Deck 4: Social and Behavioral Sciences and Public Health

Question 1

Which of the following is true of behavioral change?

A) Positive feedback is important for successful behavioral change.
B) Peer and/or family support is helpful in achieving behavioral change.
C) Population-wide efforts are most effective when they complement other efforts aimed at individual behavioral change.
D) All of these are correct.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

__________ is the stage of behavioral change where an individual realizes that she needs to lose weight to reduce her chances of developing diabetes, but she is not yet ready to start a diet.

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

Answer 2

B

Question 3

_______________ is the stage of behavioral change where individual decides that he will start a diet right after the holidays and announces his plan to his family and friends.

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

Answer 3

C

Question 4

When an individual has lost 15 pounds and participates in a regular exercise program to keep the weight off, he or she can be said to be in the ____________ stage of behavioral change.

A) precontemplation
B) contemplation
C) preparation
D) action
E) maintenance

Question 5

In West Virginia, residents reported an average of 10 unhealthy days in the past 30 days. In North Dakota, residents reported an average of 4 unhealthy days in that same period. Which of the following statements is most likely to be true?

A) The Gini index in West Virginia is higher than the Gini index in North Dakota.
B) The Gini index in North Dakota is higher than the Gini index in West Virginia.
C) The Gini indices in West Virginia and North Dakota are the same.
D) None of these is correct.

Question 6

Which of the following best describes the contributions of social sciences to public health?

A) The relationship between social sciences and public health is a recent development.
B) Public health can be viewed as an application of many of the social sciences.
C) Public health rarely utilizes social sciences.
D) Public health is a quantitative discipline, while social sciences are qualitative.

Question 7

Which of the following is not included in the definition of socioeconomic status as used in the United States?

A) Education
B) Family income
C) Professional job status
D) Social class

Question 8

Which of the following types of behaviors is typically easiest to change?

A) Long-standing behaviors that provide short term satisfaction
B) Long-standing behaviors accompanied by physical addiction
C) New behaviors that satisfy short-term needs
D) New behaviors that can be substituted with an alternative that satisfies short-term needs

Question 9

Which of the following influences on health is the strongest in the following example: Those who have completed the fewest grades of formal education have an increased risk of developing tuberculosis?

A) Socioeconomic
B) Cultural
C) Religious

Question 10

Which of the following influences on health is the strongest in the following example: An ethnic group's practice of cooking with a large amount of salt is associated with increased blood pressure and strokes?

A) Socioeconomic
B) Cultural
C) Religious