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MULTIPLEgCHOICE
1. Whichgofgthegfollowinggisgthegnumbergofgyearsgagdentalghygienegcurriculumghasgbeenginge
xistence?ga.g25
b. 50
c. 75
d.ggg 100
ANS:gD
Dr.gAlfredgFonesgstartedgthegFonesgSchoolgofgDentalgHygienegingBridgeport,gConnecticut,ging1
913.gDr.gFonesgdevelopedgagcurriculumgforgdentalghygienistsgwhogbegangworkgwithingthegBri
dgeportgPublicgSchoolgsystem.gDr.gFonesghadgagvisiongforgwhatgwegnowgcallginterprofessional
gcollaborativegpracticegwhenghegspokegofgagconnectiongbetweengoralghealthgandgsystemicgheal
thgandgthegdentalghygienist’sgrolegingaddressinggsystemicgconditionsgofgthegschoolchildrengbygi
mplementinggpreventivegoralghealthgprograms.
DIF:gApplication REF:gp.g17 OBJ:g1
TOP:gCOMMUNITYgHEALTH/RESEARCHgPRINCIPLESg1.0gPromotinggHealthgandgPreventinggDisea
segwithingGroups
2. Publicghealthgcareersgforgdentalghygienistsgnowgrungtheggamutgfromghigh-
levelgadministrativegpostsgtogprovidinggdentalghygienegcaregforgvariousgpopulationsgingaglocalgcommunity
.gDentalghygienistsgingpublicghealthgpositionsgrequiregangadvancedgdegree.ga.gBothgstatementsgaregtrue.
b. Bothgstatementsgaregfalse.
c. Thegfirstgstatementgisgtrue,gthegsecondgstatementgisgfalse.
d. Thegfirstgstatementgisgfalse,gthegsecondgstatementgisgtrue.
ANS:gC
Dentalghygienistsgingpublicghealthgpositionsgcanghavegangentry-
levelgdegreegorgangadvancedgdegree,gdependinggongthegresponsibilitiesgofgthegpositiongandgtheg
requirementsgofgthegorganizationgorgagency.gManygdentalghygienistsgwithgadvancedgdegreesg
workinggingpublicghealthgbegangtheirgpublicghealthgcareersgwithgthegminimumglevelgofgeducati
on.gTheygchosegtogcontinuegtheirgeducationgasgtheirginterestsgdeveloped,gtheirgchallengesgexpan
ded,gandgtheirgdesireggrewgtogdogmoregforgthegoralghealthgofgtheirgcommunity.
DIF:gRecall REF:gp.g17 OBJ:g1
TOP:gCOMMUNITYgHEALTH/RESEARCHgPRINCIPLESg1.0gPromotinggHealthgandgPreventinggDiseas
egwithingGroups
, 3. Publicghealthghasgthegpotentialgto:g(1)gtakegthegdentalghygienistgintogthegrealmgofgprogramgdevelopment,gi
mplementation,gandgevaluation;g(2)gpresentgagchancegtogworkgwithgvariousgpopulations,gothergprofessio
nals,gagencies,gfinancinggmechanisms,gandgrulesgandgregulations;g(3)gprovidegagvarietygofgactivitiesgthatg
reflectgthegdiversegrolesgofgthegdentalghygienist;g(4)gandgoffergangopportunitygforgcareergadvancementgtog
higherglevelgadministrativegandgmanagementgpositions.ga.g1,g2,g3,g4
b. 1,g2,g3gbutgnotg4
c. 1,g2,g4,gbutgnotg3
d. 1,g3,g4,gbutgnotg2
ANS:gA
Allgaregtrue.gPublicghealthghasgthegpotentialgtogtakegthegdentalghygienistgintogthegrealmgofgprogramgdev
elopment,gimplementation,gandgevaluation;gpresentgagchancegtogworkgwithgvariousgpopulations,gotherg
professionals,gagencies,gfinancinggmechanisms,gandgrulesgandgregulations;gprovidegagvarietygofgactivit
iesgthatgreflectgthegdiversegrolesgofgthegdentalghygienist;gandgoffergangopportunitygforgcareergadvancem
entgtoghigherglevelgadministrativegandgmanagementgpositions.
DIF:gRecall REF:gp.g18 OBJ:g1
TOP:gCOMMUNITYgHEALTH/RESEARCHgPRINCIPLESg2.0gParticipatinggingCommunitygProgra
ms,g2.1gAssessinggPopulationsgandgDefininggObjectives
4. Accordinggtogagnationalgreportg(OralgHealthgingAmerica),gthegSurgeongGeneralgrevealedgwhichgo
fgthegfollowinggtypesgofgdisparitygamonggspecificggroupsgingoralghealthgstatusgandgaccessgtogden
talgcare?
a. Negligible
b. Slight
c. Moderate
d. Profound
ANS:gD
Theregaregprofoundgdisparitiesgamonggspecificggroupsgingoralghealthgstatusgandgaccessgtogdentalgc
aregingthegUnitedgStates.gFederalgagenciesgandgstateggovernmentsgaregaddressinggtheseggapsgingac
cessgtogoralghealthgcaregthroughglegislation,gpolicygdevelopment,gandgrefocusinggofgprograms.
DIF:gApplication REF:gp.g18 OBJ:g2
TOP:gCOMMUNITYgHEALTH/RESEARCHgPRINCIPLESg2.0gParticipatinggingCommunitygProgra
ms,g2.1gAssessinggPopulationsgandgDefininggObjectives
5. Whichglevelgofgsupervisiongallowsgthegdentalghygienistgtogprovidegservicesgasghegorgshegdeterminesg
withoutgspecificgauthorizationgorgsupervision?ga.gDirectgsupervision
b. Indirectgsupervision
c. Generalgsupervision
d. DirectgAccess