Contemporary Health Issues
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Contemporary Health Issues examines the major physical, mental, and social health challenges facing individuals and communities today. The course explores topics such as chronic diseases, emerging infectious diseases, mental health disorders, environmental health hazards, substance abuse, and health disparities both locally and globally. Emphasis is placed on understanding the impact of lifestyle choices, cultural factors, advances in medical technology, public health policies, and healthcare systems on personal and societal well-being. Students will critically analyze current health trends, assess credible sources of health information, and discuss strategies for promoting health and preventing disease in diverse populations.
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Your Health Today Choices in a Changing Society 5th Edition by Michael L. Teague
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Chapter 1: Self, Family, and Community
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Q1) Which of the following best illustrates an action step?
A)Working out will help me lose weight.
B)Beginning next week, I will work out three days a week.
C)My workouts will involve weight-lifting.
D)I hope to start working out every day.
Answer: B
Q2) In 2010 approximately ________ percent of the U.S.population were members of racial or ethnic minority groups.
A)15
B)28
C)35
D)41
Answer: B
Q3) The term ________ refers to an internal state in which a person feels competent to perform a task.
Answer: self-efficacy
Q4) Most genetic disorders are caused by single-gene mutations.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Mental Health and Stress
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Q1) As many as 90 percent of those who commit suicide have a mental disorder.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The ________ glands release the hormones cortisol, epinephrine, and norepinephrine into the bloodstream.
Answer: adrenal
Q3) According to Kübler-Ross, when a person believes he or she is in the process of dying, he/she passes through five stages.Which of the following is the linear order originally presented by Kübler-Ross?
A)anger; denial and isolation; bargaining; depression; acceptance
B)denial and isolation; bargaining; depression; anger; acceptance
C)denial and isolation; anger; bargaining; depression; acceptance
D)depression; bargaining; anger; denial and isolation; acceptance
Answer: C
Q4) Positive stress is also called ________.
Answer: eustress
Q5) A specific ________ is an intense fear of an activity, situation, or object.
Answer: phobia
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Chapter 3: Social Connections
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Q1) In Sternberg's triangular theory of love, love with intimacy, passion, and commitment is known as companionate love.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Spiritual connectedness appears to be associated with high levels of ________ quality of life, which is the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual aspects of a person's daily experience.
Answer: health-related
Q3) According to Tannen, men are more likely than women to use communication to A)compete.
B)connect.
C)create intimacy.
D)look for common ground.
Answer: A
Q4) In health promotion literature, ________ is commonly defined as a person's connection to self, significant others, and the community at large.
Answer: spirituality
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Chapter 4: Sleep
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Q1) Which of the following statements about the association between sleep and health is FALSE?
A)Natural immune system moderators increase during deep sleep to promote resistance to viral infections.
B)Growth and repair of the body's tissues occurs during sleep, which helps to prevent certain types of cancer.
C)Sleep deprivation and sleep disorders are associated with heart attacks and obesity.
D)Good nutrition and exercise are more important to a healthy lifestyle than sleep.
Q2) A series of sleep ________ tests measures of the number of minutes it takes a person to fall asleep and can help an individual evaluate sleep habits to determine whether to consult a sleep center laboratory for a more thorough analysis.
Q3) Having an irregular sleep schedule, as most students do, can disrupt sleep and throw off your internal ________ clock.
Q4) Because alcohol is a depressant, it prevents REM from occurring until most of it has been absorbed.After absorption, vivid dreams are more likely.Sleep experts call this the alcohol ________ effect.
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Chapter 5: Nutrition
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Q1) Asparagus, avocados, and bananas carry little pesticide residue, whether grown conventionally or organically.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The FDA has concluded that all genetically modified food products require special safety testing.
A)True B)False
Q3) Carbohydrates are the only source of energy for brain cells.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The fats that are liquid at room temperature and semisolid or solid when refrigerated are ________ fats.
Q5) The least healthy options at fast-food restaurants are cheeseburgers and French fries.
A)True B)False
Q6) Vitamins A, D, E, and K are soluble only in water.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Fitness
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Q1) The therapeutic exercise that causes a stretch reflex in muscles is called ________ neuromuscular facilitation.
Q2) Ten-thousand steps amounts to about 5 miles.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Aerobic fitness has been shown to prevent or slow down the loss of cognitive functions associated with advancing age.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Your heart rate ________ is the difference between your maximum heart rate and resting heart rate.
Q5) One type of program developed specifically for power is ________, a program that trains muscles to reach maximum force in the shortest possible time.
