GLPH 271 Module 1 Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
WHO health definition - CORRECT ANSWER - Health is a state of complete physical,
mental, and social well-being and not simply an absence of disease or infirmity
- Spirituality not included, but believed to contribute across cultures
Holistic healthcare - CORRECT ANSWER - Encompasses consideration of the whole
person (body, mind, spirit)
- An extension considers emotional, social, and cultural status of a persons community
- "Needed to capture disparate diseases and health conditions and their intricate relationships
into a unified platform"
Two-eyed seeing approach to healthcare - CORRECT ANSWER - Combines Western
and Indigenous knowledge
- Western: data driven and influenced by conventional science
- Indigenous: love, honesty, humility, and respect to build relationships
- Begins to address ongoing impacts of colonization + marginalization
- Originated by Elder Albert Marshall
Indigenous medicine wheel - CORRECT ANSWER - Many interpretations
- Reminder of the need for alignment in various dimensions of health with directions
corresponding to physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual and centre representing learning,
beauty, and harmony
- Circular shap symbolizes interconnectivity of all aspects
- Represents the natural world
Anishinaabe medicine wheel: east - CORRECT ANSWER - Spiritual dimension of
health
- Smudging, singing, dancing, belief in a Creator, and relating to nature
, - Yellow
- Eagle
- Tobacco as healing medicine
- Spring
Anishinaabe medicine wheel: south - CORRECT ANSWER - Emotional dimension of
health
- Positive self-image, self-esteem, self-love, and positive surrounding environment
- Red
- Coyote
- Cedar as healing medicine
- Summer
Anishinaabe medicine wheel: west - CORRECT ANSWER - Physical dimension of
health
- Regular exercise, balanced diet, adequate sleep
- Black
- Bear
- Sage as healing medicine
- Autumn
Anishinaabe medicine wheel: north - CORRECT ANSWER - Mental dimension of
health
- Family time, learning from Elders, listening to oral stories
- White
- Deer
- Sweet grass as healing medicine
- Winter
Health-promoting conditions - CORRECT ANSWER - Availability of health services
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
WHO health definition - CORRECT ANSWER - Health is a state of complete physical,
mental, and social well-being and not simply an absence of disease or infirmity
- Spirituality not included, but believed to contribute across cultures
Holistic healthcare - CORRECT ANSWER - Encompasses consideration of the whole
person (body, mind, spirit)
- An extension considers emotional, social, and cultural status of a persons community
- "Needed to capture disparate diseases and health conditions and their intricate relationships
into a unified platform"
Two-eyed seeing approach to healthcare - CORRECT ANSWER - Combines Western
and Indigenous knowledge
- Western: data driven and influenced by conventional science
- Indigenous: love, honesty, humility, and respect to build relationships
- Begins to address ongoing impacts of colonization + marginalization
- Originated by Elder Albert Marshall
Indigenous medicine wheel - CORRECT ANSWER - Many interpretations
- Reminder of the need for alignment in various dimensions of health with directions
corresponding to physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual and centre representing learning,
beauty, and harmony
- Circular shap symbolizes interconnectivity of all aspects
- Represents the natural world
Anishinaabe medicine wheel: east - CORRECT ANSWER - Spiritual dimension of
health
- Smudging, singing, dancing, belief in a Creator, and relating to nature
, - Yellow
- Eagle
- Tobacco as healing medicine
- Spring
Anishinaabe medicine wheel: south - CORRECT ANSWER - Emotional dimension of
health
- Positive self-image, self-esteem, self-love, and positive surrounding environment
- Red
- Coyote
- Cedar as healing medicine
- Summer
Anishinaabe medicine wheel: west - CORRECT ANSWER - Physical dimension of
health
- Regular exercise, balanced diet, adequate sleep
- Black
- Bear
- Sage as healing medicine
- Autumn
Anishinaabe medicine wheel: north - CORRECT ANSWER - Mental dimension of
health
- Family time, learning from Elders, listening to oral stories
- White
- Deer
- Sweet grass as healing medicine
- Winter
Health-promoting conditions - CORRECT ANSWER - Availability of health services
