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 Question 1 3 out of 3 points

Public health is considered a downstream approach.

Selected Answer:

False

 Question 2 3 out of 3 points

The United States spends considerably more on health care costs than other industrialized

countries.

Selected Answer:

True

 Question 3 3 out of 3 points

A colonoscopy done on a person who is age 50 is considered a secondary preventative

measure.

Selected Answer:

False

 Question 4 3 out of 3 points

What caused the shift from infectious diseases to chronic diseases from the 1800s to now?

Selected Answer:A and B

 Question 5 3 out of 3 points

The definition of health, as defined by the World Health Organization, is merely the absence

of disease.

Selected Answer:

False

 Question 6 3 out of 3 points

The “Rose Curve” has multiple implications for public health. Identify which statement

below is incorrect regarding the Rose Curve:

Selected Interventions designed for high-risk populations should be the main focus

Answer: of public health efforts.

 Question 7 3 out of 3 points

Which of the following is considered a sick-role behavior?

Selected Answer:adherence to statin (cholesterol-lowering) medication for patients

with

cardiovascular disease

 Question 8 3 out of 3 points

An example of primary prevention is:

Selected Answer:Fluoride in drinking water

 Question 9 3 out of 3 points

The Rose Curve focuses on the idea that if you target high-risk populations, then you will

make the most change in a population.

Selected Answer:

False

 Question 10 3 out of 3 points

One problem with a medical approach to disease is that by starting with a medical diagnosis,

you can only change one person at a time.

Selected Answer:

True

 Question 11 3 out of 3 points

Public health seeks to shift the mean of the Rose Curve to the left.

Selected Answer:

True

 Question 12 3 out of 3 points

Generally, which of the following factors can contribute to community capacity:

Selected Answer:all of the above

 Question 13 3 out of 3 points

A behavior that is more frequent and repetitive is more difficult to adhere to over time.

Selected Answer:

True

 Question 14 3 out of 3 points

Theory allows for more successful and effective health interventions.

Selected Answer:

True

 Question 15 3 out of 3 points

Based on your understanding of this chapter, which health behavior would you consider to

be “complex”?

Selected Answer:Quitting smoking

 Question 16 3 out of 3 points

Health policies serve as a proximal influence on health behavior.

Selected Answer:

False

 Question 17 3 out of 3 points

A highly complex health behavior has few components.

Selected Answer:

False

 Question 18 3 out of 3 points

The frequency of a health behavior has no impact on the difficulties of changing it.

Selected Answer:

False

 Question 19 3 out of 3 points

Which health behavior is frequent and repetitive, therefore potentially harder to

change/adhere to?

Selected Answer:Maintaining a low fat, low sodium diet

 Question 20 3 out of 3 points

Which of the statements below is the least accurate regarding “theory”?

Selected Interventions informed by well-tested theories are not effective in changing

Answer: behavior (compared to interventions that are not based on theory).

 Question 21 3 out of 3 points

Regarding condom use, women’s control over the situation with her male partner would best

be described as:

Selected Answer:Non-volitional

 Question 22 3 out of 3 points

Proximal influences are synonymous with distal influences.

Selected Answer:

False

 Question 23 3 out of 3 points

A countywide smoking ordinance which restricts smoking in restaurants and bars would be

considered a ______ factor to changing smoking-related behavior.

Selected Answer:Distal

 Question 24 3 out of 3 points

Theory only serves to assess hypothesized mediators.

Selected Answer:

False

 Question 25 3 out of 3 points

Formation of intent is the last step in the theory before the actual behavior.

Selected Answer:

True

 Question 26 3 out of 3 points

Facilitating and inhibiting factors in the TPB are based on only on individual perceptions.

Selected Answer:

True

 Question 27 3 out of 3 points

The main difference between the Theory of Reasoned Action and the Theory of Planned

Behavior is the absence of the social norms construct in the latter.

Selected Answer:

False

 Question 28 3 out of 3 points

Perceptions of environmental factors, or the actual reality of environmental barriers, may

heavily confound the translation of behavioral intent.

Selected Answer:

True

 Question 29 3 out of 3 points

An important focus of the Theory of Reasoned Action is generating intent.

Selected Answer:

True

 Question 30 3 out of 3 points

People make decision about health based not only on their values about health, but also on

the basis of their values with respect to relationships, family ties, cultural practices, and the

like.

Selected Answer:

True

 Question 31 3 out of 3 points

The Theory of Reasoned Action includes a focus on perceptions about:

Selected Answer:Social influences

 Question 32 3 out of 3 points

IMB in IMB Model stands for:

Selected Answer:The Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model

 Question 33 3 out of 3 points

According to the TRA, both attitude toward the health behavior and subjective norms do not

independently contribute to the formation of behavioral intent.

Selected Answer:

False

 Question 34 3 out of 3 points

Having knowledge of the benefit of a health protective behavior easily overcomes perceived

social cost of performing that behavior.

Selected Answer:

False

 Question 35 3 out of 3 points

The two independent constructs that precede intent in the theory of reasoned action are

subjective norms and cognitive dissonance.

Selected Answer:

False

 Question 36 3 out of 3 points

Which one is not the characteristic of The Theory of Reasoned Action?

Selected Answer:Perception of individual is not important to change one’s behavior.

 Question 37 3 out of 3 points

Unlike the health belief model, the theory of reasoned action, and the theory of planned

behavior, the information-motivation-behavioral skills model is a relatively old modeling

tool in the behavioral sciences.

Selected Answer:

False

 Question 38 3 out of 3 points

According to the EPPM, fear appeal messages that are accepted result in engaging in a

danger control process.

Selected Answer:

True

 Question 39 3 out of 3 points

Value-expectancy models represent a class of theories that, at their core, assume people will

change a behavior it they anticipate the personal benefits derived from the outcome will

outweigh any costs incurred through enacting the behavior. Choose the theories or models

that are not an example of value-expectancy models.

Selected Answer:

information-motivation-goal skills model

 Question 40 3 out of 3 points

Value expectancy theories assume that people change their behavior based on a mental math

—that the benefits of behavior change outweigh the costs.

Selected Answer:

True

 Question 41 3 out of 3 points

One’s perceptions are not important in the mental math equation; the costs and benefits of

behavior change are typically clear cut and do not vary from person to person.

Selected Answer:

False

 Question 42 3 out of 3 points

The fear control process described in the EPPM is similar to the coping appraisal process

from the PMT.

Selected Answer:

True

 Question 43 3 out of 3 points

Which of the following statements best describes how a positive net gain is achieved?

Selected Answer:Both of the above

 Question 44 3 out of 3 points

In the Health Belief Model, a positive net gain can be achieved by:

Selected Answer:Both a and b

 Question 45 3 out of 3 points

According to the EPPM, the message components or content should involve the two

constructs of rewards and costs.

Selected Answer:

False

 Question 46 3 out of 3 points

Defensive avoidance is the blocking of thoughts or feelings about a particular health threat.

Selected Answer:

True

 Question 47 3 out of 3 points

The threat appraisal process refers to assessing the seriousness of a health threat.

Selected Answer:

True

 Question 48 3 out of 3 points

The PMT states that the following has the greatest impact on message efficacy

Selected Answer:all of the above

 Question 49 3 out of 3 points

Protection motivation theory describes coping appraisal is essentially people deciding if the

costs for engaging in a health behavior outweigh the benefits.

Selected Answer:

False

 Question 50 3 out of 3 points

What are the two constructs that have an independent influence on health behavior?

Selected Answer:Perceived threat and expected net gain

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