Community and Public Health (correct answers)
Birth and Death Rates at the National level correct answers Which of the following is not
an adequate measure of health care performance
. Health Determinants, and Health Outcomes
b. Performance or Outputs of the Health System
c. Health inequities in determinants, outputs of the system, and health outcomes
d. All of the Above correct answers A sound Health Information System should include
which of the following?
True correct answers True or False: Health Quality of Life measures can be combined
with measures of time in a particular health state to form Quality Adjusted life Years
(QALYs).
Signs- blood pressure, temperature, X-ray
b. Symptoms- Disease specific checklists
c. Co-morbidity- Charlson Index, ICED
d. Adverse events- pain bleeding, readmission
e. None of the Above- all are types of disease measurements correct answers Which of
the following is not a type of disease measurement:
a. A Decennial Census
b. Household Surveys
c. Health Research
d. All of the Above correct answers Which is the following are essential sources of
health related information?
Death Records correct answers Which of the following was among the first records
used to measure and map health outcomes, thus generating health information?
True correct answers True or False: The role of Health information systems are to
generate, analyze, and disseminate sound data to support public health decision
making.
Population Health Outcome Indicator correct answers Match the following Definition to
the term that it most aptly identifies: __________ Measure the effect of health care (or
Public Health Interventions) on health status at a population level.
Signs- blood pressure, temperature, X-ray
b. Symptoms- Disease specific checklists
c. Co-morbidity- Charlson Index, ICED
d. Adverse events- pain bleeding, readmission
e. None of the Above- all are types of disease measurements correct answers Which of
the following is not a type of disease measurement:
, A Decennial Census
b. Household Surveys
c. Health Research
d. All of the Above correct answers Which is the following are essential sources of
health related information?
True or False: The Following is the most recent and adhered to definition of Public
Health Surveillance: Public Health surveillance is the ongoing systematic collection,
analysis, interpretation and dissemination of health data...The Concept of public health
surveillance does not include administration of the prevention and control programs, but
does include an intended link with those programs." correct answers True
True or False: During the French Revolution in the 18th Century, it was first claimed that
the health of the people was the responsibility of the state. correct answers True
Which of the following are no one of the three basic characteristics of Public Health
Surveillance, as adopted by the 21st World Health Assembly: correct answers Common
review and eradication of transmissible diseases
During the 19th century, Sir Edwin Chardwich, Secretary of the __________ Law
Commission in England was the first Health Administrator to demonstrate through
__________ that __________ and __________ were closely related. Choose the
word(s) that best fits this sentence. correct answers Poor; Surveillance; Poverty;
Disease
True or False: The study of the natural history and epidemiology of the disease is not a
main objective of public health surveillance. correct answers True
True or False: One of the main functions of Surveillance includes research and
epidemiological review. correct answers False
BRFSS is a state-based system of health surveys. What does BRFSS Stand for?
correct answers Behavioural Risk Factor Surveillance System
True or False: The main function of a public health surveillance system is to monitor
infectious diseases. correct answers False
Which of the following is not a major concern or barrier to the advancement of public
health surveillance? correct answers Common Information Systems
True or False: The BRFSS is administered in high-schools across America to students
13-15 years old. correct answers False
Which of the following are a part of the 'Lay Referral System'? correct answers all of the
above, friends, family, mailman, grocer
Birth and Death Rates at the National level correct answers Which of the following is not
an adequate measure of health care performance
. Health Determinants, and Health Outcomes
b. Performance or Outputs of the Health System
c. Health inequities in determinants, outputs of the system, and health outcomes
d. All of the Above correct answers A sound Health Information System should include
which of the following?
True correct answers True or False: Health Quality of Life measures can be combined
with measures of time in a particular health state to form Quality Adjusted life Years
(QALYs).
Signs- blood pressure, temperature, X-ray
b. Symptoms- Disease specific checklists
c. Co-morbidity- Charlson Index, ICED
d. Adverse events- pain bleeding, readmission
e. None of the Above- all are types of disease measurements correct answers Which of
the following is not a type of disease measurement:
a. A Decennial Census
b. Household Surveys
c. Health Research
d. All of the Above correct answers Which is the following are essential sources of
health related information?
Death Records correct answers Which of the following was among the first records
used to measure and map health outcomes, thus generating health information?
True correct answers True or False: The role of Health information systems are to
generate, analyze, and disseminate sound data to support public health decision
making.
Population Health Outcome Indicator correct answers Match the following Definition to
the term that it most aptly identifies: __________ Measure the effect of health care (or
Public Health Interventions) on health status at a population level.
Signs- blood pressure, temperature, X-ray
b. Symptoms- Disease specific checklists
c. Co-morbidity- Charlson Index, ICED
d. Adverse events- pain bleeding, readmission
e. None of the Above- all are types of disease measurements correct answers Which of
the following is not a type of disease measurement:
, A Decennial Census
b. Household Surveys
c. Health Research
d. All of the Above correct answers Which is the following are essential sources of
health related information?
True or False: The Following is the most recent and adhered to definition of Public
Health Surveillance: Public Health surveillance is the ongoing systematic collection,
analysis, interpretation and dissemination of health data...The Concept of public health
surveillance does not include administration of the prevention and control programs, but
does include an intended link with those programs." correct answers True
True or False: During the French Revolution in the 18th Century, it was first claimed that
the health of the people was the responsibility of the state. correct answers True
Which of the following are no one of the three basic characteristics of Public Health
Surveillance, as adopted by the 21st World Health Assembly: correct answers Common
review and eradication of transmissible diseases
During the 19th century, Sir Edwin Chardwich, Secretary of the __________ Law
Commission in England was the first Health Administrator to demonstrate through
__________ that __________ and __________ were closely related. Choose the
word(s) that best fits this sentence. correct answers Poor; Surveillance; Poverty;
Disease
True or False: The study of the natural history and epidemiology of the disease is not a
main objective of public health surveillance. correct answers True
True or False: One of the main functions of Surveillance includes research and
epidemiological review. correct answers False
BRFSS is a state-based system of health surveys. What does BRFSS Stand for?
correct answers Behavioural Risk Factor Surveillance System
True or False: The main function of a public health surveillance system is to monitor
infectious diseases. correct answers False
Which of the following is not a major concern or barrier to the advancement of public
health surveillance? correct answers Common Information Systems
True or False: The BRFSS is administered in high-schools across America to students
13-15 years old. correct answers False
Which of the following are a part of the 'Lay Referral System'? correct answers all of the
above, friends, family, mailman, grocer
