Health Promotions & Communication
Define health promotion.
The process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their health.
Difference between modifiable and nonmodifiable risk factors?
Modifiable can be changed (smoking, diet). Nonmodifiable cannot (age, genetics).
Which level of prevention includes vaccines?
Primary prevention
Define burnout in healthcare professionals.
Loss of idealism, energy, and purpose due to work conditions.
What year was the first Healthy People initiative launched?
1979
What is the role of health communication?
To inform, inspire, and support healthy decision-making.
List 2 nonmodifiable risk factors.
Age, family health history.
What does secondary prevention focus on?
Early detection and treatment to limit disease impact.
What is self-care?
Inclusive activities that promote mental and physical health.
What is Healthy People 2030?
The 5th edition of U.S. health promotion and disease prevention objectives.
Scenario: You're educating a patient about diabetes prevention. Which approach is most effective?
An evidence-based, culturally sensitive, and easy-to-understand approach.
List 2 modifiable risk factors.
Smoking, physical inactivity
What is tertiary prevention?
Reducing complications and improving quality of life after disease onset.
Why is self-care important for nurses?
Prevents burnout, moral distress, and compassion fatigue.
What was the original focus of Healthy People?
Reducing preventable death and injury.
Give one example of a health education strategy.
Teaching about risks, benefits, behavior changes, and tools for healthier choices.
Scenario: A 50-year-old smokes and has a family history of heart disease. Which risk factors are modifiable?
Smoking
Scenario: A nurse provides rehab services after a stroke. Which level is this?
Tertiary prevention.
Scenario: A nurse feels detached and exhausted. Name two self-care practices they could use.
Mindfulness, physical activity, setting boundaries, seeking support.
Scenario: A policymaker wants to reduce obesity with a nutrition education program. Which prevention level?
Primary prevention.
What makes health communication effective?
It should be evidence-based, culturally sensitive, understandable, and accessible.
What are the five social determinants of health?
Genetics, behavior, environment, medical care, social factors
Give an example of secondary prevention.
Screening tests such as mammograms or blood pressure checks.
What is moral distress?
Knowing the right action but being unable to take it due to constraints.
What are the 3 variables influencing public health policies?
Institutions, interests, and ideas.