HED QUIZ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
GRADED LATEST UPDATE 2024/2025
Which of the following approaches has NOT been used to understand disease
causation?
-the germ theory
-the cultural-behavior model
-the host-agent-environment model
-the web of causation
the cultural-behavioral model
Mortality incidence, longevity, and disease prevalence rates are common
measures of individual health. True/False
False
Which of the following is NOT a part of the epidemiological shift in cause of death
in the United States?
-A major shift in cause of death from infectious to chronic disease.
-A dramatic increase in population size.
-A reduced need for chronic disease prevention
,-An increase in the average age of the population, because of fewer younger
people died of infectious disease
-A reduced need for chronic disease prevention
Historically, public health had been thought of as "the practice of medicine on a
population basis." True/False
False
All of the following are common practices associated with essential service of
public health, EXECPT:
-Enforcing mandatory vaccination and smoking policies
-Inform, educate and promote the health of the population
-Develop treatment protocols for chronic disease
-Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems.
Develop treatment protocols for chronic disease.
Which of the following is an example of tertiary prevention?
-Health education to encourage healthful diet and physical activity among healthy
school children.
-Health education to encourage healthful diet and physical activity among
patients with hypertension.
-Health education to encourage healthful diet and physical activity for injury
rehabilitation.
,-Health education to encourage healthful diet and physical activity among school
children who are overweight.
Health education to encourage healthful diet and physical activity for injury
rehabilitation.
Which of the following is an example of health-related behavior?
-Engagement of physical activity, by an individual, to improve health.
-The development of policy supporting physical education teacher training.
-The development of infrastructure, such as a park.
-Engaging in cigarette smoking, as an individual.
The development of infrastructure, such as a park.
Which of the following is NOT a goal of most community health programs?
-Directly alter policy, regulation and physical environment
-Strengthening the environment to support personal health behavior.
-Facilitating healthful behavior.
-Providing services and activities that improve behavior and health.
Directly alter policy, regulation and physical environment.
Which of the following is NOT an example of a multi-level public/community
health program?
-A program with multiple components addressing one public health problem at
more than one societal level.
, -A program with multiple components addressing one public health problem in at
one societal.
-A program with multiple components addressing several public health problems
at three societal levels.
-A program with multiple components addressing several public health problems
at more than one societal level.
-A program with multiple components addressing one public health problem in at one
societal.
Theory is an essential tool for health promotion because it allows us to interpret
program results and generalize them to other contexts and health problems.
True/False
True
Early interest in the relationship between behavior and health, particularly
chronic disease, emerged from scientists studying:
-The impact of obesity on long-term health of the general population
-The effects of tobacco use on cancer rates and mortality among the general
population.
-The effects of tobacco use on cancer rates and mortality among physicians.
-The impact of obesity on long-term health of physicians.
The effects of tobacco use on cancer rates and mortality among physicians.
In the ecology of human development, Bronfenbrenner (1979), described
Ontogenic Development as the developmental history and experience of the
GRADED LATEST UPDATE 2024/2025
Which of the following approaches has NOT been used to understand disease
causation?
-the germ theory
-the cultural-behavior model
-the host-agent-environment model
-the web of causation
the cultural-behavioral model
Mortality incidence, longevity, and disease prevalence rates are common
measures of individual health. True/False
False
Which of the following is NOT a part of the epidemiological shift in cause of death
in the United States?
-A major shift in cause of death from infectious to chronic disease.
-A dramatic increase in population size.
-A reduced need for chronic disease prevention
,-An increase in the average age of the population, because of fewer younger
people died of infectious disease
-A reduced need for chronic disease prevention
Historically, public health had been thought of as "the practice of medicine on a
population basis." True/False
False
All of the following are common practices associated with essential service of
public health, EXECPT:
-Enforcing mandatory vaccination and smoking policies
-Inform, educate and promote the health of the population
-Develop treatment protocols for chronic disease
-Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems.
Develop treatment protocols for chronic disease.
Which of the following is an example of tertiary prevention?
-Health education to encourage healthful diet and physical activity among healthy
school children.
-Health education to encourage healthful diet and physical activity among
patients with hypertension.
-Health education to encourage healthful diet and physical activity for injury
rehabilitation.
,-Health education to encourage healthful diet and physical activity among school
children who are overweight.
Health education to encourage healthful diet and physical activity for injury
rehabilitation.
Which of the following is an example of health-related behavior?
-Engagement of physical activity, by an individual, to improve health.
-The development of policy supporting physical education teacher training.
-The development of infrastructure, such as a park.
-Engaging in cigarette smoking, as an individual.
The development of infrastructure, such as a park.
Which of the following is NOT a goal of most community health programs?
-Directly alter policy, regulation and physical environment
-Strengthening the environment to support personal health behavior.
-Facilitating healthful behavior.
-Providing services and activities that improve behavior and health.
Directly alter policy, regulation and physical environment.
Which of the following is NOT an example of a multi-level public/community
health program?
-A program with multiple components addressing one public health problem at
more than one societal level.
, -A program with multiple components addressing one public health problem in at
one societal.
-A program with multiple components addressing several public health problems
at three societal levels.
-A program with multiple components addressing several public health problems
at more than one societal level.
-A program with multiple components addressing one public health problem in at one
societal.
Theory is an essential tool for health promotion because it allows us to interpret
program results and generalize them to other contexts and health problems.
True/False
True
Early interest in the relationship between behavior and health, particularly
chronic disease, emerged from scientists studying:
-The impact of obesity on long-term health of the general population
-The effects of tobacco use on cancer rates and mortality among the general
population.
-The effects of tobacco use on cancer rates and mortality among physicians.
-The impact of obesity on long-term health of physicians.
The effects of tobacco use on cancer rates and mortality among physicians.
In the ecology of human development, Bronfenbrenner (1979), described
Ontogenic Development as the developmental history and experience of the
