DISCUSSION 1
1) Complete the self-assessment, Check Your Beliefs About Health Research, in the textbook (page 18)
and post a comment that addresses the following:
• Of the 11 items, which item especially caught your interest? Why did you find that item
interesting?
Your posted comment needs to be a minimum of five (5) complete and grammatically correct sentences.
2) After posting your comment, you need to return to the Discussion Forum at a later time and reply to
another student’s posted comment. Your reply has to be directly relevant to the other student’s posting
(vague and general replies like “I think that’s cool what you posted” do not count). Likewise, you should
not insert whole sentences from your comment into your reply. Your reply needs to be a minimum of five
(5) complete and grammatically correct sentences.
Important: type your posted comment and reply into the Forum (do not attach Word files).
DISCUSSION 2
1) Complete the self-assessment, Check Your Health Risks Regarding Seeking and Receiving
Health Care, in the textbook (page 38) and post a comment that addresses the following:
• Of the 11 items, to which item could you especially relate? Why could you relate so to
this item?
Your comment needs to be a minimum of five (5) complete and grammatically correct
sentences.
2) After posting your comment, you need to return to the Discussion Forum at a later time and
reply to another student’s posted comment. Your reply has to be directly relevant to the other
student’s posting (vague and general replies like “I think that’s cool what you posted” do not
count). Likewise, you should not insert whole sentences from your comment into your reply.
Your reply needs to be a minimum of five (5) complete and grammatically correct sentences.
Important: type your posted comment and reply into the Forum (do not attach Word files).
DISCUSSION 3
1) Complete the self-assessment, Check Your Health Risks Regarding Adhering to Health
Behaviors, in the textbook (page 58) and post a comment that addresses the following:
• Of the 12 items, which one of your item responses indicates a health behavior that you
could always try to adhere to better? Please explain.
Your comment needs to be a minimum of five (5) complete and grammatically correct
sentences.
2) After posting your comment, you need to return to the Discussion Forum at a later time and
reply to another student’s posted comment. Your reply has to be directly relevant to the other
student’s posting (vague and general replies like “I think that’s cool what you posted” do not
count). Likewise, you should not insert whole sentences from your comment into your reply.
Your reply needs to be a minimum of five (5) complete and grammatically correct sentences.
Important: type your posted comment and reply into the Forum (do not attach Word files).
DISCUSSION 4
1) Complete the self-assessment, Check Your Health Risks – Life Events Scale for Students, in the
textbook (page 86) and post a comment that addresses the following:
• After completing this scale, tally-up your score and read how to interpret your score. You do not
have to reveal your total score but you do have to present a brief interpretation of your score—do
you think it is accurate of your stress experiences? Likewise, do you believe a score around 190
represents the typical college student? A score reaching 300 is predictive of health problems in
the near (within 2 years) future? Explain.
Your comment needs to be a minimum of five (5) complete and grammatically correct sentences.
2) After posting your comment, you need to return to the Discussion Forum at a later time and reply to
another student’s posted comment. Your reply has to be directly relevant to the other student’s posting
(vague and general replies like “I think that’s cool what you posted” do not count). Likewise, you should
not insert whole sentences from your comment into your reply. Your reply needs to be a minimum of five
(5) complete and grammatically correct sentences.
Important: type your posted comment and reply into the Forum (do not attach Word files).
DISCUSSION 5
1) Complete the self-assessment, Check Your Experiences Regarding Your Most Recent Episode of
Pain (page 144), and post a comment that addresses:
• Your responses to items 1-6. Please make sure to include your response to item 6. During your
pain experience, what did people around you do since this item pertains to pain-rewarding
behaviors. In your comment, you do not have to identify the particular pain-causing
condition. Instead, you should merely describe the pain experience.
Your posted comment needs to be a minimum of five (5) complete and grammatically correct sentences.
