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Public HealthOnline version Promoting Health? by Alan Ramsay 1 Public health improvements in the early nineteenth century occurred due to a Government initiated structures b Public health services c Individuals taking action d Non-governmental organisations 2 What aspects of health had changed by the latter part of the twentieth century? a Emphasis on medical intervention for health b Increase in non-communicable disease c Role of the individual in health care d All of the above 3 How does health promotion affect general policy formulation? a Policy makers outside health will be directed by health departments b Health policy makers need to ensure that they have considered all possible policy areas c All policy makers need to consider how they can contribute to health promotion d Policies need to be legislated so everyone will follow them 4 Which WHO meeting led to the shift in power from health care providers to health care consumers and communties? a . Health for All by the Year 2000 b Alma Ata c . First International Health Promotion Conference d Australian Better Health Commission 5 What role were health professionals seen as fulfilling in health promotion? a Enabling and nurturing health promotion b Controlling the health promotion agenda c Monitoring the health care team d Working with teachers 6 Collective efforts by a group to increase their control over health determinants is known as a Community control b Community action c Health activism d Public policy 7 What is healthy public policy? a A program to increase political investment in health b A financial incentive program to encourage health seeking behaviours c Creation of a supportive environment to enable people to lead healthy lives d Creation of increased investment in health by the private sector 8 What factors besides land degradation affect the ability to create supportive environments? a Rapid population growth and climate events b Productive food harvests c Political and social accord d Economic stability 9 What health term is used to refer to the physical and social features of the settings people live and work in and their access to resources for living? a Health environments b Supportive environments c Community d Social and community networks 10 In which groups had health promotion been most successful? a Lower socio-economic groups in developing countries b Privileged people in developed countries c Indigenous populations in developed countries d Middle socio-economic groups in developing countries 11 Protection of the environment and sustainable use of resources was to help foster: a Social repsonsibility for health b Trade surpluses to fund health care c Reduced effects of climate change d Infrastructure for health promotion 12 What event potentially constitutes the largest public health challenge in the twenty-first century? a Increase in conflict and refugees b Climate change health impacts c Global travel and epidemics d Increase in lifestyle disease 13 What effect does the concentration of power and resources in a minority of the population generally have on the health of the country as a whole? a Improves development of health intervention b Provides improved health to the population c increases inequity in health in the country d Provides access to biomedical technology 14 Which of the following forces have the potential to hinder achieving the goals for health? a International marketing strategies b The media and internet /electronic communication c Movement across national and international boundaries d All of the above 15 Health promotion has evolved over the last four decades from initial concerns about disease prevention. What is the primary focus for health promotion in the twenty-first century? a New technology b Developing public health c Social determinants d Risk management

1

Public health improvements in the early nineteenth century occurred due to

a

Government initiated structures

b

Public health services

c

Individuals taking action

d

Non-governmental organisations

2

What aspects of health had changed by the latter part of the twentieth century?

a

Emphasis on medical intervention for health

b

Increase in non-communicable disease

c

Role of the individual in health care

d

All of the above

3

How does health promotion affect general policy formulation?

a

Policy makers outside health will be directed by health departments

b

Health policy makers need to ensure that they have considered all possible policy areas

c

All policy makers need to consider how they can contribute to health promotion

d

Policies need to be legislated so everyone will follow them

4

Which WHO meeting led to the shift in power from health care providers to health care consumers and communties?

a

. Health for All by the Year 2000

b

Alma Ata

c

. First International Health Promotion Conference

d

Australian Better Health Commission

5

What role were health professionals seen as fulfilling in health promotion?

a

Enabling and nurturing health promotion

b

Controlling the health promotion agenda

c

Monitoring the health care team

d

Working with teachers

6

Collective efforts by a group to increase their control over health determinants is known as

a

Community control

b

Community action

c

Health activism

d

Public policy

7

What is healthy public policy?

a

A program to increase political investment in health

b

A financial incentive program to encourage health seeking behaviours

c

Creation of a supportive environment to enable people to lead healthy lives

d

Creation of increased investment in health by the private sector

8

What factors besides land degradation affect the ability to create supportive environments?

a

Rapid population growth and climate events

b

Productive food harvests

c

Political and social accord

d

Economic stability

9

What health term is used to refer to the physical and social features of the settings people live and work in and their access to resources for living?

a

Health environments

b

Supportive environments

c

Community

d

Social and community networks

10

In which groups had health promotion been most successful?

a

Lower socio-economic groups in developing countries

b

Privileged people in developed countries

c

Indigenous populations in developed countries

d

Middle socio-economic groups in developing countries

11

Protection of the environment and sustainable use of resources was to help foster:

a

Social repsonsibility for health

b

Trade surpluses to fund health care

c

Reduced effects of climate change

d

Infrastructure for health promotion

12

What event potentially constitutes the largest public health challenge in the twenty-first century?

a

Increase in conflict and refugees

b

Climate change health impacts

c

Global travel and epidemics

d

Increase in lifestyle disease

13

What effect does the concentration of power and resources in a minority of the population generally have on the health of the country as a whole?

a

Improves development of health intervention

b

Provides improved health to the population

c

increases inequity in health in the country

d

Provides access to biomedical technology

14

Which of the following forces have the potential to hinder achieving the goals for health?

a

International marketing strategies

b

The media and internet /electronic communication

c

Movement across national and international boundaries

d

All of the above

15

Health promotion has evolved over the last four decades from initial concerns about disease prevention. What is the primary focus for health promotion in the twenty-first century?

a

New technology

b

Developing public health

c

Social determinants

d

Risk management

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by Alan Ramsay