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Health Education And Promotion Question Paper

Health Education And Promotion 

Course:Bachelor Of Science In Nursing And Public Health

Institution: Kenyatta University question papers

Exam Year:2009



KENYATTA UNIVERSITY
FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS 2009/2010
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS FOR DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE
(NURSING AND PUBLIC HEALTH)

HNS 304: HEALTH EDUCATION AND PROMOTION


DATE: Monday 28th December 2009

TIME: 8.00am – 10.00am


INSTRUCTIONS:
i) Answer
ALL questions
ii) For part A Multiple Choice Questions (20marks)

a)
Circle the correct answer.
b) Tick
(v) true or false in the space provided.

c)
Match column A and B as requested to do.
iii) PART B AND C

Answer question in the booklet provided
iv) Write your number on the question paper and booklet.
v) NB

NO NAMES SHOULD BE WRITTEN ON EXAMINATION PAPER OR
BOOKLET

PART A- multiple choice questions


Circle the correct answer. [12marks]
1. Health promotion is also called
a Health
Promotion
b Health
Education
c Public
Health

d
New Public Health

Page 1 of 5

2. The state of well being is dynamic
a Almost
always

b
From time to time
c Sometimes

d At
all
times

3. Health education is define as the following except
a A
tool
b A
process
c A
service
d Education

4. One of the following is a nursing aim for health education
a Disability
limitation
b Prompt
treatment
c Rehabilitation
d Prevention
diseases

5. According to Lalonde, all causes of death and diseases could be attributed to the

following elements except.
a Social-cultural
factors
b Biophysical
characteristics

c Environmental
pollution

d Lifestyle
or
behaviour factors

6. The following is a scope of health promotion

a
Personal social services
b Health
counseling

c
Promote health care

d
Tertiary health care



Page 2 of 5


7. Health Belief Model was developed by
a Rosenstock
b Orem
c Tones
d Tilford

8. Victim blaming is a weaknesses of one of the following model
a Health
belief
model

b
Self care model

c
Behaviour change model

d
Lay belief model

9. The following are components of Health Promotion Model except
a Perceived
control
b Primary
prevention
c Self
esteem

d
Definition of health

10. According to Tones, 1995, the following are strong motivation forces except
a Pain
b Drive
c Hunger
d Pressure


11. Selection of signs and signals by which the message will be transmitted is called
a Decoding
b Channel
c Encoding
e Context



Page 3 of 5


12. Anything that interferes with the communication process is generally referred to
as
a Feedback
b Semantic
c Noise
d Context


For this part tick (v) true or false in the space provided



True
False
13.
a It is not always possible to attain and sustain a state of complete

well-being

b Health is a complete state of well-being



14.
a Specific protection is medical aim of health promotion



b The Action Areas of the Ottawa Charter included “building


health public policy”


15.
a Effective communication is a valuable skill in health promotion


b The two-way process communication model was developed by


Shanon and Weaver


16.
a Identification of prime message is a management tool for health

education only

b Analysis of problem and population projection are important


components in Prime message development


17.
a Health promotion has a role in promoting health in schools only


b Health education is influenced by situation and by everything


that affects the human beings.







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