Community Health
Final Exam
Course Introduction
Community Health explores the principles, concepts, and practices that promote and protect the health of populations at the local, national, and global levels. This course examines the determinants of health, epidemiology, preventative strategies, health promotion, and disease prevention within diverse communities. Students will learn to assess community needs, develop health education programs, address health disparities, and understand the role of public health policy and organizations. Emphasis is placed on the interdisciplinary nature of community health and the importance of cultural competence, advocacy, and collaborative approaches in improving collective well-being.
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An Invitation to Health 17th Edition by Dianne Hales
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Chapter 1: The Power of Now
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Q1) Which change model,rather than assigning blame,puts responsibility on people to acquire whatever skills or power they need to overcome their problems?
A) moral
B) enlightenment
C) behavioral
D) medical
E) compensatory
Answer: E
Q2) The ____________________ is a model of behavior change that focuses on the individual's attitudes and beliefs.
Answer: health belief model
Q3) ____________________ is part of a national public health initiative established by the U.S.Department of Health and Human Services for the creation of a society in which all people can live long,healthy lives.
Answer: Healthy People 2020
Q4) Measures that an individual can take when participating in risky behavior to prevent injury or unwanted risks are known as ____________________.
Answer: protection
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Chapter 2: Your Psychological and Spiritual Well Being
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Q1) Each of us seems to have an innate sleep ____________________ that is as much a part of our genetic programming as hair color and skin tone.
Answer: appetite
Q2) Cultural rituals often divide people,severing bonds,and cheapening the values and beliefs they once shared.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Sleep drugs such as Lunesta and Ambien help induce sleep because they ____.
A) restore circadian rhythm
B) relax the muscles
C) quiet the nervous system
D) reduce snoring
E) induce rapid eye movement
Answer: C
Q4) ____________________ may foster a state of peace and calm that could lead to beneficial changes in the cardiovascular and immune systems.
Answer: Prayer
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Chapter 3: Caring for Your Mind
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Q1) Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)belong to a category of drugs known as _______________.
Answer: antidepressants
Q2) Which term applies to an episode of sudden,inexplicable terror?
A) mania
B) panic attack
C) hypomania
D) generalized anxiety
E) schizophrenia
Answer: B
Q3) Based on a statistical snapshot,what is the most prevalent mental health problem among female undergraduates?
A) depression
B) panic attacks
C) anorexia
D) anxiety
E) obsessive-compulsive disorder
Answer: D
Q4) ____________________ are the most prevalent type of anxiety disorder.
Answer: Phobias
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Chapter 4: Personal Stress Management
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Q1) According to your text,neither gender (male or female college students)necessarily handles stress better than the other.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The three stages of the __________ __________ syndrome are alarm,resistance,and exhaustion
Q3) When stressed,some people put on "belly," or ___________________fat,deposited deep within the central abdominal area of the body.
Q4) putting off unpleasant things,difficult tasks,or tough decisions
A)biofeedback
B)proactive coping
C)procrastination
D)guided imagery
E)progressive relaxation
F)journaling
G)meditation
H)yoga
I)mindfulness
J)homeostasis
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Chapter 5: Your Social Health
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Q1) List and describe the six types of love,according to Robert Sternberg.
Q2) The traditional family with a breadwinner and a homemaker has been replaced by what some call the _____ family.
A) extended
B) mediated
C) juggler
D) transitory
E) nuclear
Q3) What phenomenon has most transformed the issues of privacy and disclosure?
A) video gaming
B) live streaming
C) altruistic behavior
D) social networking
E) global economy
Q4) _____________________ relationships are characterized by negative and destructive patterns of behavior between partners or between parents and children.
Q5) Any behavior that uses fear,humiliation,or verbal or physical assaults to control and subjugate another human being constitutes _____________________.
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Chapter 6: Personal Nutrition
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Q1) The basic framework for muscles,bones,blood,hair,and fingernails is formed by
A) fat
B) carbohydrates
C) protein
D) minerals
E) calcium
Q2) Research indicates that a DASH eating plan ____.
A) lowers blood pressure
B) inhibit blood lipids
C) raises blood pressure
D) restricts blood flow
E) reduces risk of asthma
Q3) Explain why women who plan to get pregnant may be advised to take folic acid.
Q4) Differentiate between the nutrition needs of men and women,and identify at least three gender-specific strategies for healthier eating.
Q5) Water,protein,carbohydrates,fats,vitamins,and minerals are ____________________ nutrients that the body cannot manufacture for itself and must obtain from food.