2) After posting your comment, you need to return to the discussion forum at a later time and reply to
another student’s posted comment. Your reply has to be directly relevant to the other student’s posting
(vague and general replies like “I think that’s cool what you posted” do not count). Likewise, you should
not insert whole sentences from your comment into your reply. Your reply needs to be a minimum of five
(5) complete and grammatically correct sentences.
Important: type your posted comment and reply into the forum (do not attach Word files).
DISCUSSION 6
1) Complete the self-assessment, Check Your Health Risks Regarding Cardiovascular Disease, in the
textbook (page 206) post a comment that addresses the following:
• After completing the assessment, interpret your score. What does the score mean to you? You do
NOT have to post your score but merely explain what your score means to you.
Your comment needs to be a minimum of five (5) complete and grammatically correct sentences.
2) After posting your comment, you need to return to the Discussion Forum at a later time and reply to
another student’s posted comment. Your reply has to be directly relevant to the other student’s posting
(vague and general replies like “I think that’s cool what you posted” do not count). Likewise, you should
not insert whole sentences from your comment into your reply. Your reply needs to be a minimum of five
(5) complete and grammatically correct sentences.
Important: type your posted comment and reply into the Forum (do not attach Word files)
DISCUSSION 8
1) Ask someone you know who smokes tobacco to complete the self-assessment, Check Your Health
Risks Regarding Tobacco Use, in the textbook (page 286) and post a comment that addresses the
following:
• While completing this self-assessment, ask your interviewee to explain his/her responses to items
5 and 6. Also, ask your interviewee if he/she has any other comment regarding this selfassessment.
Your comment needs to be a minimum of five (5) complete and grammatically correct sentences.
2) After posting your comment, you need to return to the Discussion Forum at a later time and reply to
another student’s posted comment. Your reply has to be directly relevant to the other student’s posting
(vague and general replies like “I think that’s cool what you posted” do not count). Likewise, you should
not insert whole sentences from your comment into your reply. Your reply needs to be a minimum of five
(5) complete and grammatically correct sentences.
Important: type your posted comment and reply into the Forum (do not attach Word files).
DISCUSSION 9
1) Complete the self-assessment, Check Your Health Risks Regarding Eating and Controlling Your
Weight, in the textbook (page 344), and post a comment that addresses the following:
• After completing the 16 items, please confide in someone you trust and discuss your item
responses with that confidant. Based on your comfort level, share some of your conversation in a
posted comment.
Your comment needs to be a minimum of five (5) complete and grammatically correct sentences..
2) After posting your comment, you need to return to the Discussion Forum at a later time and reply to
another student’s posted comment. Your reply has to be directly relevant to the other student’s posting
(vague and general replies like “I think that’s cool what you posted” do not count). Likewise, you should
not insert whole sentences from your comment into your reply. Your reply needs to be a minimum of five
(5) complete and grammatically correct sentences.
Important: type your posted comment and reply into the Forum (do not attach Word files).
DISCUSSION 10
1) Complete the self-assessment, Check Your Health Risks Regarding Exercise and Physical Activity, in
the textbook (page 374) and post a comment that addresses the following:
• After completing the 12 items, what advice would you offer someone who would like to either
begin or continue exercising?
Your comment needs to be a minimum of five (5) complete and grammatically correct sentences.
2) After posting your comment, you need to return to the Discussion Forum at a later time and reply to
another student’s posted comment. Your reply has to be directly relevant to the other student’s posting
(vague and general replies like “I think that’s cool what you posted” do not count). Likewise, you should
not insert whole sentences from your comment into your reply. Your reply needs to be a minimum of five
(5) complete and grammatically correct sentences.
Important: type your posted comment and reply into the Forum (do not attach Word files).
DISCUSSION 7
Since there is no self-assessment in chapter 11, the instructor of this course has secured one from the
professional literature: Facing Death, Dying and Loss This self-assessment relates to material in pages
281-283 in text. So, you are being asked to use the link to download the file and try your best to answer
the 10 items as they relate to your attitudes toward death, dying and personal loss. It's understandable
that you might feel uncomfortable completing this self-assessment. Perhaps you will only feel inclined
to respond to some but not all of the items. That's acceptable. After doing so, post a comment that
addresses the following:
1) Of the 10 items, which item made you reflect most on your attitude toward death, dying and/or
personal loss? You may wish to refer to the the second page of the print-out since the author of the selfassessment has presented item-response interpretations.
