YR 3 T3 Children's Health and Health Promotion

Question 1

what is health promotion?

Answer 1

any planned activity designed to enhance or prevent disease

Question 2

what is health affected by?

Answer 2

genetics
access
environment
lifestyle

last 3 affected by health promotion

Question 3

theories of health promotion

Answer 3

educational
socioeconomic
psychological

Question 4

educational theory of health promotion

Answer 4

provides knowledge and necessary skills

Question 5

socioeconomic theory of health promotion

Answer 5

making the healthy choice easier

Question 6

psychological theory of health promotion

Answer 6

changing individual attitude

Question 7

health promotion

Answer 7

an overarching principle / activity which enhances health and includes disease prevention, health education and health protection. it may be planned or opportunistic

Question 8

health educaiton

Answer 8

an activity involving communication with individuals or groups aimed at aching knowledge, beliefs, attitudes and behaviour in a direction which is conducive to improvements in health

Question 9

health protection

Answer 9

involves collective activités directed at factors whigs are beyondd the control of the individual. health protection activities tend to be regulations or policies, or voluntary codes of practice aimed at the prevention of ill health or the positive enhancement of well being

Question 10

What is empowerment?

Answer 10

generation of power in those individuals and groups which previously considered themselves to be unable to control situation nor act on the basis of their choices

Question 11

benefits of empowerment :

Answer 11

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

Question 12

steps in the cycle of change

Answer 12

precontemplation
contemplation 
action
maintenance 
then either:
maintaining healthy lifestyle or...
regression

Question 13

primary care examples of health promotion

Answer 13

planned

opportunistic

Question 14

government examples of health promotion

Answer 14

legislation
economic
education

Question 15

primary prevention

Answer 15

measure taken to prevent onset of illness or injury

e.g. smoking cessation or immunisation

Question 16

secondary prevention

Answer 16

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

Question 17

Wilsons criteria for screening

Answer 17

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

Question 18

tertiary prevention

Answer 18

measure to limit distress or disability or disability caused by disease