Q6) Which of the following statements about physical activity is FALSE?
A)Physical activity often improves the quality of sleep.
B)Short-term exercise has been shown to significantly improve cognitive functioning.
C)Physical activity decreases the risk of depression and anxiety.
D)Stress tension declines significantly with physical activity.
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Chapter 7: Body Weight and Body Composition
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Q1) The healthiest body mass index, or BMI, is between 15 and 18.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Orlistat, a fat-blocker, results in an average weight loss of 15 pounds or more.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A very-low-calorie diet (800 calories or less daily) is
A)always a hazard to health.
B)only recommended under a doctor's supervision.
C)effective only until BMR adjusts within a few days.
D)not an accepted weight-loss approach.
Q4) Of all the herbal supplements used for weight-loss, supplements containing ephedra appear to be the most effective and safe.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Married men tend to weigh more than men who have never been married.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The rate at which the body uses energy for basic life functions is called the ________ rate.
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Chapter 8: Body Image
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Q1) Parents and coaches can directly or indirectly encourage eating disorders by commenting on improved performance or image with decreased weight.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The word ________ is of Greek origin and means "lack of appetite."
Q3) Binge-eating disorder is associated with the regular use of inappropriate compensatory behaviors, such as vomiting and laxative abuse.
A)True
B)False
Q4) White males engage in more extreme weight-loss strategies and binge eating than non-White males.
A)True
B)False
Q5) One way to counteract unhealthy attitudes is to resist cultural messages and become active in changing them.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The word ________ is of Latin origin and means "hunger of an ox."
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Chapter 9: Alcohol and Tobacco
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Q1) Today, more females than males (over the age of 18) smoke.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following statements about tobacco is true?
A)College students are less likely to smoke than the general population.
B)Tobacco smoke contains dozens of cancer-causing substances.
C)The higher one's educational achievements, the more likely one is to smoke.
D)Cigarettes account for about 50 percent of the tobacco sold in the United States.
Q3) Which of the following statements about the metabolizing of alcohol is true?
A)Most alcohol is metabolized in the stomach.
B)Everyone has the same level of alcohol dehydrogenase in their bodies.
C)About 30 percent of alcohol is excreted in the breath, urine, and skin pores.
D)Alcohol that is not immediately metabolized circulates throughout the body.
Q4) Of the carcinogenic substances in tobacco smoke, which is most damaging to the lungs?
A)nicotine
B)tar
C)nitrous oxide
D)carbon monoxide
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Chapter 10: Drugs
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Q1) What is the most commonly used illicit drug among persons aged 12 and older?
A)cocaine
B)alcohol
C)heroin
D)marijuana
Q2) Drugs that do not need a physician's prescription and can be purchased easily by consumers are often referred to by the acronym ________.
Q3) One indication of physiological dependence is ________, which is a reduced sensitivity to the effects of a drug.
Q4) Generally viewed as harmful, ________ drugs are unlawful to possess or use.
Q5) LSD does not produce compulsive drug-seeking behaviors, and physiological withdrawal symptoms do not occur when use is stopped.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The use of a substance in a manner, amount, or situation such that it causes problems or greatly increases the risk of problems for the user or for others is generally referred to as ________.
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Chapter 11: Sexual Health
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Q1) Sexual ________ is defined as disturbances in sexual drive, performance, or satisfaction.
Q2) The ________ is a highly sensitive, cylindrical body of usually less than three centimeters, located at the front of the vulva where it projects between the lips of the labia minora.
Q3) The causes of erectile dysfunction can be both psychological and physical.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Long term use of recreational drugs has been proven to lower sexual desire and cause infertility.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The hormones ________ and ________ are involved in arousal and increased heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, and other autonomic nervous system functions.
A)adrenaline; testosterone
B)epinephrine; norepinephrine
C)dopamine; serotonin
D)progestin; estrogen
Q6) The external genitalia of the female are called the ________.
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Chapter 12: Reproductive Choices
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Q1) The term ________ is defined as a couple's inability to become pregnant within 12 months without using any form of contraception during intercourse.
Q2) In a(n) ________, pharmaceutical agents are used to induce an abortion.
Q3) Serious side effects of hormonal contraceptives are relatively common among teenagers.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The ________ is a structure that develops in the uterus during pregnancy and links the circulatory system of the fetus with that of the mother.
Q5) Teratogens are random defects that can sometimes occur during fetal development.
A)True
B)False
Q6) If a man and his partner decide they do not want any children in the future, he may consider having which procedure for permanent sterilization?