Q6) Like oils,____________________ fats are likely to be liquid at room temperature.
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Chapter 7: Managing Your Weight
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Q1) A waist circumference of more than ____________________ inches in women signals greater health risks.
Q2) ratio between height and weight
A)satiety
B)eating disorder
C)subcutaneous
D)"apple" shape
E)anorexia
F)waist-to-hip ratio (WHR)
G)binge eating
H)severe obesity
I)body mass index (BMI)
J)hunger
Q3) College women are more likely to overestimate their weight,while men tend to underestimate their actual weight.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In a gastric bypass,surgeons reroute ____________________ around part of the upper intestine to block absorption of calories and nutrients.
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Chapter 8: The Joy of Fitness
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Q1) Generally speaking,how can physical activity lower your risk of cancer? Specifically,what is the impact of exercise on the risk of breast cancer in women and prostate cancer in men?
Q2) Breast cancer survivors have been shown to experience less fatigue and inflammation from practicing ____.
A) Pilates
B) t'ai chi
C) intervals
D) weight training
E) yoga
Q3) Which dimension of progressive overload is represented by the acronym FITT?
A) inactivity
B) tension
C) Intent
D) intensity
E) flexibility
Q4) Exercise refers to any movement produced by the muscles that results in expenditure of energy.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Sexual Health
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Q1) Lisa often experiences painful spams during intercourse.What type of sexual dysfunction is this?
A) dyspareunia
B) toxic shock syndrome
C) vaginismus
D) amenorrhea
E) erogenous
Q2) Which part of the female sexual anatomy is the canal that leads to the primary internal female reproductive organs?
A) Urethra
B) Perineum
C) Clitoris
D) Vagina
E) Ureter
Q3) The area between a woman's vagina and her anus is called the ____.
A) Urethra
B) Clitoris
C) Cervix
D) endometrium
E) perineum
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Chapter 10: Reproductive Choices
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Q1) fertilized egg
A)Embryo
B)Curette
C)Rubella
D)breech birth
E)tubal ligation
F)Infertility
G)Miscarriage
H)Zygote
I)in vitro fertilization
J)Amnion
Q2) An unfertilized egg lives for about ____ before it disintegrates.
A) two days
B) 12 hours
C) 24 to 36 hours
D) three days
E) one week
Q3) What is premature labor,what are the warning signs,and how is it related to infant mortality?
Q4) The fusion of sperm with the nucleus of an egg is known as
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Chapter 11: Lowering Your Risk of Sexually Transmitted
Infections
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Q1) Which term applies to the amount of HIV in the bloodstream?
A) full spectrum
B) viral fluid
C) bacterial replication
D) viral load
E) bacterial level
Q2) risky,ineffective spermicide
A)bacterial vaginosis
B)gonorrhea
C)chancroid
D)oncogenic
E)Gardasil
F)AIDS
G)STD
H)nonoxynol-9
I)herpes simplex
J)pelvic inflammatory disease
Q3) ____________________ (from the Greek word that means "to creep")collectively describes some of the most common viral infections in humans.
Q4) HIV destroys the cell-mediated _____________________ system.
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Chapter 12: Addictions
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Q1) The possession and sale of marijuana remain illegal under federal law.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The development of symptoms that cause significant psychological and physical distress when an individual reduces or stops drug use is known as ____
A) intolerance
B) intoxication
C) physical dependence
D) toxicity
E) withdrawal
Q3) Which drug was initially developed as a tool to explore mental illness?
A) LSD
B) cocaine
C) heroin
D) PCP
E) MDMA
Q4) Summarize the use of marijuana as medicine.
Q5) The ____________________ name is the chemical name for a prescription drug.
Q6) The acronym for the major psychoactive ingredient in marijuana is
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Chapter 13: Alcohol
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Q1) Discuss the prevalence and consequences of alcoholism in the Native American community.
Q2) What are the signs of alcohol poisoning? Will hot coffee or a cold shower ease the symptoms?
Q3) Sweating,rapid pulse,tremor,nausea,vomiting,temporary hallucinations,physical agitation,anxiety,or seizures are characteristic of ____________________ when substance use is stopped.
Q4) Melanie hasn't had a drink for more than 72 hours.She swats at the flies she imagines are crawling over her arm.Melanie is experiencing ____.
A) detoxification
B) intolerance
C) delirium tremens
D) adverse abstinence
E) cognitive behavior
Q5) ____________________beverages,often malt- or distilled spirits-based,usually have a higher alcohol content (5 to 12 percent)than beer (4 to 5 percent).
