NR 443 HEALTH PROMOTION QUESTIONS
1. Which of the following is one of the goals of Healthy People 2020?
a. Decreasing institutionalization and increasing community-based care services
b. Achieving health equity, eliminating disparities, and improving the health of all groups
c. Creating environments to improve the eating and exercise habits of all people
d. Expanding the technology, resources, and medications used to treat chronic illness
The goals of Healthy People 2020 are to achieve high-quality, longer lives free of preventable
disease, disability, injury, and premature death; to achieve health equity, eliminate disparities,
and improve the health of all groups; to create social and physical environments that promote
good health for all people; and to promote quality of life, health development, and health
behaviors across all life stages.
2. Because, in relation to physical activity, none of the Healthy People 2010 objectives were
met, what does the United States need to do?
a. Ensure more tax funding for education of physical education teachers.
b. Encourage funding for an increased number of exercise centers.
c. Increase programs for teaching and encouraging health-promoting lifestyle choices.
d. Require health care providers to serve as role models of appropriate physical activity choices.
The data highlight the importance of health-promotion programs and the need for individual
and community commitment to health-promoting lifestyle changes, particularly in regard to
nutrition and physical activity.
3. Which of the following would be the most effective mechanism to use when collaborating
with others to have an extensive and lasting impact on health outcomes?
a. Broadly disseminating health-related information to inform citizens
b. Encouraging the creation of more health programs on client lifestyle modification
c. Increasing funding to health agencies for more health education programs
d. Influencing improved health policies and legislation for healthier communities
The American Nurses Association (ANA) suggests that nursings role in prevention includes
supporting health care legislation and influencing local and national economic and political
options (i.e., affecting health policies and legislation).
4. How was the concept of health defined originally?
a. Balance and harmony
b. Maximum self-actualization
c. Absence of disease
d. Total well-being
Historically, health and illness were viewed as extremes on a continuum; the absence of
clinically recognizable disease was equated with the presence of health.
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5. Which of the following definitions of health is most typically used in nursing today?
a. Ability to interact and adapt to the environment
b. Ability to perform required social roles
c. Ability to stay free from disease
d. Ability to maximize human potential
Although all are accepted definitions, the most contemporary definition of health has
emphasized the relationship between health and wellness. Wellness is the process of moving
toward maximizing human potential.
6. What is the primary goal of health promotion?
a. Discovering people who are at risk and helping them obtain appropriate health care
b. Enabling people to exercise control over their own well-being
c. Preventing further physiologic damage by early intervention and education
d. Reducing specific risks by early diagnosis and treatment
Health promotion is the process of helping people enhance their well-being and maximize their
human potential by changing patterns to promote health rather than simply to avoid illness.
The goal of health promotion is to enable people to exercise control over their well-being and
ultimately improve their health.
7. A public health agency had enough funds to provide one more health-promotion program
during the calendar year. In relation to nutrition and exercise, which of the following would
be the best choice?
a. Elementary school program for children to which parents are invited
b. High school program for those who are involved in athletics
c. Young adult programs provided at the YMCA
d. Senior citizen programs offered during a free meal
A healthy lifestyle is easier to maintain when healthful patterns of behavior are learned early in
life. Therefore, learning healthy lifestyle behaviors at a young age yields more benefit in years
of life.
8. Which of the following is the most crucial environmental influence on health?
a. Government in the local community
b. Health care system in the local community
c. Food, water, and exposure to toxic substances
d. Religious and cultural beliefs and values
An estimated 25% of the preventable illnesses worldwide can be attributed to poor
environmental quality (e.g., poor water, sewage disposal, air quality). The government, the
health care system, and the value/belief system are sociocultural aspects of the environment
whose effects are harder to measure.
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1. Which of the following is one of the goals of Healthy People 2020?
a. Decreasing institutionalization and increasing community-based care services
b. Achieving health equity, eliminating disparities, and improving the health of all groups
c. Creating environments to improve the eating and exercise habits of all people
d. Expanding the technology, resources, and medications used to treat chronic illness
The goals of Healthy People 2020 are to achieve high-quality, longer lives free of preventable
disease, disability, injury, and premature death; to achieve health equity, eliminate disparities,
and improve the health of all groups; to create social and physical environments that promote
good health for all people; and to promote quality of life, health development, and health
behaviors across all life stages.
2. Because, in relation to physical activity, none of the Healthy People 2010 objectives were
met, what does the United States need to do?
a. Ensure more tax funding for education of physical education teachers.
b. Encourage funding for an increased number of exercise centers.
c. Increase programs for teaching and encouraging health-promoting lifestyle choices.
d. Require health care providers to serve as role models of appropriate physical activity choices.
The data highlight the importance of health-promotion programs and the need for individual
and community commitment to health-promoting lifestyle changes, particularly in regard to
nutrition and physical activity.
3. Which of the following would be the most effective mechanism to use when collaborating
with others to have an extensive and lasting impact on health outcomes?
a. Broadly disseminating health-related information to inform citizens
b. Encouraging the creation of more health programs on client lifestyle modification
c. Increasing funding to health agencies for more health education programs
d. Influencing improved health policies and legislation for healthier communities
The American Nurses Association (ANA) suggests that nursings role in prevention includes
supporting health care legislation and influencing local and national economic and political
options (i.e., affecting health policies and legislation).
4. How was the concept of health defined originally?
a. Balance and harmony
b. Maximum self-actualization
c. Absence of disease
d. Total well-being
Historically, health and illness were viewed as extremes on a continuum; the absence of
clinically recognizable disease was equated with the presence of health.
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5. Which of the following definitions of health is most typically used in nursing today?
a. Ability to interact and adapt to the environment
b. Ability to perform required social roles
c. Ability to stay free from disease
d. Ability to maximize human potential
Although all are accepted definitions, the most contemporary definition of health has
emphasized the relationship between health and wellness. Wellness is the process of moving
toward maximizing human potential.
6. What is the primary goal of health promotion?
a. Discovering people who are at risk and helping them obtain appropriate health care
b. Enabling people to exercise control over their own well-being
c. Preventing further physiologic damage by early intervention and education
d. Reducing specific risks by early diagnosis and treatment
Health promotion is the process of helping people enhance their well-being and maximize their
human potential by changing patterns to promote health rather than simply to avoid illness.
The goal of health promotion is to enable people to exercise control over their well-being and
ultimately improve their health.
7. A public health agency had enough funds to provide one more health-promotion program
during the calendar year. In relation to nutrition and exercise, which of the following would
be the best choice?
a. Elementary school program for children to which parents are invited
b. High school program for those who are involved in athletics
c. Young adult programs provided at the YMCA
d. Senior citizen programs offered during a free meal
A healthy lifestyle is easier to maintain when healthful patterns of behavior are learned early in
life. Therefore, learning healthy lifestyle behaviors at a young age yields more benefit in years
of life.
8. Which of the following is the most crucial environmental influence on health?
a. Government in the local community
b. Health care system in the local community
c. Food, water, and exposure to toxic substances
d. Religious and cultural beliefs and values
An estimated 25% of the preventable illnesses worldwide can be attributed to poor
environmental quality (e.g., poor water, sewage disposal, air quality). The government, the
health care system, and the value/belief system are sociocultural aspects of the environment
whose effects are harder to measure.
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