Health ch 1-4 (Promoting Health and Wellness)

True or False - Maintaining good health is an investment for our country.

• True
• False

The Federal Government has established a plan that sets goals and objectives for the country.  This plan is called......

• The National Health Association
• Healthy People 2020
• Health Education IXVV
• The Health Directory

True or False - Healthy People 2020 primarily addresses health concerns at the state level.

• True
• False

One of the goals of Healthy People 2020 is to

• reduce the overweight and obesity rates in America
• teach health literacy to immigrants
• to add more health education to the Kindergarten and preschool levels
• to cure cancer by 2030

Being able to find reliable health information, assessing risks and benefits of treatment, and understanding test results is all part of being.....

• health conscious
• health reliable
• health literate
• health inspired

Which of these is NOT a characteristic of a health literate individual?

• being a critical thinker
• being a self-directed learner
• being an effective communicator
• being a healthy opportunist

Health education provides 

•  medical health coverage
• accurate health information
• a wellness guarantee
• none of the above.

Experts think that poor health literacy influences a person's health more than 

• critical thinking and problem solving
• attitude, environment, and income.
• education, income, and attitude
• age, income, and education.

True or False - A high level of individual wellness has a(n) negative impact on the community.

• True
• False

True or False - The nation’s health goals are revised every ten years.

• True
• False