Chapter 10: Health Education

Chapter 10: Health Education

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Improvement in the health of the American public is best achieved by:

ANS:   A

The greatest opportunity to improve the health of the American people lies in addressing unhealthy, personal, behavioral risk factors. Improvement of the public’s health is more likely to come from behavior change than technology. Therefore, people deciding they are going to change their behavior and stop smoking are likely to lead to improvements in the health of the public.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Application             REF:    244

2. Any combination of planned experiences based on sound theories that provide individuals, groups, and communities the opportunity to acquire the information and skills needed to make quality health decisions is known as:

ANS:   C

Any combination of planned experiences based on sound theories that provide individuals, groups, and communities the opportunity to acquire the information and skills needed to make quality health decisions is known as health education.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge             REF:    245 | 249-250

3. Which is an example of a health education component?

ANS:   B

Key components of health education involve using teaching strategies, having learners maintain voluntary control over the decision to make changes in their actions, and focusing on behavior changes that have been found to improve heath. Providing smokers with the information regarding the benefits of smoking cessation allows them to make their own decision and provides them with information that is known to improve health.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Application             REF:    245

4. The model that emphasizes an individual’s belief in being personally capable of performing the behavior required to influence one’s own health is known as:

ANS:   B

The model that emphasizes an individual’s belief in being personally capable of performing the behavior required to influence one’s own health is known as self-efficacy theory.

DIF:    Cognitive Level: Knowledge             REF:    249