COMMUNITY ORAL HEALTH CASE
STUDY QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
Community Case 1 - ANSWER-In your new position as the Oral Health Program
Coordinator at the State Health Department, you are asked to conduct a statewide
screening project to determine the oral health status of school-age children. After
you collect and analyze the data from the statewide survey, you are to determine
what oral health programs you would like to plan that will address the needs of
children in your state.
1.1. Which core public health function is addressed through the screening project?
a Assurance
b Assessment
c Policy development
d Planning - ANSWER-b Assessment
1.2. If dental caries in school-age children is the problem you want to address, what
public health solution would be best for this problem?
a School fluoride mouth rinse
b Grade-specific oral health education program
c School sealant program
d Community water fluoridation - ANSWER-d Community water fluoridation
1.3. Which one of the major agencies within the Department of Health and Human
Services (DHHS) would have the most possibilities for funding the project you select
to conduct?
a PHS (Public Health Service)
b ACF (Administration for Children and Families)
c CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid)
d AOA (Administration on Aging) - ANSWER-a PHS (Public Health Service)
1.4. The survey you conduct relates to which private practice function?
a Diagnosis
b Treatment
c Examination
d Evaluation - ANSWER-c Examination
3.2. During the data collection phase of the community health assessment, all of the
following are government resources for health data that the committee could use
except one. Which one is not a government resource?
a Population surveys from the Bureau of the Census
b State health surveys
c Health and dental records from a private hospital
d CDC Cancer Registry - ANSWER-c Health and dental records from a private
hospital
3.3. What is the initial description and general overview of the community called?
, a Community asset map
b Community profile
c Primary data collection
d Plan for the community assessment - ANSWER-? d Plan for the community
assessment
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3.1. What would be the first step the committee should take for the community health
assessment?
a Collect data from existing resources.
b Identify critical health issues and select health priorities.
c Mobilize the community by forming key partnerships and recruiting participants to
collaborate in the community health assessment.
d Plan and collect primary health data in the community. - ANSWER-? c Mobilize the
community by forming key partnerships and recruiting participants to collaborate in
the community health assessment.
4.2 What measure would be used to assess untreated tooth decay?
a Percentage of persons with ≥1 bleeding site
b Percentage of persons with ≥1 dft or DMFT
c Percentage of persons with ≥1 dt or DT
d Percentage of persons with all teeth extracted, edentulous - ANSWER-c
Percentage of persons with ≥1 dt or DT
4.3 In conducting a survey to evaluate access to dental care, the following
information is most often collected with the use of a questionnaire except?
a Oral cancer experience
b Usual source of dental care
c Annual dental visit
d Reason for not having a dental visit in the past year - ANSWER-a Oral cancer
experience
4.4 Which survey method would you select to replicate in the state to assess the
presence of dental sealants among third-grade students?
a National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
b Association for State & Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD) Basic Screening
Survey (BSS)
c Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS)
d National Vital Statistics System - ANSWER-b Association for State & Territorial
Dental Directors (ASTDD) Basic Screening Survey (BSS)
4.5 An important goal of an Oral Health Surveillance System is to assess disparities
among different segments of a population. All of the following factors are important to
include in a State Oral Health Surveillance System to track oral health disparities
except?
a Geographic location
b Age
STUDY QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
Community Case 1 - ANSWER-In your new position as the Oral Health Program
Coordinator at the State Health Department, you are asked to conduct a statewide
screening project to determine the oral health status of school-age children. After
you collect and analyze the data from the statewide survey, you are to determine
what oral health programs you would like to plan that will address the needs of
children in your state.
1.1. Which core public health function is addressed through the screening project?
a Assurance
b Assessment
c Policy development
d Planning - ANSWER-b Assessment
1.2. If dental caries in school-age children is the problem you want to address, what
public health solution would be best for this problem?
a School fluoride mouth rinse
b Grade-specific oral health education program
c School sealant program
d Community water fluoridation - ANSWER-d Community water fluoridation
1.3. Which one of the major agencies within the Department of Health and Human
Services (DHHS) would have the most possibilities for funding the project you select
to conduct?
a PHS (Public Health Service)
b ACF (Administration for Children and Families)
c CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid)
d AOA (Administration on Aging) - ANSWER-a PHS (Public Health Service)
1.4. The survey you conduct relates to which private practice function?
a Diagnosis
b Treatment
c Examination
d Evaluation - ANSWER-c Examination
3.2. During the data collection phase of the community health assessment, all of the
following are government resources for health data that the committee could use
except one. Which one is not a government resource?
a Population surveys from the Bureau of the Census
b State health surveys
c Health and dental records from a private hospital
d CDC Cancer Registry - ANSWER-c Health and dental records from a private
hospital
3.3. What is the initial description and general overview of the community called?
, a Community asset map
b Community profile
c Primary data collection
d Plan for the community assessment - ANSWER-? d Plan for the community
assessment
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3.1. What would be the first step the committee should take for the community health
assessment?
a Collect data from existing resources.
b Identify critical health issues and select health priorities.
c Mobilize the community by forming key partnerships and recruiting participants to
collaborate in the community health assessment.
d Plan and collect primary health data in the community. - ANSWER-? c Mobilize the
community by forming key partnerships and recruiting participants to collaborate in
the community health assessment.
4.2 What measure would be used to assess untreated tooth decay?
a Percentage of persons with ≥1 bleeding site
b Percentage of persons with ≥1 dft or DMFT
c Percentage of persons with ≥1 dt or DT
d Percentage of persons with all teeth extracted, edentulous - ANSWER-c
Percentage of persons with ≥1 dt or DT
4.3 In conducting a survey to evaluate access to dental care, the following
information is most often collected with the use of a questionnaire except?
a Oral cancer experience
b Usual source of dental care
c Annual dental visit
d Reason for not having a dental visit in the past year - ANSWER-a Oral cancer
experience
4.4 Which survey method would you select to replicate in the state to assess the
presence of dental sealants among third-grade students?
a National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
b Association for State & Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD) Basic Screening
Survey (BSS)
c Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS)
d National Vital Statistics System - ANSWER-b Association for State & Territorial
Dental Directors (ASTDD) Basic Screening Survey (BSS)
4.5 An important goal of an Oral Health Surveillance System is to assess disparities
among different segments of a population. All of the following factors are important to
include in a State Oral Health Surveillance System to track oral health disparities
except?
a Geographic location
b Age
