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HS 380: Midterm Exam Study Guide

This is merely a guide of topics and information covered in the first half of the

semester, and does not provide the depth of the content knowledge that you will need to

be responsible for.

**Exam questions may contain information from assigned Online Lectures, Power

Points, Quizzes, In-Class Discussions and Readings.

Health Care and Lifestyle Behaviors

• What trends are evident in chronic and infectious diseases?

1. Chronic diseases are increasing while infectious diseases are lowering.

• How is “health” defined?

1. The state of being free from illness or injury.

• What are considered the 7 key healthy lifestyle behaviors by NHANES?

1. Physically Active

2. Nonsmoking

3. Maintain healthy bodyweight

4. Maintain normal BP levels

5. 5. Maintain normal blood glucose levels

6. 6. Maintain a normal total cholesterol level

7. 7. Eat a healthy diet -- low in cholesterol and (sat & trans) fat; with low-fat protein;

whole grain and little sodium

• What “lifestyle” factors are responsible for most illness and death in our society?

1. Tobacco, sedentary lifestyle

• What are the primary modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular

disease?

1. Non-modifiable: sex, age, heredity

2. Modifiable: Smoking, hypertension, cholesterol, physical inactivity, obesity

• Describe how some risk factors may be related to each other.

1. Often, many risk factors have the same or similar outcomes.

• Describe how some health outcomes can be related to each other.

1. Many health outcomes have the same or similar risk factors.

• Describe the wellness continuum in your own words.

1. Continuum from illness to wellness, middle is no illness or wellness, always move

towards wellness.

The Case for WHP and Best Practices

• What does “benchmarking” mean and how does it relate to health promotion?

1. Evaluating something by comparison with a standard. Use best practices to

compare one’s business processes and performance metrics to industry bests

and practices from other companies.

• What are the four different types of benchmarking and how do they differ?

1. Internal: using data from within a company to compare one section to another

2. Competitive: examines practices of a direct competitor.

3. Functional: Compares against other organizations with similar functions

4. General: Observation of a wide variety of companies regardless of industry.

• What are the optimal characteristics or ‘Best Practices’ for health promotion programs?

1. High Impact and High Control

• Which Best Practices do worksite health professionals have the highest control over?

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1. Communication of evaluation results, linkage of program to business goal,

effective communication.

Needs Assessments

• Why are needs assessments important for health promotion?

o Establishes a baseline for the company and is a means for a follow up

study to evaluate the program.

o Determine needs, identify high risk people, identify readiness to change,

individual feedback, and marketing of program.

• What do health interest surveys provide that is useful for health promotion purposes?

o Provide information about what employees want.

• What different types of beneficial program data can a Needs Assessment or Health Risk

Analysis collect from employees?

o Demographic information, health status, health history, health behaviors,

readiness for change, and preferences and interests.

Health Screening

• Understand the basic concepts of health screenings discussed in class:

o BIA, Blood Pressure, HRA

▪ “Silent killer,” take it seated with feet uncrossed. Wait a few minutes

to sit and rest.

o Equipment terminology

▪ Sphygmomanometer: BP cuff

▪ Stethoscope: listens to heart.

▪ BIA: bioelectrical impedance device

o Proper Techniques

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o Paperwork

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Program Planning

• How can goals and objectives be differentiated?

1. Goals are broad health goals but objectives are specific.

• What are the two categories of goals/motives within an organization?

1. Organizational Goals and Health Goals

• What are the six steps involved in the planning and implementation process?

1. Organizational Mission

2. Set Goals

3. Set objectives

4. Program development

5. Program Implementation

6. Program evaluation

• What are the characteristics of a correctly worded objective?

1. Who, what, by when, and how much

• What are the four main types of objectives?

1. Process: awareness, participation, attendance

2. Learning: Knowledge, attitude, understanding

3. Behavioral: Physical activity, changes a behavior

4. Outcome: Health outcome, risk reduction, cost savings

• Be able to correctly write and label all types of objectives.

• Outline the steps in the “professional process” and how they relate to each other in a

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HS 380: Midterm Exam Study Guide This is merely a guide of topics and information covered in the first half of the semester, and does not provide the depth of the content knowledge that you will need to be responsible for. **Exam questions may contain information from assigned Online Lectures, Power Points, Quizzes, In-Class Discussions and Readings. Health Care and Lifestyle Behaviors • • • • • • • • What trends are evident in chronic and infectious diseases? 1. Chronic diseases are increasing while infectious diseases are lowering. How is “health” defined? 1. The state of being free from illness or injury. What are considered the 7 key healthy lifestyle behaviors by NHANES? 1. Physically Active 2. Nonsmoking 3. Maintain healthy bodyweight 4. Maintain normal BP levels 5. 5. Maintain normal blood glucose levels 6. 6. Maintain a normal total cholesterol level 7. 7. Eat a healthy diet -- low in cholesterol and (sat & trans) fat; with low-fat protein; whole grain and little sodium What “lifestyle” factors are responsible for most illness and death in our society? 1. Tobacco, sedentary lifestyle What are the primary modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease? 1. Non-modifiable: sex, age, heredity 2. Modifiable: Smoking, hypertension, cholesterol, physical inactivity, obesity Describe how some risk factors may be related to each other. 1. Often, many risk factors have the same or similar outcomes. Describe how some health outco ...
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