Deck 1: Health Defined: Health Promotion, Preventi

Question 1

How is disease defined?

A) The failure of a person's adaptive mechanisms to counteract stimuli and stresses adequately, resulting in functional or structural disturbances
B) Disease and illness are components of a struggle for balance in the bodily systems
C) The failure of a person's bodily systems in responding to stresses, resulting in a hormonal imbalance
D) The assault by stimuli and stress on the body's core defence systems

Answer 1

The failure of a person's adaptive mechanisms to counteract stimuli and stresses adequately, resulting in functional or structural disturbances

Question 2

The 1986 Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion document provides a blueprint for health promotion in Canada. Which of the following statements is correct concerning this model?

A) The focus is on environment and the ability to achieve health on a personal and societal level.
B) It depicts health promotion as the process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their health.
C) It provides a view of health promotion that is focused on people taking control of their own health.
D) It is most closely aligned with a clinical model of health.

Answer 2

It depicts health promotion as the process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their health.

Question 3

Which of the following is a tool used to measure quality of life?

A) CDCQOL-BREF (from the Centers for Disease Control)
B) McGowan Quality of Life Questionnaire
C) WHOQOL-BREF (World Health Organization)
D) Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion

Answer 3

WHOQOL-BREF (World Health Organization)

Question 4

Which Canadian report is considered to be a landmark document in creating a global approach to health?

A) Population Health Promotion Model
B) Healthy People 2020
C) Framework for Health Promotion in Canada
D) World Health Organization Quality of Life

Question 5

Which of the following is one of the three programs that the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) is focused on for improving the health of Canadians?

A) Decreased tobacco use in youth throughout the country
B) Health promotion and disease prevention
C) Increased public funding for health insurance
D) Decreased hospital re-admission rates

Question 6

In order to promote health and prevent illness, disease, and disabilities, various levels of prevention are used in nursing practice. Health promotion fits as a strategy under the umbrella of primary prevention. Which of the following is an example of primary prevention?

A) Teaching how to give insulin
B) Screening mammogram
C) Immunization against hepatitis B
D) Rehabilitation for a stroke

Question 7

Secondary prevention is focused on averting or delaying the consequences of advanced disease. Which of the following is an example of secondary prevention?

A) Immunization for human papillomavirus (HPV)
B) Screening for colorectal cancer
C) School presentation on bicycle safety
D) Physiotherapy after hip replacement surgery

Question 8

Tertiary prevention activities are focused on helping people to attain and retain an optimal level of functioning. Which of the following is an example of tertiary prevention activities?

A) Rehabilitation after a stroke
B) Chest X-ray to screen for tuberculosis
C) Screening for prostate specific antigen (PSA)
D) Childhood immunization for measles and varicella

Question 9

Which of the following are solution-focused directions when using the population health promotion model (PHPM)? (Select all that apply.)

A) Working to promote interprofessional collaboration
B) Working with Individuals and families
C) Working at the community and governmental levels
D) Working to improve quality of life

Question 10

Which of the following interventions address both the population health promotion model (PHPM) indicators and the overall goals of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion? (Select all that apply.)

A) Establishing a new park with a well-lit walking track
B) Establishing a smoking cessation campaign
C) Providing reduced-cost transportation passes to senior citizens
D) Providing free condoms at all federally funded health clinics