a.

Because of the large number of variables involved, the relationship between environment and health cannot be

researched.

b.

Because the environment has such long- term effects on health, research findings

are not yet available.

c.

Research shows that a healthy environment has limited impact on one’s

health.

d.

Research shows that a healthy environment increases quality of life and

years of healthy living.

a.

“Can you tell me how you have been

feeling?”

b.

“Can you tell me what you do at work?”

c.

“What brings you here today?”

d.

“What problems have you been having?”

a.

Critical theory can be used by

professionals other than nurses.

b.

Critical theory focuses on oppression and

facilitates group action.

c.

Critical theory is not directly related to

health promotion.

d.

Critical theory confronts changing an

individual’s beliefs.

a.

Environmental health affects susceptible

individuals more than groups.

b.

Environmental health demands that individuals be willing to change their

beliefs.

c.

Environmental health is dependent on social neighborhoods, as well as

geography.

d.

Environmental health requires social,

economic, and political changes to improve.

a.

Careful assessment, diagnosis, planning, and giving care to individual patients and

their families

b.

Dialogue with community members concerning what health issues are of

importance in that community

c.

Focusing on family health through school-

based neighborhood clinics

d.

Helping the community create political change through organization, use of media, legislative lobbying, and mass

demonstrations

a.

Environmental problems just are not

interesting or dramatic.

b.

It’s difficult to get media interested.

c.

People respond more to an acute crisis

than chronic environmental problems.

d.

People respond more to an individual

asking for help than a community asking for help.

a.

Risks of living style

b.

Risks in the built environment

c.

Personal health risks

d.

Modern day health risks

a.

Backlash against companies that do not

protect the environment

b.

Daily insults to people who live in a

particular community

c.

Locating industrial hazards in low-income

communities

d.

Political recognition that companies

support a safe environment

a.

Band together to shut the industry down

b.

Nothing, because of family ties and cost

of relocation

c.

Immediately move to a different

neighborhood

d.

Seek legal reimbursement for the hazard

exposure

a.

Companies refuse to share employee

injury information.

b.

Because factories reimburse employees

directly, the injury is not reported.

c.

Individuals assume it is a personal

problem, not an employment issue.

d.

Most employment positions do not have

known risks.

a.

Because air pollutants are contributors to

asthma and other health problems.

b.

Clean power would reduce the pollution

that results from burning of high-sulfur coal.

c.

Manure runoff from industrial farming is polluting water and killing fish throughout

the United States.

d.

Mass transit would remove the problem of

so many Americans being killed or injured by drunken or impaired drivers.

a.

Air quality immediately improved.

b.

Air quality is slowly improving.

c.

Little change occurred because these

chemicals remain in the atmosphere.

d.

Nothing has happened because other countries worldwide continue to

extensively use these products.

a.

Secondhand smoke

b.

Living near a nuclear power plant

c.

Exposure to pesticides

d.

Radon gas

a.

The inability to store foods at an

acceptable temperature

b.

The inability to have healthy foods at

home

c.

A neighborhood with little to no access to

healthy foods

d.

A neighborhood that has experienced a

recent food-borne illness

a.

Landfills are too wasteful, as solid waste

can be burned to produce energy.

b.

Methane gas may move through the soil to

cause fire or explosions nearby.

c.

There is an ongoing need to purchase

more land as landfills eventually fill up.

d.

People do not use landfills but dump their

garbage anywhere they will not be seen.

a.

Decreased prevalence of infectious

diseases

b.

Increased water pollution from soil

erosion

c.

Decreased protection from the ozone layer

d.

Increased number of parasites and insects

a.

The Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA) sets priorities for environmental problems and funds action.

b.

Federal policies have been weakened, and

enforcement lacks funding.

c.

Federal recycling mandates have

decreased waste products.

d.

Legislation is increasingly being passed to

force companies to lower toxic waste emissions.

a.

The nurse did not ask the attendees to disclose if any of them smoke around

children.

b.

The nurse did not address actions that

should be taken to improve air quality and only focused on the treatment of asthma.

c.

The nurse did not address the need to avoid exposure to others who may have a

communicable disease.

d.

The nurse did not review the genetic

components related to asthma in families.

a.

Hold a dialogue with community

members about the problem and its effects

b.

Fight for stronger “do not trash” laws and

harsher penalties

c.

Lecture community organizations about

the value of safe water for recreation

d.

Put all personal trash in appropriate trash

receptacles

a.

Appeal to the chief executive officer’s

conscience

b.

Ask the corporation’s employees to

encourage change

c.

Begin legal action to force the corporation

to change

d.

Form coalitions with other groups that

have similar goals

a.

Participatory action research does not use

a control group.

b.

Participatory action research does not

require randomization.

c.

Participatory action research is not based

on a predetermined hypothesis.

d.

Participatory action research poses

solutions to the problem.

a.

Always use a preprinted form

b.

Depend on education to learn this

c.

Depend on experience to know what to

ask

d.

Memorize the I PREPARE mnemonic

e.

Memorize the I HEALTH mnemonic

a.

Companies demand high reimbursement when asked to stop dumping heavy metals

into local water sources.

b.

Many aquifers are contaminated with

pesticides and fertilizers.

c.

More than 45 million Americans drink

untreated water.