Your posted comment needs to be a minimum of five (5) complete and grammatically correct sentences.
2) After posting your comment, you need to return to the Discussion Forum at a later time and reply to
another student’s posted comment. Your reply has to be directly relevant to the other student’s posting
(vague and general replies like “I think that’s cool what you posted” do not count). Likewise, you should
not insert whole sentences from your comment into your reply. Your reply needs to be a minimum of
five (5) complete and grammatically correct sentences.
Facing Death, Dying and Loss
Chronically ill and sick patients must cope not only with the symptoms of their condition but also manage the
stress of treatment, live as normal a life as possible, and face the possibility of death. People prefer a long life,
but they also express preferences to be in control over the end of their lives, including when and how they will
die; that is, most want to die a “good death.” Most chronic illnesses allow people time to adjust to their
conditions and even to die a “good death.” According to our text, Elizabeth Kübler-Ross proposed stages of
dying—anger, denial, bargaining, depression, and acceptance—but research has failed to confirm that people
with terminal illness progress through those stages. However, people do experience these reactions. Probably
the best way to prepare ourselves for the inevitability of loss and bereavement as well as the feeling of grief
during the mourning period is to examine and discuss our present attitudes toward death and dying.
Self-Assessment of Attitudes, Beliefs and Opinions on
Death, Dying and Loss
1. To the best of your memory, at what age were you first
aware of death?
a. Under the age of 3
d. Age 10 and up
b. Age 3 to 5
e. Other
c. Age 5 to 10
2. When you were a child, how was death talked about in
your family?
a. Openly
b. As though death were a forbidden subject
c. With some discomfort
d. Don't remember any talk about death
e. Only when necessary, and not in front of children
3. Which of the following most influences the way you
think about death now?
a. Death of someone close
b. TV, movies, radio
6. What does death mean to you?
a. The end of life
b. End of physical life, the spirit lives on
c. Endless sleep and peace
d. Don't know
e. A new beginning, of life after death
f. Other
7. What thing about your own death bothers you the
most?
a. I could no longer have any experiences
b. I am afraid of what might happen to my body after
death
c. I am not sure what will happen to me if there is life
after death
d. I could no longer provide for my family
e. My relatives and friends would grieve
f. The process of dying might be painful
g. Other
c. Things you have read
d. Length of time family members have lived
e. Religion
f. Funerals
g. Own health
4. Has religion played an important part in the way you
think about death?
a. Very important
b. Important
c. Not very important
d. No part at all
5. How often do you think about your own death?
a. At least once a day
c. Sometimes
b. Often
d. Never or almost never
c. Not more than once a year e. Other
8. What do you believe causes most deaths?
a. Most deaths happen because the person wants to die
b. Most deaths happen because of the way the person
uses or fails to use things such as tobacco, alcohol,
medicines, or seat belts
c. Most deaths just happen
d. Other
9. If your doctor knew that you would die from a disease
and had a limited time left to live, would you want the
doctor to tell you?
a. Yes
b. No
c. Depends on circumstances
10. If it were possible, would you want to know the exact
date on which you were going to die?
a. Yes
b. No
Adapted by Trudy M. Weathersby Dying Guide at
http://dying.about.com from an assessment tool from Michael Seago,
Medical Innovations, 1994.
Self Assessment – Item-response Interpretations
1. What age were you first aware of death? Your initial experiences with death impact your actions today. Being around a
dying person may bring back pleasant or unpleasant childhood memories, family beliefs, traditions.
2. When you were a child, how was death talked about in your family? Most individuals, whose families talked openly
about death, show the same comfort level in their adult years and can relate comfortable childhood conversations about
death with family members. It also appears that those who are comfortable talking about death are interested in and/or
not afraid of learning more about the death process.
