Deck 21: Promoting Health

Question 1

What is the maximum recommended total gram weight of salt an adult should eat in a day?

A) 0.06
B) 0.6
C) 6.0
D) 60.0

Answer 1

C

Question 2

What does BMI measure?

A) height and weight
B) body fat level
C) weight and size
D) fat distribution

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which of the following is not prevented by using a condom?

A) pregnancy
B) HIV
C) chlamydia
D) pubic lice

Answer 3

D

Question 4

How much physical activity is recommended for good health?

A) an hour every day
B) half an hour a day
C) an hour a day for five days of the week
D) half an hour a day for five days of the week

Question 5

What is the most important advice to give someone who needs to protect themselves and their family from skin cancer?

A) use a high-factor sunscreen lotion
B) protect your skin in hot climates
C) cover up arms, legs and body
D) sit under a sunshade

Question 6

Which of the following form part of the WHO Ottawa Charter?

A) Reorient health services
B) Build healthy public policy
C) Develop personal skills
D) All the above

Question 7

Which of the following is not part of Tannahill's model?

A) Health education
B) Prevention
C) Health development
D) Health protection

Question 8

Where would the practice of helping a patient to understand how they could follow a weight reducing diet suitable for their lifestyle fit into Beattie's map of health education models?

A) Health persuasion
B) Personal counseling
C) Legislative action
D) Community development

Question 9

How much alcohol (in units per day) is regarded as the safe limit for women and men?

A) 4 units for women and 3 for men
B) 4 units for men and 3 for women
C) 5 units for women and 4 for men
D) 5 units for men and 4 for women

Question 10

Which of the following is the main reason for the 5-a-day message?

A) Prevents osteoporosis
B) Anti-ageing
C) Prevents cancers and heart disease
D) Improves memory and cognition

Question 11

The World Health Organisation defines health as 'a state of complete physical, mental and social ______ and not merely the absence of disease'.

Question 12

The stages of change model of Prochaska and DiClemente includes Precontemplation, Contemplation, ________Making a change and Maintaining a change.

Question 13

WHO defined health promotion as 'enable people to increase _______ over, and to improve their health.

Question 14

Currently the method of choice for judging risk of developing type two diabetes is not BMI, but measurement of what?

Question 15

Who is the main author of the current work on inequalities in health?

Question 16

Healthy Lives, Healthy _______ is the title of the 2010 white paper on public health.

Question 17

The Royal College of Nursing says that every encounter is a _______ health encounter.

Question 18

When patients follow a treatment or care regime set up for them by health professionals, they are said to be ________.

Question 19

The HPV vaccine protects against which cancer?

Question 20

The NHS Health Check (for vascular risk) is offered to everyone over what age?

Question 21

Name a significant sign of gum disease.

Question 22

What is the best prevention of the spread of colds and 'flu?

Question 23

What would you recommend as the best accessible exercise for all ages?

Question 24

What is still the biggest risk factor for coronary heart disease?

Question 25

Where do the highest number of accidents occur for all age groups?