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Edelman and Kudzma’s Canadian Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span 1st Edition Dames Test Bank Chapter 1: Health Defined: Health Promotion, Prevention, and Protection Dames, Luctkar-Flude and Tyerman: Edelman and Kudzma’s Canadian Health Promotion Throughout the Life Span, 1st Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. How is disease defined? a. The failure of a person’s adaptive mechanisms to counteract stimuli and stresses adequately, resulting in functional or structural disturbances b. Disease and illness are components of a struggle for balance in the bodily systems c. The failure of a person’s bodily systems in responding to stresses, resulting in a hormonal imbalance d. The assault by stimuli and stress on the body’s core defence systems ANS: A Disease may be defined as the failure of a person’s adaptive mechanisms to counteract stimuli and stresses adequately, resulting in functional or structural disturbances. This definition is an ecological concept of disease, which uses multiple factors to determine the cause of disease, rather than describing a single cause. Disease and illness are not synonymous. DIF: Cognitive Level: Remember (Knowledge) REF: Disease, Illness, and Health OBJ: 1 TOP: Assessment MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance 2. How can health be defined? a. As the absence of disease and illness b. As the person’s philosophy for living in harmony with their environment c. A state of physical, mental, and spiritual well-being d. A state of physical, mental, spiritual, and social functioning that realizes a person’s potential and is experienced within a developmental context. ANS: D Definitions of health have evolved as the nature of health and illness becomes better understood. Health is much more than the absence of disease and illness. It is a state of physical, mental, spiritual, and social functioning that realizes a person’s potential and is experienced within a developmental context. DIF: Cognitive Level: Apply (Application) REF: Health and Wellness OBJ: 1 TOP: Assessment MSC: Health Promotion and Maintenance 3. The 1986 Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion document provides a blueprint for health promotion in Canada. Which of the following statements is correct concerning this model? a. The focus is on environment and the ability to achieve health on a personal and societal level. b. It depicts health promotion as the process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their health. c. It provides a view of health promotion that is focused on people taking control of their own health. d. It is most closely aligned with a clinical model of health.