Health Quizzes 1-3
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
