Chapter 21: Promoting health
1. The World Health Organisation defines health as ‘a state of complete physical, mental and social ______ and not merely the absence of disease’.
2. The stages of change model of Prochaska and DiClemente include pre-contemplation, contemplation, ______, making a change and maintaining a change.
3. WHO defined health promotion as ‘to enable people to increase ______ over, and to improve their health’.
4. Currently the method of choice for judging risk of developing type II diabetes is not BMI, but measurement of what?
5. Who is the main author of the current work on inequalities in health?
6. Healthy Lives, ______ is the title of the 2010 white paper on public health.
7. The Royal College of Nursing says that every encounter is a ______ health encounter.
8. When patients follow a treatment or care regime set up for them by health professionals, they are said to be ______.
9. The HPV vaccine protects against which cancer?
10. The NHS Health Check (for vascular risk) is offered to everyone over what age?
11. Name a significant sign of gum disease.
12. What is the best prevention of the spread of colds and flu?
13. What would you recommend as the best accessible exercise for all ages?
14. What is still the biggest risk factor for coronary heart disease?
15. Where do the highest number of accidents occur for all age groups?