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11/16/2024 10:16 AM
PHC QUIZZES 7-10 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
True or False? Unhealthy behaviors may be maintained and reinforced by aspects of the social
environment that are beyond the individual's control. - answer✔true
True or False? Based on the health belief model, the public health approach for promoting
behavior change would be to convince people that they are vulnerable, that the threat is
severe, and that certain actions are effective preventive measures. - answer✔true
True or False? A person's actual ability to perform a behavior through essential knowledge and
skills is known as self-efficacy. - answer✔false
True or False? Healthy People 2020 was designed to identify ways to create social and physical
environments that promote good health for all. - answer✔true
The life course model that suggest that factors that elevate disease risk or enhance good health
may aggregate gradually over the life course is: - answer✔the accumulation model
The application of which model at the interpersonal level would lead to different strategies in a
teen drug prevention program, depending on the nature of the teens' social relationships? -
answer✔social-ecological model
Research using the life course perspective is primarily interested in: - answer✔How life
experiences and events affect a person as he ages
The following is NOT true about health behavior theories and models: - answer✔Determine the
cost-effectiveness of public health interventions
Which of the following is NOT a key construct of the health belief model: - answer✔Reciprocal
Determinism
Mary just paid a gym membership to start exercising within the next month and after being told
by her doctor that her medical condition would greatly improve by doing so. Where would you
place her in the stages of change model? - answer✔preparation
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11/16/2024 10:16 AM
PHC QUIZZES 7-10 Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
True or False? Unhealthy behaviors may be maintained and reinforced by aspects of the social
environment that are beyond the individual's control. - answer✔true
True or False? Based on the health belief model, the public health approach for promoting
behavior change would be to convince people that they are vulnerable, that the threat is
severe, and that certain actions are effective preventive measures. - answer✔true
True or False? A person's actual ability to perform a behavior through essential knowledge and
skills is known as self-efficacy. - answer✔false
True or False? Healthy People 2020 was designed to identify ways to create social and physical
environments that promote good health for all. - answer✔true
The life course model that suggest that factors that elevate disease risk or enhance good health
may aggregate gradually over the life course is: - answer✔the accumulation model
The application of which model at the interpersonal level would lead to different strategies in a
teen drug prevention program, depending on the nature of the teens' social relationships? -
answer✔social-ecological model
Research using the life course perspective is primarily interested in: - answer✔How life
experiences and events affect a person as he ages
The following is NOT true about health behavior theories and models: - answer✔Determine the
cost-effectiveness of public health interventions
Which of the following is NOT a key construct of the health belief model: - answer✔Reciprocal
Determinism
Mary just paid a gym membership to start exercising within the next month and after being told
by her doctor that her medical condition would greatly improve by doing so. Where would you
place her in the stages of change model? - answer✔preparation
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