Prevention Saves Lives & Reduces Healthcare Cost

Question 1

______ _______ engages and empowers individuals, communities and populations to engage in healthy behaviors, and make changes that reduce the risk of developing chronic disease and other morbidities

Answer 1

Health Promotion

Question 2

______ ________ focuses on prevention strategies to reduce the risk of developing chronic disease and morbidities

Answer 2

Disease Prevention

Question 3

Typical Activities for Health Promotion and Disease Programs Include:

Answer 3

Communication

Education

Policy

Environment

Question 4

Raising awareness about healthy behaviors for communities/population(s)

Examples: Health fairs, newsletters, PSAs

Answer 4

Communication

Question 5

Empowering behavior change and actions through increased knowledge

Examples: Courses, trainings, support groups, presentations

Answer 5

Education

Question 6

Regulating or mandating activities by organizations or public agencies that encourage healthy decision-making

Answer 6

Policy

Question 7

Changing structures or environments to make healthy decisions more readily available to large populations

Answer 7

Environment

Question 8

Theories and Models Include:

Answer 8

• Ecological Model
• Health Belief Model
• Relapse Prevention Model
• Theory of Reasoned Action/Planned Behavior

Question 9

“Highlights people’s interactions with their physical and sociocultural environments”

Intrapersonal/Individual factors: Influence behavior such as knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and personality

Interpersonal factors: Such as interactions with other people, which can provide social support, or promote healthy behavior

Community factors: Formal or informal social norms that exist among populations or organizations can limit or enhance healthy behaviors

Answer 9

Ecological Model

Question 10

Conceptual framework that can be used to guide health promotion and disease prevention programs or interventions

Focuses on individual beliefs about health conditions, which predict individual health-related behaviors

Answer 10

Health Belief Model

Question 11

1. Conduct an assessment of health needs to determine who is at risk and the population(s) that should be targeted
2. Convey consequences of health issue with risk behaviors to understand perceived severity
3. Communicate to target population the steps that are involved in taking
   the recommended action and the benefits
4. Provide assistance in identifying and reducing barriers to action
5. Demonstrate actions through skill development activities and provide
   support that enhances self-efficacy and the likelihood of successful behavior changes

Answer 11

5 Key Action-Related Components of Health Belief Model

Question 12

Provides a strategy for anticipating barriers contributing to participant relapse

Provides participant coping skills

Once participants process the knowledge to cope and adapt with challenges they are less likely to return to prior negative behaviors

Answer 12

Relapse Prevention Model

Question 13

The theory predicts a person’s health behavior by their attitude towards performing a behavior

A person’s intention to perform a behavior (behavioral intention) is predicted by:

• A Person’s attitude toward the behavior
• Subjective norms regarding the behavior

Answer 13

Theory of Reasoned Action/Planned Behavior

Question 14

____ _____________ allows programs to identify opportunities for health promotion and disease prevention efforts, potential barriers, and appropriate strategies to address them

Answer 14

Needs Assessment

Question 15

Types of Evaluation in Promotion and Prevention Programs

Answer 15

• Formative
• Outcome
• Impact

Question 16

Occurs during program development and implementation

Answer 16

Formative

Question 17

Focuses on short-and-term program goals

Answer 17

Outcome

Question 18

Assesses a program’s effect on participants

Answer 18

Impact