MHA 707 MODULE A TEST EXAM
2025 |GUARANTEED ACCURATE
ANSWERS |VERIFIED
Health Care Systems -•All persons, institutions, and processes
supporting diagnosis, treatment or mitigation of health problems
•For legitimized patients by appropriate providers
What are the different variations of healthcare systems?-•Definitions of
health problems (e.g., obesity)
•Diagnosis & treatment models
•Social position, training, and authority of healers
This is the definition of...HEALTH-"Complete physical, mental, and
social well-being not merely the absence of disease or infirmity"
(WHO, 1948)
Other Definitions of health:
"the ability to conduct a life that is as socially and economically
rewarding
As available physical and financial resources will allow” ([ABIM]
Conference,
1981)
, "the condition of being sound in body, mind, and spirit, especially
free of
Disease or infirmity." (Webster’s, 2019)
What are the determinants of health? -•Genetic inheritance – also
epigenetics (gene-environmental interactions)
•Physical environment – ex: exposures, housing, availability of
healthy foods
•Social & economic environment – ex: education, income,
employment,
Community, social support and culture
•Health behavior – ex: exercise, smoking, diet (often shaped by the
preceding)
•Health care – accessible, affordable, quality and adequate intensity
Health Behavior -•Behavior that affects health, usually negatively
•Implicated in most “leading causes of death” in the United States
•Heart disease, cancer, stroke, respiratory diseases, etc.
•Common target for health improvement efforts
•Healthy People 2020
What are some examples of health behavior? -•Smoking, alcohol/drug
abuse, diet, lack of exercise
2025 |GUARANTEED ACCURATE
ANSWERS |VERIFIED
Health Care Systems -•All persons, institutions, and processes
supporting diagnosis, treatment or mitigation of health problems
•For legitimized patients by appropriate providers
What are the different variations of healthcare systems?-•Definitions of
health problems (e.g., obesity)
•Diagnosis & treatment models
•Social position, training, and authority of healers
This is the definition of...HEALTH-"Complete physical, mental, and
social well-being not merely the absence of disease or infirmity"
(WHO, 1948)
Other Definitions of health:
"the ability to conduct a life that is as socially and economically
rewarding
As available physical and financial resources will allow” ([ABIM]
Conference,
1981)
, "the condition of being sound in body, mind, and spirit, especially
free of
Disease or infirmity." (Webster’s, 2019)
What are the determinants of health? -•Genetic inheritance – also
epigenetics (gene-environmental interactions)
•Physical environment – ex: exposures, housing, availability of
healthy foods
•Social & economic environment – ex: education, income,
employment,
Community, social support and culture
•Health behavior – ex: exercise, smoking, diet (often shaped by the
preceding)
•Health care – accessible, affordable, quality and adequate intensity
Health Behavior -•Behavior that affects health, usually negatively
•Implicated in most “leading causes of death” in the United States
•Heart disease, cancer, stroke, respiratory diseases, etc.
•Common target for health improvement efforts
•Healthy People 2020
What are some examples of health behavior? -•Smoking, alcohol/drug
abuse, diet, lack of exercise
