Chapter 3

Question 1

5E model

Answer 1

A model of learning that promotes active rather than passive patient education. The model includes the following five stages: Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate.

Question 2

action phase of change

Answer 2

In the transtheoretical model of change, at this stage the patient is actively engaged in changing behavior less than 6 months.

Question 3

affective patient education

Answer 3

Patient outcomes that focuses on changing a patient’s attitudes or values.

Question 4

assessment

Answer 4

Collecting the data upon which a diagnosis can be based. It is the process of identifying the signs and symptoms of disease and recording the associated data.

Question 5

Cochrane Collaboration

Answer 5

An international network that provides information to help healthcare providers, policy makers, patients, their advocates, and care providers make well-informed decisions about health care.

Question 6

Cochrane Library

Answer 6

An online collection of databases that brings together in one place rigorous and up-to-date research on the effectiveness of healthcare treatments and interventions, as well as methodology and diagnostic tests.

Question 7

cognitive objectives

Answer 7

Outcomes that focus on changing a patient’s knowledge.

Question 8

community health initiative

Answer 8

A program or project aimed at improving health at a community or subcommunity level.

Question 9

contemplation phase of change

Answer 9

In the transtheoretical model of change, at this stage the patient is considering action to change behavior in the next 6 months.

Question 10

culturally competent care

Answer 10

According to the Office of Minority Health, it is a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system, agency, or among professionals.

Question 11

e-health

Answer 11

The use of technology to communicate information to improve health and health services.

Question 12

evaluation phase of care

Answer 12

A stage in the patient care process, following the implementation phase, in which the goal is to determine the patient’s progress with the intervention.

Question 13

health belief model

Answer 13

An approach to behavior change designed to influence individuals to take action to engage in healthy behaviors.

Question 14

health communication

Answer 14

The study and use of communication strategies to inform and influence individual and community decisions that affect health.

Question 15

health literacy

Answer 15

The degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information and services needed to make appropriate health decisions.

Question 16

Healthfinder.gov

Answer 16

An online database sponsored by the National Health Information Center that contains health topics and other databases to locate physicians and other providers and healthcare centers.

Question 17

maintenance phase of change

Answer 17

In the transtheoretical model of change, at this stage the patient has sustained the behavior change for more than 6 months.

Question 18

MedlinePlus

Answer 18

A consumer health information website developed and maintained by the National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health. The information provided is free.

Question 19

National Health Education Standards (NHES)

Answer 19

National standards for health education that articulate the framework for promoting health at the personal, family, and community levels for students in pre-kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, and high school.

Question 20

numeracy

Answer 20

Application of numbers and measurement into daily tasks such as medication dosing.

Question 21

patient-centered health care

Answer 21

A model for health care in which the needs, preferences, goals, capabilities, and resources of the patient or population are at the center of healthcare decisions.

Question 22

planning phase of patient care

Answer 22

During this phase of patient care, the patient shares in the decision-making process when the clinician presents his or her findings during the case presentation and gains informed consent to proceed with care.

Question 23

point-of-care products (or resources)

Answer 23

Health information search tools that contain synthesized evidence useful to the practitioner while treating the patient.

Question 24

precontemplation phase of change

Answer 24

In the transtheoretical model of change, at this stage the patient is not willing or ready to change behavior within the next 6 months.

Question 25

preparation phase of change

Answer 25

In the transtheoretical model of change, at this stage the patient is preparing for the change within the next month and is partially engaged in changing.

Question 26

psychomotor objectives

Answer 26

Outcomes that focus on changing a patient’s motor skills.

Question 27

PubMed Health

Answer 27

A website maintained by the National Center for Biotechnology Information for consumers to access summaries on clinical effectiveness research published in systematic reviews.