Quiz 15

Which of the following statements is true of interventions for health-related issues?

Policy interventions are essential to tackle health problems.

_____ testing enables an increasing number of people to know that they have a risk for illness even before they develop that illness.

Genetic

Which of the following statements is true of the health care system in the United States?

Health care services are being inappropriately used by consumers.

_____ play an important role in creating responsible and informed health care consumers and in the development and design of health services.

Health psychologists

Which of the following statements is true of health insurance in the United States?

More than 13 percent of the population has no health insurance.

_____ is currently endemic and will shortly supplant smoking as the major avoidable contributor to mortality.

Obesity

Comprehensive intervention models

are usually geared to specific diseases or disorders.

In general, the health for most Americans have _____ in recent years.

improved

Barbara helps her clients to identify the workplace characteristics tied to stress. She designs interventions to minimize the stressors that affect them. She is a(n) _____ stress researcher.

occupational

Which of the following diseases has little impact on mortality rates but has a major impact on the functioning and well-being of the population, particularly the elderly?

osteoarthritis

A continued collaboration with the medical community and medical treatments by psychologists is vital in a

patient-centered approach.

Emma wants to become a health psychologist and conduct research on the lifestyle choices that impact the management of type II diabetes. To what kind of graduate program should Emma apply?

social psychology

The first step in developing cost-effective interventions to improve quality of life is

to conduct initial assessment during the acute period.

Health promotion programs that target the elderly

will become important as the size of the elderly cohort will continue to increase over the next 10 years.

Trends within medical care suggest that the problem of patient-provider communication is likely to

worsen

Which of the following statements is true about the health habits of Americans?

Exercise has increased among Americans.

Which of the following statements is true of the racial and ethnic differences in health?

African Americans have a higher infant mortality rate than whites.

Women live, on average, _____ years longer than men.

6.5

_____ is a window of vulnerability for most bad health habits.

Adolescence

_____ have poorer health at all ages and higher levels of depression, hostility, anxiety, and other emotional risk factors for chronic disease.

African Americans

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) was initiated by President

Barack Obama.

_____ medicine is the conscientious, explicit, judicious use of the best scientific proof for making decisions about the care of individual patients.

Evidence-based

In the context of health care, which of the following statements is true of the United States?

It spends more on health care than any other country in the world.

Which of the following is a health trend in the United States?

Life expectancy in the United States reached an all-time high of 78.5 years in 2009.

Which of the following statements is true of the recent trends in international health?

Smoking has increased in developing countries.

In the context of health care, which of the following statements is true of women?

Smoking is more hazardous for women than for men.

_____ has brought insurance coverage to many of the previously uninsured in the United States.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)

_____ is the only country where health care for most people is financed by for-profit, minimally regulated, private insurance companies.

The United States

Which of the following statements is true of health psychologists working in academic settings?

They are likely to educate physicians, nurses, and other health care workers.

In the context of health, which of the following statements is true of women?

They are sick more often than men.

Early drug prevention programs, such as Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE), are examples of _____ programs.

behavioral immunization

Several schools organize programs that expose fifth and sixth graders to antismoking material before they begin the habit of smoking. Such programs are an example of a _____ program.

behavioral immunization

As the elderly population increases, a corresponding increase is expected in the incidence of

chronic disorders.

Pain management programs, hospices, and CHD rehabilitation programs are examples of

comprehensive intervention models.

Intervention programs for older adults should focus on

controlling alcohol consumption.

Future programs targeting the management of chronic illness must incorporate

cost-effective interventions to improve quality of life.

Which of the following stressors is most likely to affect vulnerable populations?

crowding

Health care in the United States is

currently a two-tiered system.

In the context of health care, technology has

enabled online visits to substitute for routine office visits to physicians.

Low socioeconomic status is linked to

low-birth-weight babies.

In the context of promoting resilience, which of the following is a factor that reduces morbidity?

marriage

In the future, health promotion interventions will most likely be designed for

mass consumption.

Which of the following is an essential goal of health care?

preventing poor health habits from developing

Maximizing the number of good years during which a person is free from the burdens of chronic illness

produces a higher quality of life.

Significant gains in the quality of life would best be achieved by reorienting the focus of health promotion toward

reducing the period of morbidity.

According to the text, over the years, Americans' alcohol consumption has

remained unchanged.

Sara, a health psychologist, uses technology effectively to implement behavioral interventions. To ensure that a patient with a poor memory adheres to the medicine intake schedule strictly, she will most likely

send electronic reminders to the patient to take medications at the appropriate time.

The use of new technologies in medical care may be intimidating for some people. A health psychologist can assist such patients and their families by

teaching them control-enhancing techniques to help reduce fear.

Which of the following is an example of vulnerable population?

the elderly

The most significant change in American health care that has implications for health psychology is

the rapid growth of prepaid, colleague-centered services.