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Test Bank For Health Promotion Throughout The Life Span

10th Edition By Carole Lium Edelman, Carol Lynn Mandle,

Elizabeth C. Kudzma

global health - ANSWER health problems, issues, and concerns that transcend national boundaries. It may be influenced by circumstances or experiences in other countries, and are best addressed by cooperative actions and solutions Communicable Disease Model - ANSWER one of two models that describe the spread of communicable disease. The general overview of the communicable disease model is that disease transmission occurs if a a susceptible host and a pathogen are in a suitable environment. It states that three elements, an agent, host and environment, must all be present in order for a communicable disease to spread. The agent is a pathogen, such as bacteria or a virus, the host is an organism that is susceptible to being invaded by the agent, and the environment includes all factors that can allow or prevent disease transmission. health promotion - ANSWER A combination of learning experiences based on theories that provide people the opportunity to attain information and skills needed to make sound health decisions Explain why health education/promotion should be considered an emerging profession. - ANSWER Health education/promotions should be considered an emerging profession because it is neither a profession nor a discipline, but something in between. To prove that health education is an emerging profession, we will analyze some of the requirements of a profession and where health education fit in those descriptions.

A profession requires prolonged training: Health education specialized are not in agreement over what constitutes a an extensive period of preparation Professional training occurs in accredited institutions: Health education/promotion has no such requirement A profession is characterized by autonomy: This is emerging because currently, there is only informal control of the quality of services offered. A profession has a code of ethics: Health Education has a code of ethics theory - ANSWER a set of interrelated concepts, definitions, and propositions that presents a systematic views of events or situations by specifying relations among variables in order to explain and predict certain situations. Describe "primary" level of prevention and provide an example. - ANSWER Primary level of prevention is "preventative measures that forestall the onset of illness or injury during the prepathogensis period." In other terms, it is actions taken to prevent diseases or injuries before they even occur. An example of primary prevention includes: wearing a seat belt, using gloves to prevent the spread of disease, getting vaccinations, exercising, and not smoking Epidemiology - ANSWER the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specific populations, and the application of this study to control health problems Describe the "Non-modifiable risk factor" and provide 3 examples. - ANSWER Non-modifiable risk factors are things that an individual cannot change or do not have control over that are known to increase

the likelihood of physical or mental problems. Three examples of non- modifiable risk factors are age, sex, and inherited genes. term wellness - ANSWER always a positive quality (as opposed to illness being always a negative) is visualized as the integration of the spiritual, intellectual, physical, emotional, environmental, and social dimensions of health to form a whole "healthy person." The optimum state of wellness occurs when people have developed all six of the dimensions of health to the maximum of their ability disease prevention. - ANSWER precautionary measures to reduce risks and lessen disease in order to promote, preserve, and restore health and minimize suffering and distress. decision-making philosophy - ANSWER the belief that the use of scenarios, case studies, and simulated problems is the best method to motivate persons to adopt positive health behaviors. I would describe decision-making philosophy as when a health education specialist presents a student with multiple hypothetical problems and scenarios, and the student or client by thinking critically for the best approach or ANSWER , develops a possible strategy to face their own health- related decisions. Philodoxy - ANSWER Philodoxy is described as the love of opinion. It is important to know the difference between having a life guided by a grounded philosophy and one shaped by a love in opinions. In the book they give the example of a person who has developed a philosophy often asks certain questions to figure out a problem, then they seek ANSWER s to find true meanings and then lets reality define opinion and practice. However, the person who rejects the possibility of alternative possibilities is often practicing philodoxy, which means they are letting opinions define reality. Philodoxy causes problems for health

education specialists because it stops the incorporation of discovery and knowledge into the practice of health education/promotion. model - ANSWER is a composite, a mixture of ideas or concepts taken from any number of theories and used together" "tertiary" level of prevention and provide an example. - ANSWER the final level of prevention and involves retraining, reeducating, and rehabilitating an individual after significant pathogenesis. An examples includes the education of a patient with a chronic condition such as diabetes, on how to better control their blood sugar through proper nutrition and the use of a daily insulin injection. social change philosophy - ANSWER Social change philosophy revolves around health education specialists creating social, environmental, and political change that benefits individuals and other groups. Health education specialists who follow this philosophy tend to use policy change and laws to be ahead of the curve in terms of improving health for everyone. An example of this is the no smoking on UF campus rule Variable - ANSWER Specify how a construct is to be measured in a specific situation". modifiable risk factor - ANSWER factors that are controllable and changeable. Some examples include an individuals diet, smoking, and physical activity. All of these can can controlled by an individual therefore they are a modifiable risk factor health disparity - ANSWER difference in health between populations often caused by two health inequalities like lack of access to certain care and lack of the quality of care.

