PROMOTING PUBLIC HEALTH ACTUAL
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Community Health Answer: health promotion/disease prevention in a
specific are like a nursing home or church
◉ Population health Answer: health promotion/disease prevention in a
specific subset of people like DM or HTN
◉ Ecological Model Answer: Internal and external factors that affect
someone health behaviors
◉ Stages of Change Model Answer: precontemplation (not seeing a
need for change)
contemplation (see the need but being blocked)
preparation (creating a plan)
action (implementing plan)
maintenance (maintaining plan)
Termination (engrained without thinking)
◉ Pender's Health Promotion Model Answer: internal motivation factors
to adopt healthy lifestyle
, ◉ Upstream/Downstream Thinking Answer: Downstream: Current
problems, narrow focus
Upstream: Focus on larger social issues
Diabetes treating complication(downstream), but improving diet and
excercise habits is upstream
◉ Assessment Answer: gatherin/analyzing health data
◉ policy development Answer: what to do about a health problem
◉ Assurance Answer: making sure the necessary services are actually
available to the public
◉ Goals of Healthy People 2030 Answer: Attain healthy lives
Eliminate health disparities
Create environments that promote health
Promote healthy habits/development
Engage leadership and policies to promote health
◉ SDOH Answer: Social Determinant of Health
External factors of health include:
-Economic stability
-Access to quality education
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Community Health Answer: health promotion/disease prevention in a
specific are like a nursing home or church
◉ Population health Answer: health promotion/disease prevention in a
specific subset of people like DM or HTN
◉ Ecological Model Answer: Internal and external factors that affect
someone health behaviors
◉ Stages of Change Model Answer: precontemplation (not seeing a
need for change)
contemplation (see the need but being blocked)
preparation (creating a plan)
action (implementing plan)
maintenance (maintaining plan)
Termination (engrained without thinking)
◉ Pender's Health Promotion Model Answer: internal motivation factors
to adopt healthy lifestyle
, ◉ Upstream/Downstream Thinking Answer: Downstream: Current
problems, narrow focus
Upstream: Focus on larger social issues
Diabetes treating complication(downstream), but improving diet and
excercise habits is upstream
◉ Assessment Answer: gatherin/analyzing health data
◉ policy development Answer: what to do about a health problem
◉ Assurance Answer: making sure the necessary services are actually
available to the public
◉ Goals of Healthy People 2030 Answer: Attain healthy lives
Eliminate health disparities
Create environments that promote health
Promote healthy habits/development
Engage leadership and policies to promote health
◉ SDOH Answer: Social Determinant of Health
External factors of health include:
-Economic stability
-Access to quality education
