Core 1

Question 0

What is the relative nature of health?

Answer 0

Health in a related perspective.

Question 1

What are the dimensions of health?

Answer 1

Social
Physical
Mental
Spiritual

Question 2

What is the dynamic nature of health?

Answer 2

Constantly changing.

Question 3

Describe perceptions of health.

Answer 3

Everyone has their own interpretation of health and these views will most likely change throughout their lifetime.

Question 4

What is health as a social construct?

Answer 4

It is a concept that recognises that people have different views based on their social circumstances and ways of seeing, interpreting, interrelating and interacting with their environment.

Question 5

What is a holistic approach to Health?

Answer 5

Determining the health of an individual based on all aspects of health.

Question 6

What are the four determinants of health?

Answer 6

Individual factors
Sociocultural factors
Socioeconomic factors
Environmental factors

Question 7

DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

What is an individual factor?

Answer 7

Characteristics of an individual.

Question 8

DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

What is a sociocultural factor?

Answer 8

The unique experiences, values and attitudes of every individual.

Question 9

DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

What is a socioeconomic factor?

Answer 9

Factors that relate to wealth, level of education, job status and social standing.

Question 10

DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

What is an environmental factor?

Answer 10

Factors that refer to geographic location, access to health services and technology.

Question 11

What is a modifiable health determinant?

Answer 11

Factors of an individuals health that can be changed.

Question 12

What is a non-modifiable health determinant?

Answer 12

Factors of an individuals health that can NOT be changed.

Question 13

What is health promotion?

Answer 13

Health promotion involves activities that are aimed at enabling people to increase control over their health, to improve their health and to prevent illness.

Question 14

What are the three principles of social justice?

Answer 14

Equity
Diversity
Supportive environments

Question 15

SOCIAL JUSTICE

What is equity?

Answer 15

Equity means taking action to achieve fairness.

Question 16

SOCIAL JUSTICE

What is diversity?

Answer 16

Diversity is a variety, or difference, between individuals and groups of people based on race, language, religion, sexuality, disability, and educational background.

Question 17

SOCIAL JUSTICE

What is a supportive environment?

Answer 17

The ability to improve health based on the physical, social and political conditions in which people live.

Question 18

HEALTH PROMOTION STRATEGIES AND APPROACHES.

Name the three categories of promotional approaches to health.

Answer 18

Lifestyle and behavioural approaches
Preventative medical approaches
Public health approaches

Question 19

HEALTH PROMOTION STRATEGIES AND APPROACHES.

What is a lifestyle and behavioural approach?

Answer 19

Aims to reduce or prevent the incidence of risk behaviours that contribute to poor health.

Question 20

HEALTH PROMOTION STRATEGIES AND APPROACHES.

What are two examples of health promotion program’s that work within the lifestyle and behavioural category?

Answer 20

+ Quit smoking campaigns and strategies that encourage the people to stop smoking or persuade them to remain smoke free.

+ Road safety campaigns that challenge people’s attitudes towards unsafe driving behaviours, such as speeding.

Question 21

HEALTH PROMOTION STRATEGIES AND APPROACHES.

What is a preventative medical approach to health promotion?

Answer 21

Focuses on both disease prevention and the treatment of illness, and their symptoms to limit their potential impact on a person’s health.

Question 22

HEALTH PROMOTION STRATEGIES AND APPROACHES.

What are some preventative medical strategies used to promote health?

Answer 22

Childhood immunisation programs
Free health checks for men 45+
Hearing testing in children

Question 23

HEALTH PROMOTION STRATEGIES AND APPROACHES.

What is a public health approach to health promotion?

Answer 23

A more holistic approach to health and recognise the role played by factors outside the control of the individual and the immediate health system.

Question 24

HEALTH PROMOTION STRATEGIES AND APPROACHES.

What ares two examples of the public health approaches promoting health in the community?

Answer 24

Health promoting schools

Health promoting workplace

Question 25

OTTAWA CHARTER.

What are the five action areas of health promotion?

Answer 25

Developing personal skills
Creating supportive environments
Strengthening community action
Re-orientating health services
Building healthy public policy

Question 26

OTTAWA CHARTER.

What is meant by ‘developing personal skills’?

Answer 26

Supporting the personal and social development of the individual.

Question 27

OTTAWA CHARTER.

What is meant by ‘creating supportive environments’?

Answer 27

Making the places people live, work and play the source of good health.

Question 28

OTTAWA CHARTER.

What is meant by ‘strengthening community action’?

Answer 28

Giving communities the power to identify their own health priorities and take action, in partnership with other agencies, to address them.

Question 29

OTTAWA CHARTER.

What is meant by ‘re-orientating health services’?

Answer 29

Moving away from the clinical and curative services approach to a more preventative approach, including stronger attention to research and professional training.

Question 30

OTTAWA CHARTER.

What is meant by ‘building healthy public policy’?

Answer 30

Ensuring that decisions made at all levels of government and organisations are made so that they work towards health improvement.