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Multiple Choice
Life expectancy defines
- illness rates.
- affliction rates.
- disease rates.
- the average duration of life.
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Which of the following activities is an example of secondary prevention?
- getting a flu vaccine
- flossing your teeth
- practising safe sex
- lowering your blood cholesterol level after your doctor informs you that it is high
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Which of the following is a good example of an enabling factor?
- living near a walking path when you want to begin a walking program
- nagging your parents because they smoke
- encouraging your spouse to go to the fitness club with you
- having friends who exercise
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What is the state of being that precedes behaviour change?
- motivation
- contemplation
- preparedness
- unawareness
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An example of a reinforcing factor is
- making small changes in behaviour, then gradually making more changes.
- praise from family and friends.
- Internet access to information about where to get a mammogram.
- mimicking a friend’s behaviour.
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When setting realistic goals, what question should you ask yourself to gain insight into your behaviours?
- What is wrong with me?
- What are my values?
- What skills do I need to change the targeted behaviour?
- B. and C.
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Match the following terms and definitions:
____ reward from a teacher for a given behaviour change
- termination
- reinforcing factor
- infant mortality rates
- social dimension of health
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____ an ingrained behaviour change
- termination
- reinforcing factor
- infant mortality rates
- social dimension of health
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____ family, community, and environmental factors affecting health
- termination
- reinforcing factor
- infant mortality rates
- social dimension of health
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____ measurement of a nation’s health status
- termination
- reinforcing factor
- infant mortality rates
- social dimension of health
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True/false
Based on the physiology of men and of women, men and women encounter similar health problems.
- True
- False
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Poverty has an indirect impact on a person’s health.
- True
- False
