PBHL 511 Final Exam Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) What is the result of an action potential reaching the axon terminal of the presynaptic cell that has a chemical synapse?= - Correct Answers ✅A neurotransmitter is released from the presynaptic cell. The neurotransmitter binds to a receptor on the postsynaptic cell often resulting in an action potential in the postsynaptic cell Opioid drugs bind to opiate receptors leading to analgesia (loss of pain). Why does drug addiction occur even after the individual has recovered from the illness/disorder which caused the pain? - Correct Answers ✅Opioid drugs stimulate the release of dopamine in the reward pathway regions of the brain. This causes structural and chemical changes in the brain which resemble the learning process.Which of the following characterize some of the limits of the brain/disease paradigm of addiction?Underplays/ignores the impact of social determinants of health on the etiology of addiction.B.Creates a risk of stigmatizing addicts as diseased.C.Evidence for this paradigm has been challenged. - Correct Answers ✅A. Underplays/ignores the impact of social determinants of health on the etiology of addiction.B.Creates a risk of stigmatizing addicts as diseased. 1 / 2
PBHL 511 Final Exam Questions with Complete Solutions (Latest 2025) C.Evidence for this paradigm has been challenged.What are the stages in the stages of change model? - Correct Answers ✅Pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance What principles of the Health Belief Model describe perceptions/beliefs about a disease or health condition? - Correct Answers ✅Perceived susceptibility, perceived severity What are the levels of the Social Ecological Model ordered from "micro" to "macro"? - Correct Answers ✅individual, interpersonal, organizational, community, policy Cancer treatment is an example of what level of prevention? - Correct Answers ✅Tertiary There was an HIV and Hepatitis C outbreak in a rural part of Indiana in 2015. This led to then governor Mike Pence to declare a public health emergency. What led to this outbreak?
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People started injecting opioids after the formulation of oxymorphone was changed limiting its ability to be tampered with.