Exam 2 Flashcards
The reason for increasing health care costs is largely related to:
Chronic diseases
The deadliest and expensive chronic diseases are caused by
A. Tobacco use
B. Physical inactivity
C. Poor diet
D. All of the above
Who is a prime target for health preventive services at a work place?
Young workers
One important incentive to program participation is to
Remove barriers to program attendance
The use of tobacco is the leading cause of the development of many chronic diseases in the United States.
True
There is no correlation between modifiable risk factors of employees and health care costs for the employer.
False
When developing a new health promotional program, it is important to develop a comprehensive plan to obtain the goals and objectives of the new program.
True
A needs assessment may only be completed once during the development of a new health promotion program.
False
The best intervention strategy to utilize in a new workplace health promotion program is the health-related community service strategy
False
Health risk appraisals help participants understand their own high risk health behaviors.
True
People that live with health disparities are more likely to live in an environment
That has toxic contamination in the air and water
Morbidity and mortality rates are equal among different racial and ethnic backgrounds
False
Neighborhood conditions have no influence on the health status of individuals.
False
Educational efforts will have greater impact if they include changing environmental conditions as well as modifying behavioral issues.
True
The four forces that shape health are environment, lifestyle, heredity, and medical care services
True
Focusing attention and resources on primary prevention efforts could significantly reduce unfair inequity.
True
THRIVE is a tool used for health and resilience in vulnerable environments
True
Which of the following are motives that influence leaders?o
A. Desire for achievement
B. Power or ability to influence others
C. Interest in helping others
D. All of the above
Transformational leaders
Want followers to turn into leaders
Transformational leadership requires true empowerment of all team members to accomplish predetermined goals for their program.
True
Transformational leadership requires true empowerment of all team members to accomplish predetermined goals for their program.e
True
Communication skills are not needed to be an effective leader.
False
Outcome measures can be described as a program’s ability to identify its
Results
Relationships are vital to health promotion programs
True
There are three steps in the demoing cycle
False
What is continuous quality improvement
All of the above
Actions to improve best practices, systematic approach, and lead to measurable improvement.
What does PDCA stand for
Plan, do, check, act.
In relation to creating goals, what does the acronym S.M.A.R.T. stand for?
Specific measurable attainable relevant timely
And creating a health promotion program, it is best to start from scratch and not let other programs influence you.
False
Evidence-based practice is when one utilizes scientific evidence to demonstrate that the service will work before utilizing that practice.
True
Evidence-based programs provide what kind of research
Outcome
What are the major goals a prevention programs?
Encourage the practice of healthy lifestyles, identify the individuals who could benefit from intervention, prevent complications among individuals who already have an established disease. All of the above
Principles for creating effective partnerships include
Build trust, begin with the end in mind, and share mutual benefit. All of the above.
When building a partnership is important to follow the five-step process in order.
False
Partners are individuals, organizations, or groups who worked collaboratively to achieve a shared goal to protect and promote the safety and health of the public.
True
What are the steps in building a successful partnership?
Prepare, organize, implement, evaluate, sustain.
Prevention programs should:
Improve quality-of-life, reduce the incidence and severity of an injury or disease, reduce premature mortality. All of the above.
The needs assessment of a grant application explains how the proposed program can meet the priorities of the funding agency.
True
Compares the costs of intervention with the resulting improvement of health
Cost-effective analysis
Compares cost and benefits in terms of dollars
Cost benefit analysis
Uses years of life saved combined with quality of life during those years
Cost utility analysis
Cost a total illness estimate including direct and indirect cost of the problem
Cost analysis
The United States spends more resources treating disease that it is preventing disease
True
What does M a PP stand for
Mobilizing for action through planning and partnerships
Which of the below is true of M a PP
It is a strategic approach to community health improvement, is comprised of county and city health officials, CDC representatives, and community representatives. It uses partnerships to achieve it’s goal. All of the above
In order to initiate the M APP process:
Different organizations must align themselves and discuss common goals
A vision statement should
Be strong and powerful and represent the ideal future outlined during the visioning process
MAPP has the best chance of succeeding if it utilizes past plans of public health as well as utilizing new approaches to health care planning.
True
When recruiting representatives to implement the MAPP systems, it is important to involve only individuals working in the health care system.
False
Correctly place the steps of Phase 1 of the MAPP process in order
____1_ Determine necessity of starting MAPP process
__2__ Identify and organize participants
___3__ Design the planning process
secure commitment
___4__ Assess resource needs and secure commitment
___5__ Conduct a readiness assessment
__6_ Manage the process
What’s the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) that Katie Roley talked about during her presentation?
Federal stockpile of medication and supplies
