Year 11 PDHPE Core 1 Revision

Which of the following best describes the process of health promotion?

• Mediating separate interest groups to promote positive health outcomes

• Enabling individuals to increase control over and improve their health

• Advocating communities to accept health promotion strategies from the Commonwealth Government

• Controlling individuals to ensure they make regular visits to their doctor

Which are the correct risk, and resulting protective factors that relate to melanoma?

• Lack of sunscreen when outdoors -> Using a solarium to gain a tan

• Individuals with fair skin/ freckles -> Regularly checking skin for changes in skin lesions (moles)

• Annual melanoma check up by doctor -> Listening to family, friends, media about the importance of a tan

• Sun tanning outdoors at any time of the day -> Wearing sunglasses outdoors

Which of the following are individual factors that determine health?

• Socioeconomic status, geographical location

• Access to technology, genetics

• Peers, media and attitudes

• Knowledge, skills and genetics

Which of the following is an example of a public health approach to health promotion?

• Healthy canteens in schools around Australia

• ‘Quitline’, which is a program to help people stop

  smoking

• The immunisation of children against common diseases

• Breast screening in women aged between 50 and 70

Which of the following identifies sociocultural factors that influence health?

• Education, media, employment and genetics

• Family, peers, media and religion

• Peers, family, culture and income

• Income, media, peers and religion

What level of control do individuals have over adopting sun-protection behaviours?

• A low level of control, as the development of skin cancer is dependent on age

• A high level of control, as the application of sunscreen and shade-seeking behaviours are modifiable determinants

• A low level of control, due to aggressive promotion of a ‘healthy tan’ by the media

• An average level of control, as the development of skin cancer is totally genetically determined

The provision of a mental health clinic to support people living in rural or remote area, would address which area of social justice?

• Equity and supportive environments

• Equity and diversity

• Equality and diversity

• Inequity and health services

Which of the following best describes the relationship between the dynamic nature of health and the health continuum?

• Health is constantly changing, its position on the health continuum shifting continually

• Health cannot change in different contexts and will always remain constant on the health continuum

• Health is influenced by one dimension and can only be achieved at one end of the health continuum

• The health continuum has no relationship to the changing nature of health

Which of the following best describes the role of non-government organisations in health promotion?

• Support of individuals to take responsibility for their own health outcomes

• Independence from the government and focus on a specific health issue

• Dependence on the government and local delivery of state and national strategies

• Coordination, implementation and funding of health promotion throughout the country

What would be an example of a health promoting behavior for an individual’s physical dimension of health?

• Spending time with family and friends

• Practising effective decision-making skills

• Practising the ‘Dietary Guidelines for all Australians’

• Becoming involved in a church or religious group