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

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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

aA
tool
bA
process
cA
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

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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

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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.