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WorksheetsPublic Health Quiz
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
During which time period did 'new' public health begin to emerge?
c. 1800s
c. 1900s
c. 1970s - present day
c. 1950s
What are the two ways to achieve 'new' public health?
Social model of health and Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion
Biomedical model and Health Education
Disease prevention and Health Services
Nutrition and Exercise
What does the term 'addresses the broader determinants of health' refer to?
Focusing on individual health practices
Focusing on large-scale systems influencing community health
Focusing on genetic factors
Focusing on immediate medical care
Why can't the social determinants of health be addressed by the health sector alone?
They require collaboration between all interested and concerned groups
The health sector has all the necessary resources
Only government departments can address them
They are not related to health issues
What are financial barriers to accessing healthcare?
High costs of medical services
Limited healthcare facilities in rural areas
Language differences preventing communication
Long wait times for appointments
Which of the following is a geographical barrier to healthcare access?
Lack of health insurance
Long travel distances to hospitals
Distrust of healthcare providers
Complex healthcare systems
What does the term 'Acts to enable access to healthcare' refer to?
Ensuring everyone can access essential healthcare services without barriers
Providing free healthcare to all citizens
Reducing the cost of medications
Increasing the number of healthcare providers
What does the principle 'Acts to reduce social inequities' involve?
Ensuring equal access to resources for all social groups
Increasing economic disparities
Promoting individual health over community health
Reducing healthcare services
What is the primary focus of health promotion as defined by the Ottawa Charter?
Treatment of diseases
Prevention rather than cure
Development of new medications
Hospital infrastructure improvement
What is the main goal of the strategies outlined in the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion?
To increase hospital funding
To develop effective health promotion campaigns
To create new health technologies
To reduce healthcare costs
Which of the following actions is NOT typically associated with advocacy?
Media campaigns
Public speaking
Conducting and publishing research
Building personal fitness programs
What are the three strategies of the Ottawa Health Charter?
Advocate
Mediate
Instigate
Enable
A health promotion initiative educates doctors to refer mental health patients to a social support group. Which area of the Ottawa Charter does this represent?
Developing personal skills
Reorienting health services
Strengthening community action
Creating supportive environments
Members of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are trained to deliver Quit Smoking programs.
Which action area of the Ottawa Charter is most likely being addressed?
Developing personal skills
Reorienting health services
Building healthy public policy
Strengthening community action
Which of the following is an example of reorienting health services as specified in the Ottawa Charter?
Redirecting services from cure to prevention
Redirecting services from private to public health care
Allowing health service professionals to focus on curing ill health
Supporting individuals to identify personal networks and services
Which action areas of the Ottawa Charter are best reflected in the NSW government initiative that restricted smoking in hotels and clubs?
Developing personal skills and reorienting health services
Developing personal skills and creating supportive environments
Building healthy public policy and reorienting health services
Building healthy public policy and creating supportive environments
The Victorian government working alongside The Asthma Foundation is an example of
Acts to reduce social inequities
Empowers individuals and communities
Addresses the broader determinants (factors) of heath
Involves intersectoral collaboration
Having access to a translator at hospital is an example of
Empowers individuals and communities
Acts to reduce social inequities
Addresses the broader determinants (factors) of health
Acts to enable access to healthcare
Running a program to teach elderly Australians how to use an iPad to connect to their family in isolation
Involves Intersectoral collaboration
Acts to reduce social inequities
Addresses the broader determinants (factors) of health
Empowers individuals and communities
A policy is introduced for school canteens to provide free fruit to students to address obesity in children and youth.
Biomedical model of health
Social model of health
A doctor prescribes their patient hypertensive medication to manage their high blood pressure.
Biomedical model of health
Social model of health
How does the biomedical model reduce infectious diseases?
Implement social distancing
The use of a stent
implementing underground sewerage system
antibiotics such as penicillin
Which of the following is a strength of the social model of health
it focuses on individuals
It promotes good health and wellbeing and assists in preventing disease.
It can prevent every condition (in particular condition heavily influenced by genes).
Health promotion messages are listed to everyone, so every single person benefits from the model
Which of the following is a limitation of the social model of health?
It does not promote overall health and wellbeing
It is expensive
It does not address the health and wellbeing concerns of individuals
Education can not be passed from generation to generation
The relationship between the social and biomedical model of health illustrates that
The social model is far superior to the biomedical model
The biomedical model is not needed
Lifestyle diseases should only be treated by the social model
Both models are needed to gain the greatest improvements in health for a population
