HMGT 3301 Exam 1 - Chapter 2. All Questions with accurate answers. Graded A+ 1. What is the role of health risk appraisal in health promotion and disease prevention? - ✔✔-a. It is the evaluation of risk factors a

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HMGT 3301 Exam 1 - Chapter 2. All Questions with accurate answers. Graded A+ 1. What is the role of health risk appraisal in health promotion and disease prevention? - ✔✔-a. It is the evalu... ation of risk factors and their health consequences for individuals. Only when the risks factors and their health consequences are known can interventions be developed to help individuals adopt healthier lifestyles. 2. Health promotion and disease prevention may require both behavioral modification and therapeutic intervention. Discuss. - ✔✔-a. Behavior can be modified through educational programs and incentives directed at a specific high-risk populations. b. Therapeutic interventions fall into 3 categories: i. Primary prevention—activities undertaken to reduce the probability that a disease will develop in the future ii. Secondary prevention—early detection and treatment of disease, main objective is to block the progression of a disease or an injury from developing into an impairment or disability iii. Tertiary prevention—interventions that could prevent complications from chronic conditions and prevent further illness, injury, or disability 3. Discuss the definitions of health presented in this chapter in terms of their implications for the health care delivery system. - ✔✔-a. Health has been defined as the absence of illness or disease and the implication is that the health care delivery system emphasizes diagnosis and treatment of disease rather that prevention of disease. 4. What are the main objectives of public health? - ✔✔-a. The main objectives are to promote optimum health for society as a whole and to protect the health and safety of populations from a variety of old and new threats. 5. Discuss the significance of an individual's quality of life from the health care delivery perspective. - ✔✔-a. Specific life domains, such as comfort of factors, respect, privacy, security, degree of independence, decision-making autonomy, and attention to personal preferences, are significant to most people. These factors are now regarded as rights that patients can demand during any type of heath care encounter. 6. What "preparedness"-related measures have been taken to cope with potential natural and manmade disasters since the tragic events of 9/11? - ✔✔-a. Former President George W. Bush signed into law the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness Response Act of 2002. Right after, the Homeland Security Act of 2002 created the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) can called for a major restructuring of the nation's resources with the primary mission of helping prevent, protect against, and respond to any acts of terrorism in the US. b. One of the key concepts of preparedness in surge capacity which is the ability of a healthcare facility or system to expand its operations to safely treat an abnormally large influx of patients. 7. The Blum model points four key determinants of health. Discuss their implications for health care delivery. - ✔✔-a. The four key determinants of health environment, lifestyle, heredity, and medical care. These four elements are interactive. The most important force is environment and the least important force is medical care. b. Many costly diseases can be avoided by lifestyle changes, which include healthy diets, exercise, smoking cessation, and abstinence from drugs. One of the problems with the healthcare delivery system is the importance of healthcare expenditures are devoted to the treat [Show More]

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