HLTH 349 - Midterm Exam 2021 exam questions and answers

• Question 1 A myth of common ancestry is a main feature of: 3 out of 3 points • Question 2 . 3 out of 3 points Most of the physical threat to health for adolescents and young adults stems from: • Question 3 3 out of 3 points A teenage mother is at greater risk for pregnancy complications than a mother older than 20. • Question 4 3 out of 3 points The percentage of children younger than 18 living in a single-parent family has been decreasing ever since 1965. • Question 5 3 out of 3 points Today, the majority of Americans are referred to as white, non-Hispanic. • Question 6 3 out of 3 points A community is a group of people who have common characteristics. • Question 7 3 out of 3 points The number of events that occur in a given population in a given period of time is a: • Question 8 3 out of 3 points Actions that society takes collectively to ensure that the conditions in which people can be healthy can occur is termed: • Question 9 3 out of 3 points There has been no evidence of community health activities dating back over 1,000 years. • Question 10 3 out of 3 points Self-reported behavior risk data on adults is collected through the: • Question 11 0 out of 3 points Raising money to fund their programs, providing education, providing service to those affected, and advocating are the basic objectives of: • Question 12 3 out of 3 points Upton Sinclair's book, The Jungle, drew attention to the plight of immigrants in the meat packing industry. • Question 13 3 out of 3 points The average number of years a person from a specific cohort is projected to live from a given point in time is his or her life expectancy. • Question 14 3 out of 3 points Health education and health promotion are terms that can be used interchangeably. • Question 15 3 out of 3 points True or False? Sleeping on the back rather than the stomach greatly increases the risk of SIDS among healthy, full-term infants. • Question 16 3 out of 3 points An epidemic curve depicting a distribution of cases traceable to multiple sources of exposure is a: • Question 17 3 out of 3 points True or False? Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of mortality in children. • Question 18 A disease that lasts three months or less is a chronic disease. 3 out of 3 points • Question 19 3 out of 3 points The contributions of religious groups to community health have been: • Question 20 The population with the lowest high school completion rates is: 3 out of 3 points • Question 21 3 out of 3 points True or False? Sometimes notifiable diseases are not reported to the local health department because patients recover without a diagnosis being confirmed. • Question 22 3 out of 3 points Over the last several decades, the death rate for adolescents and young adults has significantly increased. • Question 23 3 out of 3 points The Shattuck report marked the beginning of the: • Question 24 An example of a quasi-governmental health organization is: 3 out of 3 points • Question 25 3 out of 3 points A process by which an intervention is planned to help meet the needs of a priority population is: • Question 26 3 out of 3 points Studies that seek to describe the extent of disease in regard to person, time, and place are: • Question 27 3 out of 3 points The means by which structure and organization are given to the planning process are: • Question 28 3 out of 3 points Historically, communities have always taken aggressive actions to deal with health issues. • Question 29 3 out of 3 points Teenagers who become pregnant and have a child are more likely than their peers who are not mothers to: • Question 30 3 out of 3 points Black, non-Hispanic Americans have an infant mortality rate that is more than two times that of white American infants. • Question 31 3 out of 3 points True or False? The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is an institute under the National Institutes of Health (NIH). • Question 32 School connectedness is an example of: 3 out of 3 points • Question 33 Community health concerns of the 21st century include: 3 out of 3 points • Question 34 An infant death is the death of a child younger than: 3 out of 3 points • Question 35 3 out of 3 points The process for people to gain mastery over their lives and the lives of their communities is social capital. • Question 36 3 out of 3 points True or False? The two factors affecting community health that need special attention when dealing with health problems of adolescents and young adults are community organizing and physical factors. • Question 37 3 out of 3 points Choosing to eat wisely, wearing a safety belt, and visiting the physician are examples of community/public health activities. • Question 38 3 out of 3 points The process of collecting and analyzing information to develop an understanding of the issues, resources, and constraints of the priority population to better develop a health promotion program is: • Question 39 3 out of 3 points People born in and owing allegiance to a country other than the one in which they live are referred to as: Subject: Chapter 10 True or False? Leading causes of death in the United States today are communicable diseases.