Deck 8: Noncommunicable Diseases

Question 1

What is a key consideration for developing individual and community-based strategies that are intended to address noncommunicable diseases within an entire geographic community?

A) Lifestyle factors
B) Government resources
C) Equity challenges
D) General approaches

Answer 1

Equity challenges

Question 2

What risk factor is becoming increasingly associated with changes to the brain and organ systems as well as a range of chronic diseases, including heart disease, diabetes, cognitive impairment, and depression?

A) Lack of clean water supply
B) Nutrition deficiencies
C) Family genetics
D) Chronic toxic stress

Answer 2

Chronic toxic stress

Question 3

Why are the rates of cancer screening lower for Indigenous than for non-Indigenous groups in Canada as well as inconsistent with the screening practices recommended by the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care?

A) Limited knowledge of risks among Indigenous people in Canada
B) Barriers to accessing health care for Indigenous people in Canada
C) Delays in accessing health care for Indigenous people in Canada
D) Lower literacy levels among Indigenous people in Canada

Answer 3

Barriers to accessing health care for Indigenous people in Canada

Question 4

Which health promotion strategy is consistent with making a healthy nutrition choice the easy choice?

A) Restricting trans fats in baked goods
B) Labelling high sugar and fat content in food products
C) Having equity-oriented nutrition policies in schools and workplaces
D) Marketing of healthy food to children and their parents

Question 5

What is the leading cause of disability in Canada?

A) Ischemic heart disease
B) Substance use among youth
C) Unintentional injuries
D) Low back and neck pain

Question 6

Why are injuries an important area of health care concern in Canada?

A) They are the reason for increased fall risks among seniors.
B) They are responsible for increasing transportation risks.
C) They limit hospital capacity.
D) They are associated with large economic and social costs.

Question 7

Why is analysis using the Haddon matrix helpful for addressing injury prevention opportunities?

A) Independent community factors are considered.
B) Equipment and environment are reviewed.
C) Injury events are epidemiologically analyzed.
D) Human unintentional factors are considered.

Question 8

Which preventable type of intentional injury is increasingly being identified as an important public health concern?

A) Miscommunication
B) Community violence
C) Equipment failure
D) Over-prescription of antibiotics

Question 9

Globally, what are the main risk factors for noncommunicable diseases? (Select all that apply.)

A) Limited clinic access
B) Physical inactivity
C) Poor nutrition
D) Low socioeconomic status
E) Substance misuse

Question 10

Which "heart health" community-based interventions could help to shift the distribution of risk factors and foster primary prevention and protective factors for heart disease in a population? (Select all that apply.)

A) Support active community transportation
B) Ensure availability of cardiac rehabilitation services
C) Adjust the density of fast food outlets
D) Suspend unhealthy food marketing to children
E) Attend to equity concerns