Chapter 14 Flashcards
Stress, which is due to the adverse physical and social conditions associated with lower ________________, which may act both directly by affecting physiological processes, and indirectly by influencing behavior
socioeconomic status
From the public health perspective, it may be more efficient to try to change people’s behavior one individual at a time than to try to change the social environment that influences people to behave in unhealthy ways
False
Absence of ___________________ has been related to an increase in coronary heart disease, complications in pregnancy and delivery, suicide, and other unhealthy outcomes
Social support
Which of the following is a pattern described as a “numbed acceptance of a negative situation so that an individual no longer tries to change that situation for the better because he or she does not expect those efforts to make any difference?
Learned helplessness
Application of which model, at the interpersonal level, would lead to different strategies in a teen drug prevention program depending on the nature of the teens’ social relationships?
Ecological model
Individuals must believe in a problem and in the existence of a solution before they will act to prevent the problem
True
Which of the following influence people’s diet and activity patterns, which are the second most important factor in American’s poor health?
Environmental factors
In the 1980s, San Francisco had the second-highest incidence of AIDS in the United States
True
Health status varies more among African Americans than among Hispanics
False
An American Indian is almost 50% more likely than a white American to have diabetes
True
Unhealthy behaviors may be maintained and reinforced by aspects of the social environment that are beyond the individual’s control
True
In the United States, infant mortality is almost twice as high among blacks as it is for whites
True
Based on the health belief mode, the public health approach to changing behavior would be to convince people that they are vulnerable, that the threat is severe, and that certain actions are effective preventive measures
True