describe the dimensions of health - ANSWER 7 of them; physical, intellectual, emotional, spiritual, social, occupational, and environmental. cognitive-based philosophy - ANSWER Education is the key tool that health education specialists use when utilizing a cognitive-based philosophy to teach populations about their best choices when it comes to health behavior. This type of philosophy centers around individuals being well informed about the types of choices that they make and how it can affect their health. population health - ANSWER The health status of people who are not organized and have no identity as a group or locality and the actions and conditions to promote, protect, and preserve their health. crude rate. - ANSWER the rate expressed for a total population specific rate. - ANSWER a rate for a particular population subgroup, such as for a particular disease or for a particular age of people health - ANSWER Health is a state of complete mental, physical, and social well‐ being not merely the absence of disease or infirmity secondary level of prevention - ANSWER Secondary prevention aims to reduce the impact of a disease or injury that has already occurred. This is done by detecting and treating disease or injury as soon as possible to stop or slow its progress, encouraging personal strategies to prevent reinjury or recurrence, and implementing programs to return people to their original health and function to prevent long-term problems.

philosophy - ANSWER A statement summarizing the attitudes, principles, beliefs, values, and concepts held by an individual or a group. morbidity rate - ANSWER simply the frequency in which disease is prevalent in a population within a given year. "primary" level of prevention - ANSWER The purpose of primary prevention is to reduce the exposure of specific diseases by altering behaviors health education - ANSWER is any combination of planned learning experiences based on sound theories that provide individuals, groups, and communities the opportunity to acquire information and skills needed to make quality health decisions Life Expectancy - ANSWER "the average number of years of life remaining to a person at a particular age and based on a given set of age-specific death rates, generally the mortality conditions existing in the period mentioned death rate. - ANSWER Death rate is the number of deaths per 100,000 residents in a population. It is often referred to as mortality or fatality rates and the most frequently used means of determining the seriousness of an injury or disease. construct - ANSWER When a concept has been developed, created, or adopted for use with a specific theory, it is referred to as a construct. In other words, the key concepts of a theory are its constructs Years of Potential Life Lost - ANSWER measure of premature mortality; 75 minus person's age at death

disability-adjusted life years - ANSWER a measure of health that takes into effect the severity of the health condition, age, and impact on the future. health risk reduction - ANSWER includes the understanding of communicable diseases and noncommunicable diseases chain of infection - ANSWER a model used to help explain the spread of a communicable disease from one host to another. Model= Pathogen, human reservoir, portal of exit, transmission, portal of entry, and establishment of disease in New Host. philosophy - ANSWER a statement summarizing the attitudes, principles, beliefs, values, and concepts held by an individual or a group. holistic - ANSWER philosophy that the mind and body blend into a single unit; the person is a unified being philosophy of symmetry - ANSWER health has physical, emotional, spiritual, and social components and each is just as important as the others behavior change philosophy - ANSWER using behavioral contracts, goal setting, and self-monitoring to help foster and motivate the modification of an unhealthy habit in an individual with whom the health education specialist is working Freeing/Functioning Philosophy - ANSWER helps the person make the best health choices possible for that person, based on the individual's needs and interests, not on societal expectations

eclectic health education/phil - ANSWER approach held by health education specialists that not one philosophy is "right" and the best involves blending the various philosophical approaches depending on the setting concept - ANSWER primary elements, building blocks, or major components of theories construct - ANSWER a concept that has been developed, created, or adopted for use with a specific theory. theory to health education/promotion - ANSWER helps specialists plan, implement, and evaluate programs Health Belief Model - ANSWER addresses a person's perceptions of the threat of a health problem and ways to prevent; perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived threat, perceived benefits, perceive barriers, and cues to action. Theory of Planned Behavior - ANSWER theory that addresses individuals' intentions to perform a given behavior as a function of their attitude towards performing the behavior, their beliefs about what is relevant, what others think they should do, and this perceptions. trans-theoretical model - ANSWER stages of change model, addresses an individuals' readiness to change or attempt to change toward healthy behaviors social cognitive theory - ANSWER learning as a shared interaction among an individual's environment, cognitive processes, and behavior

Precede-proceed - ANSWER PRECEDE- predisposing, reinforcing, and enabling constructs in educational/ecological diagnosis and evaluation. PROCEED- policy, regulatory and organizational constructs in educational and environmental development