3. Which of the following most influences the way you think about death now? Our views about death come from various
sources. TV and movies, and life’s actual experience may contradict each other. Our views and our concepts of death may
align with TV and movies until we actually are touched by a real death. ‘Real death’ experiences may lead people to
become less tolerant of the TV's and movies' point of view.
4. Has religion played an important part in the way you think about death? Research has indicated those who have a
spiritual point of view about death are more comfortable with the dying. Those who are more comfortable with their own
mortality have a greater ability to cope, when dealing with death and dying.
5. How often do you think about your own death? How often we think of our own death can range from denial (never) to
preoccupation (once a day). Typically, awareness of our own mortality increases when we are exposed to the dying,
which can make us feel uncomfortable. Children do not consider the reality of death until someone they know dies.
6. What does death mean to you? Examining what you expect after death has a big impact on your attitude toward the
dying. Individuals with a predetermined idea of what happens after death are generally more comfortable with the idea
of dying. If you answered "don't know" then you may be feeling uncomfortable with this discussion. An opinion of an
afterlife or specific religion does not usually influence the person's comfort with death. Those, who do not believe in an
afterlife, can also be quite comfortable with death.
7. What thing about your own death bothers you the most? Examining your fears about your own death helps you to
recognize situations that may make you uncomfortable around the dying. These fears are a common reason why family
members or friends refuse to visit a dying loved one. Their behavior may be interpreted as uncaring, but, in reality, these
people need support and understanding in helping them to deal with the uncomfortable situation.
8. What do you believe causes most deaths? Beliefs, about why people die, can range from punishments to a natural
ending of the human life. Some want to believe that victims cause their own misfortune because it makes life so much
easier to understand. It is a great comfort to find fault with a dying person because it guarantees that we will somehow
be protected. Those that hold this belief are shocked when they realized that death is not partial to anyone.
9. If your doctor knew that you would die from a disease and had a limited time left to live, would you want the doctor to
tell you? Have you thought about the possibility that a doctor or family member might try to keep you from knowing that
you are dying? This is less commonplace in our western culture today, but not uncommon with other cultures. Some
people request that their family never tell them when they are dying—they do not want to lose hope. It is important to
respect the wishes of the dying. Family members may try and keep the truth from their loved ones, even dying children.
Often the dying, even children, "know" something--they can sense it. If the dying person wishes to talk about his/her
death, it is important that family members allow these discussions.
10. If it were possible, would you want to know the exact date on which you were going to die? There are few people who
want to know the exact date of their death. This is a difficult question to ponder. Placing a time frame on death—the you
have "X" months to live—can have a strong psychological impact on the person. For some, they may be positive
motivators—cancer or AIDS patients defying the odds and living long past what their physicians expected. For others, it may
be a negative motivator—a prediction of a bad outcome becomes a bad outcome.
Student 1
The item that caught my interest was, number 9, which was how people outside of the scientific
community conduct valuable research, but scientists try to discount the importance of such research. I
found this item interesting because many people love to research different materials, but I am surprised
on why scientists would want to discount the importance. People are usually are encouraged to try to find
different resources for significant things for more knowledge, and on top of that scientists of all people
should be glad that people are trying to help out by researching. That's why I am surprised and interested
on why scientists would want to discount the importance of research for people outside of the scientific
community. My guess is probably because they do not want incorrect information incase from outside of
the scientific community.
Student 2
The item I would especially relate to would be number 1, if I feel well, I believe I am healthy. It is true and
relatable, because, whenever I feel well, I automatically assume that I am healthy because I dont feel
dizzy, nauseous, or sick.I feel that feeling well is a big impact in your psycology too, because whenever
you are feeling ill your body immediately feels numb and unhealthy. Therefore, eating well, getting
enough sleep may help you feel well and make you feel healthy. That is why it is relatable to me, if I eat
and sleep well, it makes me feel well, then I feel healthy automatically.
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