Prelim HSC PDHPE MC Question Practice

A local shopping centre has arranged a Breast Screen van to set up for the month of February for local women to access. Which approach to health promotion is this?

• Community approach
• Public health approach
• Preventative medical approach
• Lifestyle behavioral approach

An individual designs their own personal meaning of health taking into consideration their social, cultural and economic conditions. Which concept is this best illustrating?

• A social construct of health
• A biomedical approach to health
• A dynamic approach to health
• A health continuum

What responsibility do Non-Government Organisations have in health promotion?

• Policy development and funding
• Research and advocacy
• Guidelines and standards for health
• Delivery of health information and policy

Which of the following can be classified as being protective behaviours?

• Physical inactivity and illicit drug use
• Illicit drug use and consumption of balanced diet
• Wearing sunscreen when outdoors and physical inactivity
• Wearing sunscreen when outdoors and consumption of balanced diet

The following statement was published in a journal. "Health in Australia today when compared to the nineteenth century is excellent." What is this statement an example of?

• Health being viewed as holistic
• Health being viewed as dynamic
• Health being viewed as relative
• Health being viewed as multi-dimensional

The establishment of healthy school canteens is an example of which Ottawa Charter action area?

• Building healthy public policy
• Creating a supportive environment
• Reorienting health services
• Strengthening community action

Which of the following determinants can be classified as socio-cultural?

• Access to health services, peers, geographic location

• Geographic location, knowledge and skills, family

• Family, peers, media

• Knowledge and skills, culture, media

The establishment of Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme is an example of which principle of social justice?

• Equity
• Diversity
• Creating a supportive environment
• Developing personal skills

Which of the following are modifiable health determinants?

• Age, genetics, obesity
• Obesity, diet, drug use
• Genetics, diet, age
• Drug use, gender, genetics

Which of the following applies to social health?

• An individual's thinking and communication skills
• An individual's ability make and maintain relationships with others
• An individual's need to feel a connection with a higher being
• An individual's ability to identify emotions and feelings