HSS 3108 - DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH
PROMOTION - EXAM | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
2025/2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
What is health promotion? Answer - Focuses on empowering individuals and
communities to take control over their own health and well-being by creating
healthy lifestyles and habits
5 methods of health promotion Answer - 1. building healthy public policy
2. creating supportive environments
3. strengthening community action
4. developing personal skills
5. reorienting health services
What is disease prevention? Answer - strategies and actions in place to reduce
the occurrence of disease and minimize their impact on individuals and
communities, involving; preventing the onset of disease, and catching it early
on to treat before it progresses
Primordial Prevention Answer - policies and laws to create better health in the
community - ex: improving sanitation
Primary Prevention Answer - preventing the cause of disease - ex:
immunizations
, Secondary Prevention Answer - Screening and damage control on diseases -
ex: Pap smear
Tertiary Prevention Answer - managing symptoms of diseases - ex: stroke
rehabilitation programs
Link between health promotion and disease prevention Answer - - both aimed
at improving populations overall health
- different regions may focus on one more then the other
- cultures, countries, groups, differ in priorities of these
3 concepts regarding disease prevention Answer - 1. important to manage
your determinants of health (anything that can be changed or improved)
2. modify bad habits and create healthier lifestyle
3. get regular tests / screening
How do health promotion strategies begin Answer - First, the community is
assessed to see what promotion / prevention is needed. Then, the city
identifies priorities and sets goals / objectives and begins to implement them
to start the promotion and change the lifestyle / choices of the community to
better their health
Who in Canada has the lowest quality of health? Answer - persons living in
Canada in the lowest economic sector
10 components of health promotion Answer - 1. health education - workshops
on the importance of exercise
2. behaviour change intervention - law on smoking, and support groups
3. environmental support - designing spaces to make physical activity more
inviting
PROMOTION - EXAM | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
2025/2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
What is health promotion? Answer - Focuses on empowering individuals and
communities to take control over their own health and well-being by creating
healthy lifestyles and habits
5 methods of health promotion Answer - 1. building healthy public policy
2. creating supportive environments
3. strengthening community action
4. developing personal skills
5. reorienting health services
What is disease prevention? Answer - strategies and actions in place to reduce
the occurrence of disease and minimize their impact on individuals and
communities, involving; preventing the onset of disease, and catching it early
on to treat before it progresses
Primordial Prevention Answer - policies and laws to create better health in the
community - ex: improving sanitation
Primary Prevention Answer - preventing the cause of disease - ex:
immunizations
, Secondary Prevention Answer - Screening and damage control on diseases -
ex: Pap smear
Tertiary Prevention Answer - managing symptoms of diseases - ex: stroke
rehabilitation programs
Link between health promotion and disease prevention Answer - - both aimed
at improving populations overall health
- different regions may focus on one more then the other
- cultures, countries, groups, differ in priorities of these
3 concepts regarding disease prevention Answer - 1. important to manage
your determinants of health (anything that can be changed or improved)
2. modify bad habits and create healthier lifestyle
3. get regular tests / screening
How do health promotion strategies begin Answer - First, the community is
assessed to see what promotion / prevention is needed. Then, the city
identifies priorities and sets goals / objectives and begins to implement them
to start the promotion and change the lifestyle / choices of the community to
better their health
Who in Canada has the lowest quality of health? Answer - persons living in
Canada in the lowest economic sector
10 components of health promotion Answer - 1. health education - workshops
on the importance of exercise
2. behaviour change intervention - law on smoking, and support groups
3. environmental support - designing spaces to make physical activity more
inviting
