CH8Dental Health and Education & Promotion Flashcards
_____ is getting information across to groups or individuals.
Health communication
Historically, health communication was paternalistic in nature. Patients are now participating in their own health collaboration.
True
False
True
_____ is bringing our patients’ understanding closer to our level through increasing their knowledge
Health literacy
_______ defines a state of physical, mental, and social well-being that involves more than just the absence of disease.
Principles of Health
_____ is a continuum of total health
Wellness scale
What is the Five-Dimensional Health Model?
(List the dimensions)
Physical
Mental
Social
Spiritual
Emotional
Positive input within the _____ dimension on health may be observed through adequate nutrition intake, and proper oral hygiene.
Negative input is seen with poor nutrition, inadequate dental care.
Physical
_______ are defined normal functions of living organisms.
Physiological needs
______: stability, order, law, free from fear.
safety needs
_______ is define as friendship, affection, trust.
Belongingness and love
________ is defined as the need for dignity, independence, reputation
Need for self-esteem
______ is defined as the need to be self-fulfillment, growth, self development
Self-actualization
________ is defined as an action that helps prevent disease and promotes health.
Healthy behavior
______ is defined as the teaching of health behaviors that bring an individual to a state of health awareness
Health education
_______ is defined as informing and motivating individuals to adopt healthy behaviors
Health promotion
An individual must change their _____ before behavior will change.
values
It takes _____ days to create a habit. It takes ____ days to create a lifestyle.
21; 90
What are the components of the Health belief model?
- Susceptibility
- Serious consequences
- Benefit
- Salience
What are the 6 stages of Learning (Ladder)
- Unawareness
- Awareness
- Self-interest
- Involvement
- Action
- Habit
What are the 6 steps in the Transtheoretical Model?
- Precontemplation- unaware
- Contemplation- considering action
- Preparation- preparing to take action
- Action- beginning new habit
- Maintenance- maintaining the new habit
- Termination- no relapse in behavior modification
What theory explains relationship between attitudes and behaviors with human action?
It states that attitude toward behavior is best predictor of action.
Theory of Reasoned Action
What theory holds the idea that peoples attitiudes and behaviors are linked to subjective social norms and percieved behavioral controls? It also notes that intention is the best predictorof behavior.
Theory of Reasoned Action
The self efficacy theory aka _______ believes that behavior, knowledge and the enviornment act in a reciprocal relationship to continually affect each other; and is _____.
As self-efficacy increases, individuals develop to plan ahead.
Social Cognitive Theory; bidirectional
A _________ reflects a coping capacity to deal with stressors of everyday life & use the resources at their disposal to counter these stressors.
Sense of Coherence
The sense of coherence is comprised of three cognative attiributes. What are they?
Comprehensive
Sensible
Meaningful
_______ is an important factor in learning.
Motivation
A ______ must exist for changes to be considered.
need
_______ is a powerful influence on human behavior and motivation because it determines the learner’s investment in the desired outcome.
Attitude
_______ is an experience that makes a learner active when affect is a major influence on the learner’s emotion, because of the actual experience.
Stimulation
______ occurs when an individual masters a skill.
Competence
Imitaitng good behavior is and example of _______ in the behavior modification theory.
modeling
________:
- Perceived susceptibility
- Perceived seriousness
- Beneficial
- Salience
Health belief model
_________:
Behavior changes move through a predictable set of stages including:
- Precontemplation
- Contemplation
- Preparation
- Action
- Maintenance
- Termination
Transtheoretical model
________:
- People make rational decisions based on behavioral intent (combination of knowledge, values, and attitudes).
- Intentions and behavior changes are affected by attitudes and social norms.
Theory of reasoned action
________:
- Unawareness
- Awareness
- Self-interest
- Involvement
- Action
- Habit
Stages of Learning Ladder
_________:
- Extension of social learning theory that emphasizes personal actions
- Self-efficacy is the belief that personal actions will affect outcomes.
- Self-efficacy is gained as information, behavior, and environment interact in a reciprocal manner. As self-efficacy increases, individuals plan for contingencies and persevere through difficulties.
Social cognitive theory (SCT)
________ is more than providing information. Must know the level of knowledge and values.
Educating
What is a scale that pinpoints a patient’s physical condition on a continuum from death through varying degrees of illness to completely healthy functioning?
A) Wellness scale
B) Healthy living measurement
C) Quality scale
D) Assessment scale
E) None of the above
A. Wellness Scale
The five-dimensional health model includes all of the following except ________.
A) Emotional
B) Mental
C) Psychological
D) Spiritual
E) Physical
C) Psychological
When using the five-dimensional health model, a patient’s trust in a dental hygienist would be a positive input to which dimension?
A) Mental
B) Physical
C) Psychological
D) Spiritual
E) Emotional
E) Emotional
The teaching of health behaviors that bring an individual to a state of health awareness is termed health ________.
