Deck 23: The Role of the Built Environment in Supporting Health Behavior Change

Question 1

Which is a domain used to characterize a built environment?

A) Proximity
B) Water quality
C) Social capital
D) Community structure

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which type of built environment measurement assessment collects data in real time with relevant behaviors?

A) Wearable sensing devices
B) Self-reported questionnaires
C) Remote sensing and webcams
D) Geographic information systems

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which is a domain of the physical activity environment?

A) Education
B) Occupation
C) Income level
D) Size of household

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which has been an outcome of interdisciplinary collaboration in the renovation of schools?

A) Park use
B) Healthy eating
C) Pedestrian safety
D) Bicycle safety gear

Question 5

For which reason can built environmental interventions be considered sustainable interventions?

A) Require annual maintenance
B) Are cared for by the community members
C) Are paid for by the local community taxes
D) Do not need to be repeated to be maintained

Question 6

For which reason would a partnership be needed to implement an interventional strategy?

A) Allows cost sharing with other interested parties
B) Affects another strategy already implemented
C) Impacts people who live in other communities
D) Requires changes across multiple sectors to implement

Question 7

Which behavior is least likely to be supported by interventions within the built environment of a school?

A) Nutrition
B) Tobacco use
C) Physical activity
D) Sexual behavior

Question 8

Which action has been proven to reduce pedestrian accidents in a built community?

A) Install traffic lights with countdown signals
B) Paint the expected speed limit on the street pavement
C) Ticket pedestrians who do not cross at the designated areas
D) Place law enforcement at the locations of the most accidents

Question 9

Which should a healthcare facility consider changing to promote health behaviors?

A) Move patient rooms that face the park
B) Close the solarium during the winter months
C) Move patient beds facing a cemetery to another location
D) Remove trees and flowers along the walkway to the outpatient facility

Question 10

Which intervention should be questioned when designing a complete street initiative?

A) Bicycle lanes
B) Elimination of walkways
C) Public transportation lanes
D) Traffic calming interventions

Question 11

Which situation should be analyzed for the policies written to influence the built environment?

A) Refusing to permit a vaping shop to open a few blocks from a middle school
B) Installing public water fountains along biking and hiking trails in a community park
C) Adding kiosks in the park for local organic grocers to sell fresh produce during the summer months
D) Locking outdoor sporting facilities after school hours preventing the use by community members

Question 12

Which type of built environment intervention has shown the most success in changing or supporting health behaviors?

A) State mandated
B) Multicomponent
C) Community-based
D) Federal policy written

Question 13

Which would reduce a health inequity in a community with many obese school-age children?

A) Convert a vacant lot into a playground
B) Remove sidewalks to place a bicycle lane on the street
C) Require children to eat lunches prepared by the school
D) Add a tax to large sugary drinks, such as sodas

Question 14

Which intervention within a built community supports healthy behavior and reduces the effects on the climate?

A) Having taxicabs park only on the right lane
B) Close every other subway stop
C) Limit food vendors to three per city block
D) Place city bicycles at the subway entrances

Question 15

Which type of method can be used to identify areas where environmental interventions can increase safety and reduce injury?

A) Web-enabled applications
B) Web-based geospatial data
C) Remote sensing and webcams
D) Geographic information system