HLTH-3115-4 PUBLIC HEALTH.2018.QUESTIONS AN ANSWERS

Diabetes mellitus accounted for % of the deaths in high-income families in 2004? Selected Answer: D. 2.8 Correct Answer: D. 2.8 Response Feedback: For more information, see the document, World Health Organization Fact Sheet - The Top Causes of Death Is the following statement True or False: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the most fundamental of the conventions on human rights. Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Response Feedback: Tru e Tru e For more information, review page 76 of your text. lower-, middle-, and upper-income countries. Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Fals e Tru e Response Feedback: For more information, review Fallon, W.J., & Gayle, H.D. (2010). Report of the CISIS commission on smart global health policy: A healthier, safer and more prosperous world. Center for Strategic & International Studies. Which of the following is true of determinants of health Selected Answer: A. They reflect underlying force that are at work in the subsequent development of disease Correct Answer: A. They reflect underlying force that are at work in the subsequent development of disease Response Feedback: For more information, review pages 16 - 18 of your text. What is one way to build community capacity? Selected Answer: D. All of the above Correct Answer: D. All of the above Response Feedback: For more information, review the report, CDC Promoting Health Equity, "Section 3" In a complex humanitarian emergency, a leading cause of death is: Answer: B. Diarrheal diseases Correct Answer: B. Diarrheal diseases Response Feedback: For more information, review page 182 of your text. Is the following statement True or False: An institutional review board is a committee, within an organization, that conducts research that reviews all proposed research on human subjects. Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Response Feedback: Tru e Tru e For more information, review page 83 of your text. Which of the following definitions describes infant mortality rate? Selected Answer: A. The number of deaths of infants under age 1 per 1000 live births in a given year Correct Answer: A. The number of deaths of infants under age 1 per 1000 live births in a given year Response Feedback: For more information, review page 18 of your text. According to the executive summary in the article WHO Social Determinants of Health, the role of research institutions in monitoring, researching, and training is to: Answers: A. Participation in policy, planning, programs, and evaluation B. Generate and disseminate social determinants of health knowledge C. Strengthening accountability Correct D. Improved participation of UN Member States in global governance Answers: B. Generate and disseminate social determinants of health knowledge Response Feedback: For more information, review the report, WHO Social Determinants of Health, "Exec Summary" Which of the following are among the 10 great achievements in the 20th century? Selected Answer: D. All of the above Correct Answer: D. All of the above Response Feedback: For more information, see the document, Ten Great Public Health Achievements - United States, "The social approach" is: Selected Answer: A. interventions with another non-health-related purpose, which have secondary impacts on health Correct Answer: A. interventions with another non-health-related purpose, which have secondary impacts on health Response Feedback: For more information, page 9 of your text. The elements, or pathways, of social determinants include: Selected Answers: D. All of the Above Correct Answers: A. The social conditions Response Feedback: C. Physical environment For more information, review the report, CDC Promoting Health Equity, "Section 1" Which of the following is a global public health organization? Selected Answer: E. Both C & D Correct Answer: E. Both C & D Response Feedback: For more information, review page 65 of your text. The central public health agency in the federal government is: Selected Answer: A. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Correct Answer: A. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Response Feedback: For more information, review page 65 of your text. Which of the following is an example of a Chinese medical system provider? Selected Answer: C. Acupuncturist Correct Answer: C. Acupuncturist Response Feedback: For more information, review Table 12-2 on page 218 of your text. Is the following statement True or False: The incidence rate is the number of new cases of a health condition in a certain period, compared to the number of people at risk Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Response Feedback: Tru e Tru e For more information, review page 22 of your text. "Palliative" care refers to: Selected Answer: A. End of life care Correct Answer: A. End of life care Response Feedback: For more information refer to page Table 8-2 on page 139 of your text. Which of the following is an adverse consequence of climate change? Answer: D. Floods Correct Answer: D. Floods Response Feedback: For more information, review Table 9-2 on page 165 of your text. The following is true of a primary intervention: Selected Answer: D. All of the above Correct Answer: D. All of the above Response Feedback: For more information, review page 52 of your text. "Morbidity" refers to: Selected Answer: B. Death Correct Answer: A. Disability Response Feedback: For more information, review p. 40 of your text. Which of the following are the WHO Millennium Health Goals? Answers: E. Both C & D Correct Answers: E. Both C & D Response Feedback: For more information, review the WHO Millennium Health Goals at Which of the following activities is associated with a "rights based approach" to public health? Selected Answer: D. All of the above Correct Answer: D. All of the above Response Feedback: For more information, review page 77 of your text. Which of the following are considered urban air pollutants? Selected Answer: A. Carbon monoxide Correct Answer: A. Carbon monoxide Response Feedback: For more information, review Table 9-3 on page 166 of your text. "Case-fatality" refers to: Answer: C. The relationship between incidence rate and mortality rate Correct Answer: C. The relationship between incidence rate and mortality rate Response Feedback: For more information, review p. 41 of your text. Which of the following best describes bipolar disorder? Selected Answer: A. A serious mood disorder characterized by swings of mania and depression Correct Answer: A. A serious mood disorder characterized by swings of mania and depression Response Feedback: For more information, review page 122 of your text.