Question: You are a health educator and you think “smoke-free policies” should be implemented on all college campuses. This is an example of which type of philosophy?
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Decision making
Behavior change
Cognitive-based
Free & Functioning
Social Change
Answer: Social Change
Question: The socio-ecological approach deals with levels of influence such as interpersonal, community, & policy.
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True
False
Answer: True
Question: “Any planned combination of educational, political, environmental, regulatory, or organizational mechanisms that support actions and conditions of living conducive to the health of individuals, groups or communities,” best describes?
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Global health
Health promotion
Public health
Health education
Answer: Health promotion
Question: A set of interrelated concepts, definitions, and propositions that present a systematic view of events or situations by specifying relations among variables in order to explain and predict the events of the situations is:
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A theory
A model
A construct
A variable
Answer: A theory
Question: What theory categorizes individuals based upon when they adopt a new behavior, idea, or program?
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Community Readiness Model
Diffusion Theory
Social Cognitive Theory
Social Network Theory
Answer: Diffusion Theory
Question: The “old deluder” law of 1647 enacted…?
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Reading for religious understanding as the primary subject taught in the early schools.
The law which allowed both boys and girls to attend school.
The law requiring instruction concerning the effects of alcohol and narcotics.
The law which allowed only boys to attend school.
Answer: Reading for religious understanding as the primary subject taught in the early schools.
Question: “Outbreak over a wide geographical area such as a continent,” best describes?
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An epidemic outbreak
An endemic outbreak
A pandemic outbreak
Answer: A pandemic outbreak
Question: Which philosophy focuses on the acquisition of content and factual information?
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Free & Functioning
Essentialism
Progressivism
Reconstructionism
Answer: Essentialism
Question: One purpose of a theory is to provide a conceptual framework for planning, implementing and evaluating programs.
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True
False
Answer: True
Question: An individuals’ intention to perform a given behavior is a function of their attitude toward the behavior, their belief of what others think they should do, and their perception of level of ease or difficulty of the behavior in which they are considering action is part of the:
Answer Choices:
Social Cognitive Theory
Transtheoretical Model
Theory of Planned Behavior
Health Belief Model
Answer: Theory of Planned Behavior