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 most suits 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: Knowledge             REF:    5

2. A person with chronic back pain is cared for by her primary care provider. She is also very interested in alternative forms of therapy and has therefore scheduled an appointment with an acupuncturist. Which model of health does this person likely favor?

ANS:   D

The eudaimonistic model embodies the interaction and interrelationships between 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: Application             REF:    5-6

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: Knowledge             REF:    7

4. Which represents a person with 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: Synthesis                REF:    7

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

ANS:   A

Healthy People 2000, the 1990 Healthy Objectives for the Nation: A Midcourse Review, and the 1995 revisions were landmark documents in that a consortium of people representing national organizations worked with U.S. Public Health Service officials to create a more global approach to health.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge             REF:    8