A)IUD placement
B)hormonal injection
C)vasectomy
D)hernia operation
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Chapter 13: Infectious Diseases
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Q1) The set of protective measures called ________ precautions are taken by health care workers with blood and certain body fluids of every patient in order to prevent transmission of bloodborne infections.
Q2) When a tick transfers Lyme disease from a deer to a human, the tick is considered the ________ in the chain of infection.
A)host
B)vector
C)reservoir
D)infectious agent
Q3) The term used to describe the speed and intensity with which a pathogen is likely to cause an infection is
A)immunity.
B)virulence.
C)vector.
D)susceptibility.
Q4) The risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases increases proportionally with your number of sexual partners.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, and Chronic Lung Diseases
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Q1) Which of the following statements about atherosclerosis is FALSE?
A)It is a progressive process that begins at a young age.
B)It starts with a fatty streak-an accumulation of lipoproteins.
C)Heart disease, stroke, and peripheral vascular disease are all due to atherosclerosis.
D)It is an irreversible process.
Q2) An individual with a combination of risk factors appears to be at much higher risk for cardiovascular disease than a person with any isolated factor.________ involves a combination of insulin resistance, hypertension, high lipids, and central obesity.
Q3) The term cardiovascular disease covers abnormalities of the heart and blood vessels.
A)True B)False
Q4) Symptoms of ________ diabetes include dry mouth, frequent urination, extreme thirst, rapid weight loss, fatigue, and blurred vision.
Q5) Most people have palpitations or irregular beats of the heart several times a day.
A)True B)False
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Chapter 15: Cancer
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Q1) A(n) ________ can occur in response to a carcinogen, radiation, or an error in duplication; it is a critical first mutation that allows a cell to evade one of the restraints placed upon healthy cells.
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a factor that decreases the risk for breast cancer?
A)breastfeeding
B)low fat diet
C)child bearing before age 30
D)use of hormone replacement therapy
Q3) The general term ________ refers to a cancer originating from bone marrow or the lymph system.
Q4) Surgery remains a mainstay in the treatment of many forms of cancer, but it is no longer used in diagnosis due to the risks associated with surgery and improved nonsurgical diagnostic methods.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Certain risk factors can predict whether or not an individual will get cancer.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Injury and Violence
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Q1) Sexual ________ consists of imposing sexual activity on someone through the threat of nonphysical punishment, promise of reward, or verbal pressure rather than through force or threat of force.
Q2) Four of every ten people who drown are female.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The trauma of sexual assault can produce many physical and emotional effects.Of special concern is rape-related ________ stress disorder, a disturbance characterized by an overactive stress-response system, chronic anxiety, depression, and flashbacks.
Q4) How often should batteries be replaced in battery-powered smoke detectors?
A)every 3 to 6 months
B)every 6 to 9 months
C)every 6 to 12 months
D)every 12 months
Q5) Of women raped in the United States, about 60 percent know their assailant.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The U.S.government created the Department of ________ Security to prevent and guard against terrorist acts.
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Chapter 17: Complementary and Alternative Medicine
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Q1) While the cost of herbal medicines has been decreasing in recent years, the cost of prescription drugs has continued to increase.
A)True
B)False
Q2) One side effect to using intranasal zinc to shorten the duration of a cold is the potential for permanent loss of smell.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Originating in China over 3,000 years ago, ________ is a well-developed system that incorporates the belief in physical, mental, and spiritual well-being; health is believed to require balance and harmony in the integral relationships between the body, mind, environment, and nature.
Q4) "A group of diverse medical and health care systems, practices, and products that are not presently considered to be part of conventional medicine" defines which medical grouping?
A)homeopathic medicine
B)herbal medicine
C)traditional Chinese medicine
D)complementary and alternative medicine
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Chapter 18: Environmental Issues
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Q1) Ozone in the upper atmosphere provides a protective layer that shields us from the sun's harmful ________ radiation waves.(Please provide the full term.)
Q2) Currently, the United States has the largest ecological ________ in the world.
Q3) Which source of water makes up 95 percent of the world's supply of fresh water?
A)surface water
B)precipitation
C)groundwater
D)ocean water
Q4) The approach to urban planning that concentrates growth in compact urban centers and environmentally sustainable communities is referred to as ________.
Q5) What is the term used to refer to the conversion of once-fruitful land into desert?
A)desertification
B)deforestation
C)second-growth forest conversion
D)old-growth forest conversion
Q6) Public exposure to medical waste is very rare in the United States.
A)True
B)False
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