Q6) The alcoholic strength of a distilled spirit,expressed as twice the percentage of alcohol present,is known as its ____________________.
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Chapter 14: Tobacco
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Q1) Eight in 10 college smokers started smoking before age 18.
A)True
B)False
Q2) makes a smoker feel alert
A)vaping
B)secondhand smoke
C)tobacco use disorder
D)acetylcholine
E)atherosclerosis
F)hookah
G)bidis
H)kreteks
I)Freshstart
J)COPD
Q3) As it burns,tobacco produces ____________________,a thick,sticky dark fluid made up of several hundred different chemicals.
Q4) People who use smokeless tobacco tend to be less dependent on nicotine than cigarette smokers.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Major Diseases
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Q1) Americans stand a one in five chance of developing which type of cancer?
A) lung
B) stomach
C) skin
D) colon
E) pancreatic
Q2) ____________________ is a form of arteriosclerosis in which plaque is deposited on the inner walls of arteries.
Q3) heart muscle
A)epilepsy
B)biochemical processes
C)high blood pressure
D)leukemia
E)asthma
F)angina
G)idiopathic
H)high density lipoprotein
I)myocardium
J)diastole
Q4) A(n)____________________ occurs when the blood supply to the brain is blocked.
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Chapter 16: Infectious Illnesses
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Q1) How do health officials decide whether to declare an outbreak,epidemic,or a pandemic?
Q2) A(n)____ is any substance that the white blood cells recognize as foreign.
A) lymphocyte
B) antigen
C) vector
D) antibody
E) bacterium
Q3) Adenoviruses are more likely to cause upper respiratory infections during which season?
A) spring
B) summer
C) fall
D) winter
E) major holidays
Q4) Various parts of your body safeguard you against infectious diseases by providing ____________________,or protection,from these health threats.
Q5) Discuss the seasonal pattern of cold viruses.
Q6) How does stress affect the body's immune system and response to infection?
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Q7) Name four viral diseases and identify and briefly describe six common viruses.
Chapter 17: Consumer Health
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Q1) includes biofeedback
A)acupuncture
B)homeopathy
C)herbal medicine
D)integrative medicine
E)mind-body medicine
F)naturopathy
G)chiropractic
H)energy therapies
I)body-based methods
J)Ayurveda
Q2) Bart's blood test has shown a deficiency of red blood cells.This result is most indicative of ____.
A) anemia
B) diabetes
C) kidney stones
D) bladder dysfunction
E) gout
Q3) What is home health care and why is this type of care on the upswing?
Q4) Identify your vital signs and describe their normal values.
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Chapter 18: Personal Safety
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Q1) Men are ten times more likely to die of a(n)____ injury than women.
A) accidental
B) in-home
C) self-inflicted
D) domestic violence
E) occupational
Q2) In addition to traffic accidents and falls,another top-five cause of unintentionally injury is ____ .
A) swimming
B) snoring
C) playing basketball
D) poisoning
E) playing football
Q3) Are men and women equally at risk for injury and/or death in the workplace or by violence?
Q4) List five strategies that drivers can take to reduce the emotional outbursts defined collectively as road rage.
Q5) More than half of hate or bias crimes on college campuses are motivated by race.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 19: A Healthier Environment
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Q1) previously used in paint
A)thirdhand smoke
B)carbon monoxide
C)organic pollutants
D)secondhand smoke
E)pesticide
F)radon
G)asbestos
H)mold
I)lead
J)formaldehyde
Q2) Livestock and the decomposition of organic wastes produce
Q3) According to the Consumers Union,which country has the safest water supply?
A) United States
B) United Kingdom
C) Australia
D) Canada
E) Greenland
Q4) List five strategies for protecting your ears and preventing hearing loss.Provide examples of how you can implement these strategies.
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Chapter 20: A Lifetime of Health
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Q1) Which category of death is confirmed by an electroencephalogram?
A) functional death
B) cellular death
C) cardiac death
D) brain death
E) certain death
Q2) Upon regaining consciousness after a near-fatal automobile accident,Morris said he had watched from above while EMTs attempted to revive him at the scene? What did Morris experience?
A) proof of heaven
B) transcendence
C) functional death
D) transition
E) autoscopy
Q3) The top risk factor for Alzheimer's disease is ____.
A) a family history
B) age
C) gender
D) attitude
E) lifestyle
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