A) Instruction
B) Assessment
C) Education
D) Promotion
E) None of the above
C) Education
Informing and motivating people to adopt healthy behaviors is termed ________.
A) Health promotion
B) Health assessment
C) Health instruction
D) Health education
E) None of the above
A) Health promotion
The creation of a dental hygiene operatory section in the city’s children’s museum by the local dental hygiene association would be which type of activity?
A) Health promotion
B) Health education
C) Health instruction
D) Health assessment
E) None of the above
A) Health promotion
For an individual with poor oral care, what must be changed in order for him or her to adopt a healthy behavior such as daily brushing?
A) Life force
B) Instinct
C) Behavior
D) Value
E) None of the above
D) Value
The health belief model suggests that an individual must display a readiness to take action to avoid a disease and then must believe that he/she is ________.
A) Placing value on the disease
B) Changing the behavior
C) Susceptible or vulnerable to the disease/condition
D) Acting in a preventive manner
E) None of the above
C) Susceptible or vulnerable to the disease/condition
The changes an individual must make in order to attain health—which include precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, maintenance, and action—are the foundation of which theory?
A) Transtheoretical model
B) Healthy belief model
C) Five-dimensional model
D) Quality-of-life model
E) None of the above
A) Transtheoretical model
Which factor does NOT influence motivation?
A) Attitude
B) Stimulation
C) Competence
D) Need
E) Values
E) Values
The will of an individual to act is a ________.
A) Behavior habit
B) Promotion
C) Behavior change
D) Motivation
E) None of the above
D) Motivation
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is arranged in ________.
A) Lower to higher level needs
B) Alphabetical order
C) Multidimensional fields
D) Psychological steps
E) None of the above
A) Lower to higher level needs
Which of the following theories reinforces the belief that social pressure is significant in influencing behavior?
A) Transtheoretical
B) Social-cognitive
C) Maslow’s hierarchy
D) Theory of reasoned action
E) None of the above
B) Social-cognitive
A person’s behavior intent is a combination of knowledge, values, and attitudes, which is emphasized in which theory?
A) Self-efficacy
B) Maslow’s hierarchy
C) Social-cognitive
D) Reasoned action
E) None of the above
D) Reasoned action
What occurs when an individual gains control over his/her environment?
A) Social molding
B) Imitation
C) Modeling
D) Competence
E) None of above
D) Competence
It is necessary to motivate a population in order to effectively promote value adoption and behavior change.
True
False
True
The theory of reasoned action focuses on the belief that people make rational decisions based on intent.
True
False
True
The social-cognitive theory postulates that an individual needs to be made aware of a health issue before he/she can act on it.
True
False
False
The primary goal of dental health education is the prevention of disease utilizing appropriate dental health interventions.
True
False
True
The last step in the learning ladder is the involvement step.
True
False
False
This model emphasizes providers and patients working together toward treatment.
A) Self-determination theory
B) Modeling behavior
C) Empowerment
D) Classical conditioning
E) Operant conditioning
C) Empowerment
This theory is a macrotheory of human motivation concerned with the functioning of personality within social contexts.
A) Self-determination theory
B) Modeling behavior
C) Empowerment
D) Classical conditioning
E) Operant conditioning
A) Self-determination theory
This theory suggests that individuals become conditioned to specific stimuli to act in a specific way.
A) Self-determination theory
B) Modeling behavior
C) Empowerment
D) Classical conditioning
E) Operant conditioning
D) Classical conditioning
This theory is based on the concepts of rewards and punishments.
A) Self-determination theory
B) Modeling behavior
C) Empowerment
D) Classical conditioning
E) Operant conditioning
E) Operant conditioning
This theory suggests that learning can be facilitated through imitation.
A) Self-determination theory
B) Modeling behavior
C) Empowerment
D) Classical conditioning
E) Operant conditioning
B) Modeling behavior
Positive input within the ______ dimension of health is expemlified through trust.
Negative input breads mistrust and fear of the dental provider
Emotional
Positive input within the _____ dimension grows knowledge; whereas negative input within this dimension can lead to withdrawal, and inadequate communication skills.
Social
Positive input within the ______ dimension houses values and morality; whereas negative input facilitates no value for dental health and no morality.
spiritual
Attaching praise to an action is an example of ________ in the behaviorial modification theory.
classical conditioning
Positive and negative reinforcement are examples of ______ in the behavior modification theory.
operational conditioning
The particular or desired frequency of dental care utilized by a population is
A) Need
B) Deman
C) Supply
D) Utilization
B) Deman
What does DMFT stand for?
A) Deciduous, missing filled teeth
B) Decayed, missing, filled teeth
C) Denatures, missing, filled teeth
B) Decayed, missing, filled teeth
The dentist must prescribe and authorize treatment, but does not need to be physically present on the premises while the treatment is rendered:
A) Indirect
B) Direct
C) General
D) There is no such requirement for our license
C) General
