EDUCACIÓN PARA LA SALUD

Open Ended

Why is understanding the health-disease process important for promoting sustainable health education?

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a key component of epidemiology and disease prevention?

• Identifying risk factors for diseases

• Ignoring economic factors in health

• Focusing only on treatment

• Avoiding classification of diseases

Multiple Select

Which of the following are common costs associated with maintaining health?

• Medical consultation

• Travel expenses

• Hospitalization

• Basic laboratory studies

Open Ended

List some expenses related to diabetes or propose another disease and its associated costs.

Open Ended

What are some day-to-day situations that having an illness can lead to, besides missing work?

Multiple Choice

According to the definition of epidemiology, which populations can be studied?

• Neighborhoods

• Schools

• Countries

• All of the above

Multiple Select

Which of the following are determinants studied in epidemiology?

• Causes

• Weather

• Risk factors

• Population density

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the difference between endemia, epidemia, and pandemia?

• Endemia is a disease regularly found among particular people or in a certain area; epidemia is a sudden increase in cases; pandemia is a worldwide spread.

• Endemia is a worldwide spread; epidemia is a disease regularly found among particular people; pandemia is a sudden increase in cases.

• Endemia and epidemia are the same; pandemia is a disease regularly found among particular people.

• Pandemia only affects animals; endemia and epidemia only affect humans.

Open Ended

Explain how the three levels of prevention (primaria, secundaria, terciaria) work together to reduce the impact of diseases.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a non-infectious disease?

• Cáncer

• Diabetes

• Hipertensión

• Herpes

Open Ended

Based on the classification by origin, what is the main difference between infectious and non-infectious diseases?

Multiple Select

Which of the following are considered infectious diseases?

• Gripe

• Cáncer

• Herpes

• Diabetes

Multiple Choice

Which of the following are examples of agents that cause infectious diseases?

• Viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites

• Autoimmune cells and metabolic enzymes

• Cancer cells and degenerative tissues

• Vaccines and antibiotics

Multiple Choice

Which of the following diseases are considered chronic?

• Gripe, fracturas, infección estomacal, caries

• Alzheimer, hipertensión, artritis, asma

• Gripe, artritis, infección estomacal, asma

• Hipertensión, fracturas, gripe, caries

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is most closely related to the concept of epidemiology?

• Studying the spread and prevention of diseases in populations

• Classifying diseases based on symptoms

• Analyzing the economic impact of illness

• Providing individual patient care

Open Ended

Reflecting on this week's topics—health-disease process, epidemiology and prevention, and classification of diseases—what is one concept you found most interesting or would like to explore further?