Health and Healing Exam Review – Comprehensive Study Guide and
Practice Questions
Discrimination - Definition - correct answer ✔✔the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different
categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.
Biomedical - Definition and example - correct answer ✔✔looks at the medical aspects related to
health.
ex: cardio vascular disease, HIV/AIDS & Diabetes
Behavioural - Definition and example - correct answer ✔✔looks at personal lifestyle choices
related to health.
places responsibility for health on the individual; thereby favouring health promotion strategies
such as education and social marketing
ex: lack of exercise, eating fatty foods, smoking
Socioeconomic - Definition and example - correct answer ✔✔focuses on the relationship
between personal health behaviours and the social and physical environments
ex: poverty, air pollution, social isolation, income and work conditions
WHO definition of health→ - correct answer ✔✔WHO states that health is a state of complete
physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
, Health - 3 main pointsterm-20 - correct answer ✔✔1. it is the extent to which an individual or
group is able to realize aspirations and satisfy needs, and change or cope with the environment.
2. Health is seen as a resource for everyday living; not the object of living.
3. Health is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources as well as physical
capacities.
Health promotion strategies (3) - correct answer ✔✔1. Build a public health policy
2. Create supportive environment (Strength community)
3. Develop personal skills (recent health services)
What is Smudging? - correct answer ✔✔Smudging is a traditional Native American method of
burning sacred herbs to produce a smoke cloud which is used in various cleansing or prayer
ceremonies and purification or healing rituals.
Distress (2 points) - correct answer ✔✔-Damaging stress
-Negative effects and drains energy
Acute stress (2 points) - correct answer ✔✔-Acute stress comes from a short term stressor
-Sudden and intense
List 5 sources of stress - correct answer ✔✔1. family,
2. environment,
3. physical health
4. living arrangements,
5. school and time management
Practice Questions
Discrimination - Definition - correct answer ✔✔the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different
categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.
Biomedical - Definition and example - correct answer ✔✔looks at the medical aspects related to
health.
ex: cardio vascular disease, HIV/AIDS & Diabetes
Behavioural - Definition and example - correct answer ✔✔looks at personal lifestyle choices
related to health.
places responsibility for health on the individual; thereby favouring health promotion strategies
such as education and social marketing
ex: lack of exercise, eating fatty foods, smoking
Socioeconomic - Definition and example - correct answer ✔✔focuses on the relationship
between personal health behaviours and the social and physical environments
ex: poverty, air pollution, social isolation, income and work conditions
WHO definition of health→ - correct answer ✔✔WHO states that health is a state of complete
physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
, Health - 3 main pointsterm-20 - correct answer ✔✔1. it is the extent to which an individual or
group is able to realize aspirations and satisfy needs, and change or cope with the environment.
2. Health is seen as a resource for everyday living; not the object of living.
3. Health is a positive concept emphasizing social and personal resources as well as physical
capacities.
Health promotion strategies (3) - correct answer ✔✔1. Build a public health policy
2. Create supportive environment (Strength community)
3. Develop personal skills (recent health services)
What is Smudging? - correct answer ✔✔Smudging is a traditional Native American method of
burning sacred herbs to produce a smoke cloud which is used in various cleansing or prayer
ceremonies and purification or healing rituals.
Distress (2 points) - correct answer ✔✔-Damaging stress
-Negative effects and drains energy
Acute stress (2 points) - correct answer ✔✔-Acute stress comes from a short term stressor
-Sudden and intense
List 5 sources of stress - correct answer ✔✔1. family,
2. environment,
3. physical health
4. living arrangements,
5. school and time management
