PRAXIS Questions – Health Promotions

  1. A good description of health would not include one of the following:
  1. Multidimensional
  2. Not merely the absence of disease
  3. Physical component emphasis *
  4. Vocation as a sixth dimension
  1. Health Promotion program activities are at three levels:
  1. Awareness, lifestyle changes, supportive environment *
  2. Moral, physical, intellectual environments
  3. Public, private, political environments
  4. Decision making, motivation, barrier success environments
  1. One of the following is not considered one of the three focal areas of research concern in Health Promotion:
  1. Effectiveness of programs for behavior change
  2. Impact on corporate image and community perceptions*
  3. Theory and practice of behavior change
  4. Effectiveness of behavior change on health outcomes
  1. As impossible as it may seem, the greatest impact on the wellness state of Americans is:
  2. Heredity
  3. Environment
  4. Lifestyle *
  5. Medical care
  1. “Cigarette smoking is a hazard to health…” was first published by the Surgeon General Advisory Committee in:
  2. 1964 *
  3. 1960
  4. 1984
  5. 1980
  1. The Framingham Study (1978) targeted the:
  2. Risk factors associated with coronary heart disease *
  3. Reasons individuals smoke
  4. Effects of smoking and lung disease
  5. Adolescent drug use in the U.S.
  1. “Work Activity and Coronary Heart Disease” (Paffenbarger & Hale) studied the exercise habits of:
  2. Longshoremen and Harvard alumni *
  3. Railroad conductors and engineers
  4. College athletes and intramural participants
  5. Highway laborers and highway engineers
  1. Maximization of participation in health promotion programs is an integral part of:
  2. Excellent budgets
  3. Quality program content factors *
  4. Support from health professions
  5. Sound research
  1. The first step in gaining success for initiating a health promotion program:
  2. A good evaluation plan
  3. Realistic goals and objectives
  4. Commitment and support from the “top” of the organization*
  5. Sound educational approaches
  1. Good health promotion and wellness planning re1uire the following chronological order of events:
  2. Design, diagnose, deliver, determine
  3. Diagnose, design, deliver, determine*
  4. Determine, diagnose, design, deliver
  5. Deliver, design, determine, diagnose
  1. To determine cost effectiveness of the wellness program:
  2. An accurate population sampling is necessary
  3. Indirect cost factors are least reliable
  4. Both direct and indirect factors must be included*
  5. Both a and b
  1. In predicting the cost of conducting the wellness program:
  2. The establishment of realistic goals is necessary for measurement
  3. Accurate prediction of participation is necessary
  4. The budget of the company is necessary
  5. All of the above*
  1. The 4 major sequence of events for establishing a fitness program at the work setting:
  2. Publicize, plan, evaluate, implement
  3. Implement, evaluate, plan, publicize
  4. Plan, publicize, evaluate, implement
  5. Plan, publicize, implement, evaluate*
  1. The overall goal of a fitness program in the work setting:
  2. To relax, reduce stress.
  3. Encourage lifetime commitment*
  4. To have fun.
  5. To increase social interaction among employees
  1. By using graphs and charts to evaluate participant progress, a staff member is utilizing the technique of:
  2. Communicating genuine concern
  3. Capitalizing on support Systems
  4. Self-evaluation*
  5. Decreasing participant turnover
  1. In health behavior changes, motivation is usually strongest when it involves:
  2. Co-dependents
  3. Significant support environment
  4. Knowledge
  5. Short-term, personal goals*
  1. Which is the least important question to consider to initiating a health behavior change?
  2. Do I have the money to participate?*
  3. How positive in my self-image?
  4. How much do I love my bad behavior?
  5. Do I possess the willingness to change?
  1. Items or factors identified by members of the target group are:
  2. Subjective needs
  3. Perceived Needs*
  4. Objective needs
  5. Real needs
  1. Analysis of program components, materials used, staff competence, are examples of:
  2. Impact evaluation
  3. Process evaluation*
  4. Outcome evaluation
  5. Objective evaluation
  1. This evaluation is conducted at the end of the program to assess behavior change to the participants as a result of exposure to the intervention:
  2. Outcome
  3. Impact*
  4. Process
  5. Program