HLTH 3115S-1 Public and Global Health, Week 4 Midterm Exam (100% Correct)

Question: Which of the following illnesses can … via blood and bodily fluids and weakens the immune system so that it does not function as well, allowing foreign pathogens to invade the body? Question: The laws, regulations, and priorities that govern your community or state and how these components influence the health of individual citizens are known as which type of health determinant? Question: Bacteria or fungi present different risks to populations and therefore varying methods of prevention should … What are these examples of? Question: Studying assists us in gaining an understanding of the connections between human populations and the Question: When does population growth occur? Question: Which of the following is an element of your social environment that can influence your health? Question: Which of the following offers equal opportunity to enjoy the highest attainable level of health, and is … through environmental health protection policies and community care programs? Question: Which infectious disease makes the body more at risk for other infections? Question: The advent and prevalence of antibiotics led to a high birth rate and low death rate, causing a phenomenon that we are still experiencing. What is that phenomenon? Question: Which portion of the population in low income regions is most at risk of dying from malaria? Question: How does a working surveillance system assist Healthy People 2020 in promoting health? Question: Which of the following measures how many births have … in a year per 1,000 people in a population? Question: The assessment that has been … into the planning processes in several countries to evaluate the impact of public or government interventions on populations and settlements is … what? Question: Many … countries are beginning to struggle with issues … to , which include increasing numbers of elderly and not enough younger people to replace them in the work Question: Why don’t the same control methods work for all types of vectors? Question: Which of the following calculations include deaths from specific causes in the numerator and the number of people at risk for dying from that cause in the denominator? Question: The design and implementation of must factor in local cultural belief systems and Question: In addition to political stability, the ability to is important in the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS. Question: In addition to … vector range and climate change, which is a primary environmental condition that impacts low and middle income countries? Question: Which of the following is … as “the art and science of motivating people to enhance their lifestyle to achieve complete health, not just the absence of disease?” Question: is the collection, analysis, and use of data to target public health prevention. Question: Diarrheal disease is a leading cause of death across the world and it can often … to which of the following? Question: Which of the following diseases was spread through the movement of goods and people across borders from Asia into Europe and on to the Americas during the nineteenth century? Question: The three communicable diseases that are the leading causes of death globally are HIV/AIDS, malaria, and . Question: What is the vector which is responsible for the spread of onchocerciasis? Question: Which disease has seen advancements, resulting in a cure due to Direct Observed Therapy and rigorous treatments? Question: Which vector-borne disease is commonly … through rodent infestation on cargo ships? Question: Which MDG addresses waterborne diseases? Question: In middle- and low-income countries, rapid urbanization worldwide has led to increasing rates of mortality from what? Question: Lower- and middle-income countries … for 94 percent of the 138 million DALYs … in 2004. How many of these came from road traffic injuries? Question: Which of the following is a typical symptom of the initial stage in the WHO clinical staging system of HIV infection in adults, adolescents, infants, and children? Which term refers to diseases that are transmissible from animals to humans, animals to animals and from humans to humans or from humans to animal? Question: is an airborne disease that can … by coughing, speaking or even Question: Because they generally require the blood of another organism to survive, most vectors are . Question: was spread from person to person through droplets in the air from a sneeze, a cough or contact with nasal secretions during the Question: In highly … urban areas in , many children suffer from asthma and respiratory illness to a much greater degree than most anywhere else in the world as the result of air pollution due to industrialization and dense Question: occurs when public health professionals go to health clinics, hospitals, or other facilities to talk to health care providers and Question: In countries with high HIV transmission rates, views about have had a significant influence on the … transmission of the Question: According to the World Health Organization’s (WHO), is “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or “ Question: indirectly addresses airborne disease because it is … at eradicating extreme hunger and