Health 1St Exam

Front 1

What is the main purpose of the WHO?

Back 1

provide leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms, articulating policy options, providing technical support and monitoring and assessing health trends

Front 2

List the 7 dimensions of wellness.

Back 2

environmental, physical, social, emotional, spiritual, intellectual, and occupational

Front 3

What term means the study and practice of health promotion and disease prevention at the population level?

Back 3

public health

Front 4

What term means issues, events, and activities related to the health of a whole community?

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community health promotion

Front 5

Give two examples on how communities practice health promotion.

Back 5

promoting food refrigeration and pasteurization

Front 6

What does the acronym CHES stand for?

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community health education specialist

Front 7

What does a CHES do?

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design, conduct, and evaluate activities that help improve the health of all people

Front 8

What is the percentage of the 2000 U.S. population considered minorities?

Back 8

30%

Front 9

What is the predicted percentage of minority populations in 2050?

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50%

Front 10

List 8 conditions ethnic minorities experience at higher rates compared to the general population.

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cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, infant mortality, alcoholism, drug abuse, unintentional injury, and premature death

Front 11

List 4 theories for ethnic minority disparity in health.

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risk exposure, resource deprivation, discrimination, institutional racism

Front 12

What term means an effort to understand why people did not take advantage of disease prevention or detection programs that were accessible at low cost?

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health belief model

Front 13

What term means the probability of an exposure to a hazard that can result in negative consequences?

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health risk

Front 14

What term means a popular and useful framework for understanding health behavior change?

Back 14

the transtheoretical model

Front 15

What term means the degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health information needed to make appropriate health decisions?

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health literacy

Front 16

What are the 3 types of health literacy?

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functional, advanced, critical

Front 17

List Prochaska's 5 stages to change health behavior.

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precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance

Front 18

What are the 2 main goals of Healthy People 2010?

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help individuals of all ages increase life expectancy and eliminate disparities among different segments of the population

Front 19

What term means a way of life or style of living that reflects the attitude and values of a person or a group

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lifestyle

Front 20

What term means a period of rest and recovery from the demands of wakefulness; a state of unconsciousness or partial consciousness from which a person can be aroused by stimulation?

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sleep

Front 21

List 7 serious physiological and mental health conditions associated with sleep deprivation and disorders

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cardiovascular disease, metabolic disorders, endocrine disorders, immunological disorders, respiratory disorders, mental health disorders, and obesity

Front 22

What term means a lack of sufficient time asleep, a condition that impairs physical, emotional, and cognitive functioning?

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sleep deprivation

Front 23

List 9 functioning effects of sleep deprivation.

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performance of daily activities, reaction time, coordination, judgment, lack of interest, socializing, school and job performance, and feeling drowsy

Front 24

What is the percentage of adults that sleep 8+ hours per night?

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29%

Front 25

What is the percentage of adults that sleep less than 7 hours a night?

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30%

Front 26

What is the percentage of time a person spends in the non rapid eye movement stage of sleep?

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75%

Front 27

List the 6 most common dyssomias.

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insomnia, sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome, hypersomnia, circadian rhythm, sleep paralysis

Front 28

List 5 parasomnias.

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sleep walking, nocturnal eating, night eating, nightmares, REM behavior

Front 29

What are the 3 most common bedroom pests?

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dust mites, bed bugs, and brown recluse spiders

Front 30

What term means a common breathing disorder in which you have one or more pauses in breathing or swallowing breaths while asleep?

Back 30

sleep apnea

Front 31

What term means visual representation of your family's genetic history?

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pedigree (genome) (family tree)

Front 32

State 2 important reasons for exploring your genetic inheritance.

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highlight your personal health risks and highlight your strengths

Front 33

What term means gene carrying structure found in the nucleus of a cell?

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chromosome

Front 34

What term means a nucleic acid molecule that contains the encoded, heritable instructions for all of a cell's activities?

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DNA

Front 35

What term means a sequence of DNA that encodes a protein or other functional product

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gene

Front 36

What term means alternate forms of the same gene?

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allele

Front 37

What term means an alteration in the DNA sequence of a gene?

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mutation

Front 38

List the 3 common ethnic genetic disorders.

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sickle-cell disease, Tay-Sachs disease, Cystic Fibrosis

Front 39

List the 3 gene and mental disorders.

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Schizophrenia, mood and anxiety disorders, and Alzheimer's disease

Front 40

What are the 3 aspects of infant personality temperaments that are associated with genetics?

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sociability, reactivity, and activity level

Front 41

List the role of genes in sexual orientation.

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heterosexuality, bisexuality, homosexuality