15.6 Quiz: Consumer Health and Aging

In the Guiding Model for Healthy Aging, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommends (mark all that apply): - Promote health, prevent injury, and manage chronic conditions - Optimize physical, cognitive, and mental health - Facilitate social engagement - Engage in toxic behaviors

- Promote health, prevent injury, and manage chronic conditions - Optimize physical, cognitive, and mental health - Facilitate social engagement

Self-care can be used to - diagnose acute symptoms. - treat infections. - conduct monthly self-exams. - diagnose cancer.

conduct monthly self-exams.

The legal term for improper or negligent treatment of a patient by a health care provider that results in loss or harm to the patient is - incompetence. - malpractice. - malfunction. - abandonment.

malpractice.

Communication with health care providers can be improved by all of the following EXCEPT - knowing your family history. - relying on your health care provider for all information on health care issues. - writing down information so that you remember it accurately. - seeking a second opinion when you have doubts about the provider's recommendations.

relying on your health care provider for all information on health care issues.

DNA lesions involved in aging: - Are mainly caused by pollutants in the environment - Occur only during cell replication - Can accumulate during a lifetime - Take place only in the nucleus

Can accumulate during a lifetime

Aging can be defined as: - Change caused by the environment - Changes in the structure and function of molecules and cells - Failure of the organism - Genetic damage

Changes in the structure and function of molecules and cells

Complementary health approaches include all of the following EXCEPT - Yoga - Probiotics - Traditional Chinese Medicine - Chemotherapy

Chemotherapy

A 70-year-old retired person would be eligible for health insurance coverage through - COBRA. - Medicaid. - Medicare. - Social Security.

Medicare.

Integrative medicine is defined as - the use of conventional Western-style medical approach. - a variety of products, such as herbs (also known as botanicals), vitamins and minerals, and probiotics. - bringing conventional and complementary approaches together in a coordinated way. - focusing only on the complementary medical approaches.

bringing conventional and complementary approaches together in a coordinated way.

Taking responsibility for your health care includes all of the following EXCEPT - learning how to navigate the health care system. - using over-the-counter medications to treat a sudden, serious illness. - being knowledgeable about the benefits and limits of self-care. - learning when to seek medical attention.

using over-the-counter medications to treat a sudden, serious illness.