Question 1

Self-reported behavior risk data on adults is collected through:&#10;A) the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System.&#10;B) the National College Health Assessment.&#10;C) the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.&#10;D) Monitoring the Future.

Accepted Answer

The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) collects self-reported behavior risk data on adults via the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).

Question 2

School connectedness is an example of:&#10;A) social skills training.&#10;B) a risk factor.&#10;C) a protective factor.&#10;D) None of these is correct.

Accepted Answer

An example of a protective factor is school connectedness or engagement, which is defined as, "the belief by students that adults and peers in the school care about their learning as well as about them as individuals."

Question 3

Adolescents and young adults are classified as those ages:&#10;A) 12 to 20 years.&#10;B) 10 to 24 years.&#10;C) 18 to 24 years.&#10;D) 12 to 21 years.

Accepted Answer

Administrative controls include staffing policies (having more staff is generally safer than having fewer staff), procedures for opening and closing the workplace, and reviewing employee duties (such as handling money) that may be especially risky.

Question 4

Most of the physical threat to health for adolescents and young adults stems from:&#10;A) disease.&#10;B) genetics.&#10;C) behavior.&#10;D) social class.

Accepted Answer

Much of the physical threat to older adolescents and young adults 15 to 24 years of age stems from their behavior and their environment rather than from disease.

Question 5

The diseases that cause considerable morbidity in adolescents and young adults are:&#10;A) heart diseases.&#10;B) lung diseases.&#10;C) sexually transmitted diseases.&#10;D) autoimmune diseases.

Accepted Answer

Sexually transmitted diseases cause considerable morbidity in adolescents and young adults, with young people 15 to 24 years of age acquiring half of all new STDs.

Question 6

The years of life between the ages of 10 and 64 are considered some of the most productive years of people's lives.

Accepted Answer

The years of life between the ages of 10 and 64 are some of the most productive, if not the most productive, of people's lives. During those years, many people will complete their formal education, meet and commit to their lifelong partners, become parents and raise a family, find and develop their vocation, earn their greatest amount of wealth, actively engage in the development of their community, travel more than during any other time in their lives, become aunts or uncles and grandparents, become valued employees, serve as role models and mentors, and plan and save for retirement.

Question 7

Mortality during adult years of life is primarily characterized by chronic diseases stemming from poor health behaviors and poor lifestyle choices made during the earlier years of life.

Accepted Answer

The health profile of the adult age group is characterized primarily by mortality from chronic diseases stemming from poor health behaviors impacted by health-detracting environments, and the health behaviors, events, and exposures experienced during the earlier years of life.

Question 8

Obesity in the United States is considered an epidemic.

Accepted Answer

About one-third (30.9%) of U.S. adults are obese, with rates higher among middle-age adults, 45 to 54 years old (36.9%).

Question 9

Describe what types of prevention programs are needed to change the culture as it relates to adolescents' use of alcohol.

Accepted Answer

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Question 10

What lifestyle changes have adults made in recent decades that have improved outcomes with preventable conditions?

Accepted Answer

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Deck 8: Adolescents, Young Adults, and Adults