Health education - JSS1 Physical and Health Education Past Questions and Answers - page 1
What is health?
The absence of illness
A state of complete physical,mental and social well_being
Being able to run a marathon
A balanced diet
Which of the following is a primary objective of health education?
Diagnosing illness
Encouraging regular exercise
Prescribing medications
Performing surgery
The importance of health education includes:
Reducing healthcare costs
Promoting positive health behaviours
Preventing diseases
All of the above
Health education aims to:
Promote healthy behaviour
Improve overall health by increasing knowledge and influencing attitude
Encourage ignorance about health issues
Promote self destructive behaviour
A specific goal of health education is to:
Increase health care expense
Develop life expectancy
Improve health literacy
Decreases access to health care
What does health education aim to empower individuals to do?
Depends completely on medical professionals
Make informed decisions about their health
Rely solely on medication
Ignore important information
Which of the following is NOT an example of a health education activity?
Conducting cooking classes to promote healthy eating
Teaching about the dangers of smoking
Prescribing medication
Organizng workshop on stress managements
The focus of health education is primarily:
In diagonsing diseases
On preventive measures
On surgery
On administrating medication
Health education contributes to:
Increased morbidity
Decreased healthcare costs
Decreased quality of life
Descreased life expectancy
Effective health education programs are?
Exclusive on certain social groups
Based on myths and misconceptions
Cultural sensitive and inclusive
Expensive and unattainable