Chapter 01: Health Defined: Objectives for Promotion and Prevention

Chapter 01: Health Defined: Objectives for Promotion and Prevention

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Which model of health is most likely used by a person who does not believe in preventive health care?

ANS:  A

The clinical model of health views the absence of signs and symptoms of disease as indicative of health. People who use this model wait until they are very sick to seek care.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Remember (Knowledge)                         REF:   p. 3

2. A person with chronic back pain is cared for by her primary care provider as well as receives acupuncture. Which model of health does this person likely favor?

ANS:  D

The eudaimonistic model embodies the interaction and interrelationships among physical, social, psychological, and spiritual aspects of life and the environment in goal attainment and creating meaning in life. Practitioners who practice the clinical model may not be enough for someone who believes in the eudaimonistic model. Those who believe in the eudaimonistic model often look for alternative providers of care.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Apply (Application)                               REF:   p. 3

3. A state of physical, mental, spiritual, and social functioning that realizes a person’s potential and is experienced within a developmental context is known as:

ANS:  B

Health is defined as a state of physical, mental, spiritual, and social functioning that realizes a person’s potential and is experienced within a developmental context.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Remember (Knowledge)                         REF:   p. 5

4. Which of the following best describes a client who has an illness?

ANS:  C

Someone with a headache represents a person with an illness. An illness is made up of the subjective experience of the individual and the physical manifestation of disease. It can be described as a response characterized by a mismatch between a person’s needs and the resources available to meet those needs. A person can have a disease without feeling ill. The other choices represent disease.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Analyze (Analysis)                                 REF:   p. 6

5. Which US report is considered a landmark document in creating a global approach to health?

ANS:  C

Healthy People 2000 and its Midcourse Review and 1995 Revisions were landmark documents in which a consortium of people representing national organizations worked with US Public Health Service officials to create a more global approach to health.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Remember (Knowledge)                         REF:   p. 6