HSM POP HEALTH QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS
"Population health" refers to the health of a population as
measured by health status indicators and as influenced by social,
economic, and physical environments; personal health practices;
individual capacity and coping skills; human biology; early
childhood development; and health services. Correct Answers
True
A community health assessment can help to answer which of the
following questions? Correct Answers All of the above
A community health assessment is useful in identifying key
problems and assets in a community. Correct Answers True
A Health in All Policies approach incorporates health
considerations into decision making across various sectors and
policy areas. Correct Answers True
A person with an inapparent infection ____________. Correct
Answers can transmit the infection to others
A representative sample of residents were telephoned and asked
how much they exercise each week and whether they currently
have or have ever been diagnosed with heart disease. What kind
of study was this? Correct Answers Cross-sectional
A study's subjects were children enrolled in a health
maintenance organization. At the age of two months, each child
was randomly given one of two types of a new vaccine against
,rotavirus infection. Parents were called by a nurse two weeks
later and asked whether the children had experienced any of a
list of side effects. What kind of study was this? Correct
Answers Experimental
ACEs are traumatic childhood events that can make an
individual susceptible to chronic disease, mental health, and
substance abuse issues in adulthood. Correct Answers True
Addressing "upstream factors" can influence the health of a
population. Correct Answers True
Adverse childhood experiences are preventable. Correct
Answers True
All health determinants are under one's control. Correct Answers
False
Analytic epidemiology differs from descriptive epidemiology in
that it uses studies to examine associations between exposure
and disease. Correct Answers True
Analytic epidemiology is the branch of epidemiology used to
test hypotheses. Correct Answers True
Claims data are administrative data that are collected when a
patient meets with a provider and are later submitted to an
insurance company or other payer for reimbursement. Correct
Answers True
, Colorectal cancer screening is an example of which level of
prevention? Correct Answers Secondary prevention
COVID-NET is an example of which type of surveillance
system? Correct Answers Population-based
Cross-sectional studies allow for generating a hypothesis,
whereas case-control studies allow for testing one's hypothesis.
Correct Answers True
Cross-sectional studies and case-control studies provide
incidence information. Correct Answers True
Direct transmission includes which of the following? Correct
Answers Droplet spread
Enforcing regulations to improve poor quality housing is an
example of which type of determinant intervention? Correct
Answers Midstream
Epidemiology is the basic science of public health. We can use
epidemiology to try to do which of the following? Correct
Answers All of the above
Epidemiology studies the distribution and determinants of
health-related events in a population, and it applies the findings
to help control health problems. An epidemiologist's effort to
compare the food histories of people with staphylococcal food
poisoning with the food histories of people without food
poisoning reflects which of the key words in that definition?
Correct Answers Determinants
SOLUTIONS
"Population health" refers to the health of a population as
measured by health status indicators and as influenced by social,
economic, and physical environments; personal health practices;
individual capacity and coping skills; human biology; early
childhood development; and health services. Correct Answers
True
A community health assessment can help to answer which of the
following questions? Correct Answers All of the above
A community health assessment is useful in identifying key
problems and assets in a community. Correct Answers True
A Health in All Policies approach incorporates health
considerations into decision making across various sectors and
policy areas. Correct Answers True
A person with an inapparent infection ____________. Correct
Answers can transmit the infection to others
A representative sample of residents were telephoned and asked
how much they exercise each week and whether they currently
have or have ever been diagnosed with heart disease. What kind
of study was this? Correct Answers Cross-sectional
A study's subjects were children enrolled in a health
maintenance organization. At the age of two months, each child
was randomly given one of two types of a new vaccine against
,rotavirus infection. Parents were called by a nurse two weeks
later and asked whether the children had experienced any of a
list of side effects. What kind of study was this? Correct
Answers Experimental
ACEs are traumatic childhood events that can make an
individual susceptible to chronic disease, mental health, and
substance abuse issues in adulthood. Correct Answers True
Addressing "upstream factors" can influence the health of a
population. Correct Answers True
Adverse childhood experiences are preventable. Correct
Answers True
All health determinants are under one's control. Correct Answers
False
Analytic epidemiology differs from descriptive epidemiology in
that it uses studies to examine associations between exposure
and disease. Correct Answers True
Analytic epidemiology is the branch of epidemiology used to
test hypotheses. Correct Answers True
Claims data are administrative data that are collected when a
patient meets with a provider and are later submitted to an
insurance company or other payer for reimbursement. Correct
Answers True
, Colorectal cancer screening is an example of which level of
prevention? Correct Answers Secondary prevention
COVID-NET is an example of which type of surveillance
system? Correct Answers Population-based
Cross-sectional studies allow for generating a hypothesis,
whereas case-control studies allow for testing one's hypothesis.
Correct Answers True
Cross-sectional studies and case-control studies provide
incidence information. Correct Answers True
Direct transmission includes which of the following? Correct
Answers Droplet spread
Enforcing regulations to improve poor quality housing is an
example of which type of determinant intervention? Correct
Answers Midstream
Epidemiology is the basic science of public health. We can use
epidemiology to try to do which of the following? Correct
Answers All of the above
Epidemiology studies the distribution and determinants of
health-related events in a population, and it applies the findings
to help control health problems. An epidemiologist's effort to
compare the food histories of people with staphylococcal food
poisoning with the food histories of people without food
poisoning reflects which of the key words in that definition?
Correct Answers Determinants
