0001, Part 2: Health Behavior Theories

What is the main focus of disease prevention?

• Treating diseases after they occur

• Preventing the occurrence, progression, or complications of disease by reducing risk factors

• Only providing medication

• Ignoring risk factors

Health education provides individuals and communities with the ______ and skills to make informed health decisions.

• knowledge

• medicines

• vehicles

• buildings

Which of the following is NOT listed as a benefit of preventive care?

• Reducing ER visits

• Increasing costly treatments

• Reducing hospitalizations

• Reducing medical spending

Chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and cancer are largely preventable and are leading causes of death.

• True

• False

Give an example of how teaching handwashing and hygiene can help prevent disease.

• Teaching handwashing and hygiene reduces the spread of communicable diseases like flu and COVID-19.

• Teaching handwashing and hygiene increases the risk of disease transmission.

• Teaching handwashing and hygiene has no effect on disease prevention.

• Teaching handwashing and hygiene only helps with non-communicable diseases.

List one way that health education and disease prevention efforts improve quality of life.

• By reducing disease and disability, and lowering health care costs, these efforts improve quality of life.

• By increasing the number of diseases in a community.

• By discouraging people from seeking medical help.

• By making healthcare more expensive for everyone.

Stress management can lead to ______ anxiety and better relationships.

• lower

• higher

• constant

• unpredictable

Physical activity programs can result in ______ falls among older adults.

• fewer

• more

• no

• frequent

Reproductive health education can lead to ______ teen pregnancies.

• fewer

• more

• no

• increased

Match the level of disease prevention with its description and example:

• Secondary Prevention

• Early detection and treatment - Screenings (e.g., mammograms, BP checks)

• Primary Prevention

• Prevent disease before it occurs - Vaccination, healthy diet, avoiding tobacco

• Tertiary Prevention

• Reduce complications or disability from existing disease - Diabetes management, stroke rehab