Health Quizzes 1-3

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What does the term prevention mean

Acting to avoid negative health outcomes

Figuring out why you choose to eat certain foods is an example of

Analyzing influences

Which aspects of health refers to how you react to events in your life

Emotional health

One way to evaluate health risks is to

Engage in risk-free behaviors.

All the physical and social conditions that surround a person

Environment

Health is the same as the absence of illness

False

Knowing how to locate a doctor is an example of making decisions

False

Physical health is more important than mental and emotional health

False

A trait associated with good social health is the ability to

Get along well with others

Behavior that is repeated so often it becomes almost automatic

Habit

What is an example of gaining awareness about a health problem

Having your blood pressure measured during a medical checkup

All of the traits that are passed biologically down from parent to child

Heredity

You cannot control health risks that result from

Heredity

Forms of communication that provide news and entertainment

Media

If you are tired because you stay up late watching television, the factor having negative influences on your health is

Media

A person at the midpoint of the health continuum is

Neither I'll not perfectly well

The degree of overall satisfaction a person gets from life is called

Quality of life

Action or conditions that increases that chance of illness or injury

Risk factor

A person's culture is part of his or her

Social environment

What is life expectancy?

The number of years a person is likely to live.

People are more likely to take advantage of available healthcare if

They have health insurance that pays for medication

How is communication generally used in advocacy

To gather and understand health information

A specific goal of Healthy People 2010 is increase seat belt use

True

Health literacy is the ability to gather, understand, and use health knowledge

True

Life expectancy in the United States is 90 years

True

Physical health l refers to how well your body functions

True

The leading causes of death for young people are related to behaviors

True

Your choices affect your position on the health continuum

True


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