COMMUNITY PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
PROMOTING THE HEALTH OF
POPULATIONS 7TH EDITION NIES EXAM
SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
⩥ What public health issues does the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act focus on? Answer: 1. medical care financing
2. strategies for providing health insurance coverage to a higher
proportion of the population
⩥ T/F: Physician services + hospital cares combined = over half of the
health care expenditures in the US. Answer: true
⩥ T/F: Medical insurance system reforms are important although alone
these reforms will NOT be adequate to improve US health. Answer: true
⩥ T/F: Historically, fain in the health of populations have come largely
from public health efforts such as safety/adequacy of food supplies,
provision of safe water, sewage disposal, public safety from biological
threats and personal behavioral changes including reproductive
behaviors. Answer: true
, ⩥ T/F: Public health is responsible for increasing lifespan from 47 in
1900 to 78 in 2005 (66% increase), especially d/t sanitation, clean water
supplies, safer workplaces, food/drug safety, immunizations, nutrition,
hygiene, and housing improvements. Answer: true
⩥ What are the 10 great public health achievements in the 20th century
provided by the CDC? Answer: 1. immunizations
2. motor vehicle safety
3. control of infectious diseases
4. safer and healthier foods
5. healthier mothers + babies
6. family planning
7. fluoridation of drinking water
8. tobacco as health hazard
9. declines in death d/t heart disease
10. declines in death d/t stroke
⩥ T/F: Public health is what we, as a society, do collectively to assure
the conditions in which people can be healthy. Answer: true
⩥ T/F: The mission of public health is to generate organized community
efforts to address the public interest in health by applying scientific and
technical knowledge to prevent disease and promote health. Answer:
true
PROMOTING THE HEALTH OF
POPULATIONS 7TH EDITION NIES EXAM
SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
⩥ What public health issues does the Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act focus on? Answer: 1. medical care financing
2. strategies for providing health insurance coverage to a higher
proportion of the population
⩥ T/F: Physician services + hospital cares combined = over half of the
health care expenditures in the US. Answer: true
⩥ T/F: Medical insurance system reforms are important although alone
these reforms will NOT be adequate to improve US health. Answer: true
⩥ T/F: Historically, fain in the health of populations have come largely
from public health efforts such as safety/adequacy of food supplies,
provision of safe water, sewage disposal, public safety from biological
threats and personal behavioral changes including reproductive
behaviors. Answer: true
, ⩥ T/F: Public health is responsible for increasing lifespan from 47 in
1900 to 78 in 2005 (66% increase), especially d/t sanitation, clean water
supplies, safer workplaces, food/drug safety, immunizations, nutrition,
hygiene, and housing improvements. Answer: true
⩥ What are the 10 great public health achievements in the 20th century
provided by the CDC? Answer: 1. immunizations
2. motor vehicle safety
3. control of infectious diseases
4. safer and healthier foods
5. healthier mothers + babies
6. family planning
7. fluoridation of drinking water
8. tobacco as health hazard
9. declines in death d/t heart disease
10. declines in death d/t stroke
⩥ T/F: Public health is what we, as a society, do collectively to assure
the conditions in which people can be healthy. Answer: true
⩥ T/F: The mission of public health is to generate organized community
efforts to address the public interest in health by applying scientific and
technical knowledge to prevent disease and promote health. Answer:
true
