Health Quizzes 1, 2, 3, and 4
What does the term prevention mean?
Acting to avoid negative health outcomes
Public promotion of a product or service
Advertising
Figuring out why you choose to eat certain foods is an example of
Analyzing influences
One way to evaluate health risks is to
Consider consequences
Someone who buys products or services for personal use
Consumer
Which aspect of health refers to how you react to events in your life?
Emotional health
All the physical and social conditions that surround a person
Environment
What is the message of the bandwagon approach in advertising?
Everyone is using the product, and so should you.
Health is the same as the absence of illness
False
Knowing how to locate a doctor is an example of making decisions
False
One of the steps in analyzing influences is to make an action plan
False
Physical health is more important than mental and emotional health
False
Lying to obtain money or property
Fraud
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
An example of a service is a(an)
Haircut
What is an example of gaining awareness about a health problem?
Having your blood pressure measured during a medical checkup
Section 1-2 All the traits that are passed biologically 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 a negative influence on your health is
Media
A person at the midpoint of the health continuum is
Neither ill nor perfectly well
Selling useless medical treatments or products
Quackery
The degree of overall satisfaction a person gets from life is called
Quality of life
Which is a consumer right?
Right to information
Action or condition that increases the chances of illness or injury
Risk factor
Section 1-4 What is a consumable product?
Soap
A person's culture is part of his or her
Social environment
Section 1-1 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 medications
How is communication generally used in advocacy?
To gather and understand health information
Health literacy is the ability to gather, understand, and use health knowledge
True
Life expectancy in the United States today is 90 years
True
Physical health refers to how well your body functions
True
Section 1-3 A specific goal of Healthy People 2010 is to increase seat belt use
True
The leading causes of death for young people are related to behaviors
True
Your choices affect your position on the health continuum
True
Offer to repair or replace a product if there is a problem
Warranty
To evaluate health information, you need to consider
the source
