Practice Question
The nurse is leading a community health initiative to reduce the prevalence of noncommunicable diseases. Which program topics would best address behavioral risk factory?
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Correct Answer:
Healthy eating and physical activity education
Rationale:
🟦 Behavioral risk factors for NCDs include unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, tobacco use, and harmful alcohol use, making healthy eating and physical activity the most direct targets for prevention.
🟦 Teaching individuals how to adopt balanced diets, reduce processed foods, and engage in routine exercise addresses the modifiable behaviors linked to heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and obesity.
🟦 Behavior-focused interventions empower communities to make sustainable lifestyle changes that reduce long-term disease burden.
🟦 Although stress reduction contributes to wellness, diet and exercise remain the primary behavioral drivers of major NCDs.
🟦 Therefore, this topic aligns most strongly with the initiative’s goal of decreasing behavior-related risks.
❌ Incorrect Options
🟦 Genetic predisposition awareness
Genetics are non-modifiable, not behavioral.
Important for risk awareness, but not a behavioral intervention.
🟦 Stress management
Helpful, but stress is a psychosocial factor, not the core behavioral driver of NCDs.
🟦 Air quality monitoring
This addresses environmental risk factors, not behavioral ones.
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Question Details
- Category: RN Nursing Exam(s)
- Subcategory: General Exams
- Domain: 🏞 Community Health
- Answer Choices: 4