Fundamentals of Nursing: Health and Wellness Practice Test

Health promotion centers on empowering people to take control of their health and make choices that improve well-being. It uses education, supportive environments, and access to resources to enable individuals to adopt healthier behaviors and manage their health proactively, rather than waiting for illness to occur. The option describing activities that empower individuals to increase control over and improve their health best captures this idea, because it emphasizes empowerment, choice, and ongoing improvement rather than just treatment or screening. By contrast, a medical treatment plan focuses on diagnosing and treating a disease, routine physical exams are a screening activity, and the absence of disease describes a state, not an active effort to promote health.