Exam Revision #3

Of the following lists, which are all examples of chronic diseases?

• Diabetes, arthritis and cancer

• Heart disease, influenza & disability

• Lung disease, asthma & hair loss

• Alzheimer’s, gastroenteritis & osteoarthritis

Australia experiences some extreme weather. Which of the following would best describe extreme weather in Australia?

• Extreme heat, high UV and rain

• Bushfires, floods and tornados

• Vector agent infections and extremely high levels of precipitation

• Extreme heat, tsunamis and drought

Social determinants of health include factors that determine:

• An individual to become healthier

• A community to become unhealthy

• International health status

• Individual or community health status

Overall health tends to improve with each step up the socioeconomic ladder. This is a global phenomenon seen in low, middle and high income countries. 

Which of the following best describes this concept?

• Strong social gradients are most prevalent in older age groups

• Socioeconomic status in an economic determinant of health

• Socioeconomic status is an environmental determinant of health

• The causes of social gradients in health are learned behaviours

Low birth weight babies have increased risk of which health conditions later in life

• Asthma and reduced coordination

• Sleep apnoea and osteoarthritis

• Speech and hearing problems

• Type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure

What are the three components that form attitudes?

• Beliefs, attitudes and values

• Fitness, safety and life

• Cognitive, affective and behavioural

• Emotional, actions and interests

The ability to synthesise health information and technology with discernment and judgement is known as:

• Health literacy

• Interactive literacy

• Critical literacy

• Functional literacy

Self-generated beliefs can be formed by:

• Listening to experts and people in authority

• Imitating what you see on TV

• Experience and reflection

• Reading the bible and asking a teacher

Values can be defined as:

• An individual’s opinion of whether they like something or not

• Global principles that guide a person’s life

• Rules that everyone must follow to be healthy

• Using manners and being polite

One way the media can influence the perceptions of young people is by:

• Presenting incomplete or inaccurate depictions of health consequences

• Always depicting consequences of health behaviours for informed choice

• Displaying a snapshot of real life enabling self-generated beliefs to be formed

• Always using experts and people in authority to compose messages