Child health

Question 1

Health promotion

Answer 1

Any activity designed to enhance health or prevent disease

Question 2

4 things affecting health

Answer 2

genetics
lifestyle
environment
access

Question 3

3 theories of health promotion

Answer 3

education
socio-economic
psychological

Question 4

education - health promotion

Answer 4

knowledge to enable necessary skills eg smoking, diet, diabetes

Question 5

Socioeconomic - health promotion

Answer 5

national policies

unemployment

Question 6

Psychological - health promotion

Answer 6

behaviour, knowledge, attitudes and beliefs
ready to change?
eg alcohol, smoking

Question 7

Health promotion definition

Answer 7

An overarching principle/activity which enhances health and includes disease prevention, health education and health protection
planned or opportunistic

Question 8

Health education

Answer 8

An activity involving communication with individuals or groups aimed at changing knowledge, beliefs, attitudes and behaviour in a direction which is conductive to improvements in health

Question 9

Health protection

Answer 9

Involves collective activities directed at factors beyond control. Regulations or policies, voluntary code of practice aimed at preventing ill health or enhance well being

Question 10

Empowerment

Answer 10

Generation of power in those individuals and groups which previously considered them to be unable to control situations nor act on basis of their choices

Question 11

Benefits of empowerment

Answer 11

ability to resist social pressure
ability to utilise effective coping strategies when faced by unhealthy environment
heightened consciousness of action

Question 12

The cycle of change

Answer 12

pre-contemplation 
contemplation 
action 
maintenance 
regression

Question 13

Planned primary care health promotion

Answer 13

posters, chronic disease clinics, vaccinations

Question 14

Opportunistic primary care health promotion

Answer 14

advice within surgery eg surgery, smoking, diet, take bp

Question 15

Government health promotion

Answer 15

legislation eg legal age limit, smoking ban
economic - tax cigarettes
education - adverts

Question 16

Primary prevention

Answer 16

prevent onset of illness

reduces probability of illness

Question 17

Secondary prevention

Answer 17

detection of disease at early (preclinical) stage in order to cure, prevent or lessen symptoms

Question 18

Wilson and Jungner criteria for screening

Answer 18

illness - important, natural history understood, pre-symptomatic stage
test - easy, acceptable, cost effective, sensitive and specific
treatment - acceptable, cost effective, better if early

Question 19

Tertiary prevention

Answer 19

measures to limit distress or disability caused by disease

Question 20

Homeostasis

Answer 20

tendency to stability

Question 21

Establishment of healthy lifestyle

Answer 21

growth & development fuelled by food

high saturated fats and low fruit and veg - heart disease

Question 22

Role of parenting

Answer 22

habits and lifestyles
smoking 2x more likely if parents smoke
neglect and abuse

Question 23

Health in modern adolescent

Answer 23

pizza and fizzy juice

video games and phones

Question 24

NHS guidelines exercise for teens

Answer 24

at least 60 ins of moderate exercise per day

Question 25

Teens sleep

Answer 25

8-10 hours