from the illness.
D) The familiarity of the symptoms to members of the group.

Question 20

Precontemplation is a component of which model of health behaviour?

A) Health Belief Model
B) Social Cognitive Model
C) Stages of Change Model
D) None of the above

Question 21

Which of the following is an important factor in one's decision to seek health care based on Andersen's Socio-Behavioural Model of Health Services?

A) Marital status
B) Social support
C) Income
D) Proximity to the care provider
E) All would be considered important factors in the decision-making process

Question 22

Which of the following would NOT be considered complementary and alternative medicine CAM) in Canada?

A) Acupuncture
B) Homeopathy
C) Nutrition therapy
D) Physical therapy

Question 23

The definition of self-health management includes which of the following:

A) Self-care
B) The notion that self-health management behaviours reflect complex decision making processes
C) It is related to the notion of health as a reserve that needs to be managed
D) All of the above

Question 24

The use of vitamins, minerals and herbal products would be considered a form of complementary and alternative medicine CAM).

Question 25

According to the 2003 Canadian Community Health Survey, the percentage of persons over the age of 12 who use complementary and alternative medicine CAM) is:

A) 10%
B) 20%
C) 30%
D) 35%

Question 26

How has the move from perceiving people as patients to perceiving them as consumers influenced seeking and delivery of health care?

Question 27

Discuss how health beliefs and health practices are different across social class and what are the implications of these differences?

Question 28

Identify at least three factors that have been identified as part of the reason for the current process of deprofessionalization of physicians?

Question 29

Differences in the use of complementary and alternative medicine CAM) have been identified across which of the following factors?

A) Gender
B) Age
C) Income
D) Provincial variation in public funding for services
E) All of the above

Question 30

Identify at least 3 factors that may be responsible for the increase in complementary and alternative medicine CAM) in Canada. erosion of medical authority; dissatisfaction with medical care to treat some chronic conditions; increased accessibility of CAM; changing cultural milieu of Canadians; funding by private insurance policies

Question 31

What is the destination of the majority of growth in medical tourism among Canadians?

A) To the United States
B) To Cuba
C) To countries in the Southern Hemisphere
D) To countries in Europe

Question 32

In Canada, because of the universal health care system, people from different social statuses receive the same quality of care.

Question 33

Referring to the Anderson model of health care utilization, the value that a person places on their health is considered which type of factor?

A) A predisposing factor
B) An enabling factor
C) A need factor
D) A concomitant factor