QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GUARANTEED
PASS
⩥ needs assessment. Answer: Assists to identify and prioritize health
problems
⩥ Chi-square. Answer: Involves categorical variables. Looks at 2
distributions of categorical data to see if they differ from each other. (for
proportions)
⩥ Two independent samples t-test. Answer: Comparing two independent
groups
⩥ 2 sample dependent t-test. Answer: Same sample of people compared
twice
⩥ Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). Answer: analysis of variance test
used for designs with three or more sample means
⩥ correlation analysis. Answer: analysis of the degree to which changes
in one variable are associated with changes in another
,⩥ SIP. Answer: State Implementation Plan (SIP) approved by the EPA,
standards for ambient air quality and requires States to participate in the
implementation by developing a plan that meets Federal requirements
⩥ Cryptosporidium parvum. Answer: a water-borne, fecal-oral cycle
pathogen that can cause severe diarrhea lasting for 1 - 2 weeks,
headache, muscle pain, severe fluid and weight loss. The Apicomplexa
have well developed sexual cycles and a structure (the Apical Complex)
that helps them to attach to host cells.
⩥ Flavivirus. Answer: genus of viruses that includes mosquito-
transmitted diseases such as Yellow Fever that are classified as water-
related because part of disease's vector's lifestyle occurs in water
⩥ Plasmodium spp.. Answer: family of parasites that causes malaria,
which, like flavivirus, is water-related
⩥ Borrelia burgdorferi. Answer: bacterial species that causes Lyme
disease, the vector for which is the deer tick
⩥ Vital statistics. Answer: The collection, tabulation, and interpretation
of data concerning birth, marriage, divorce, sickness, and death.
⩥ DDT pesticide. Answer: Causes "SILENT SPRING" (bird eggshell
cracking) - EFFECTIVE vs. mosquitoes
,⩥ core functions of public health. Answer: 1. Assessment
2. Policy Development
3. Assurance
⩥ 10 essential public health services. Answer: 1. Monitor health status to
identify and solve community health problems.
2. Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the
community.
3. Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues.
4. Mobilize community partnerships and action to identify and solve
health problems.
5. Develop policies and plans that support individual and community
health efforts.
6. Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety.
7. Link people to needed personal health services and assure the
provision of health care when otherwise unavailable.
8. Assure competent public and personal health care workforce.
9. Improve and innovate public health functions through ongoing
evaluation, research, and continuous quality improvement
10. Build and maintain a strong organizational infrastructure for public
health
, ⩥ HACCP. Answer: food safety system employed to Identify and control
problems that may cause foodborne illness before they happen
⩥ epidemiologic triangle. Answer: describes the occurrence of disease as
an interaction between Host, agent and environment
⩥ Power. Answer: ability to reject the null hypothesis when the null is in
fact false
⩥ Type I error (alpha). Answer: reject null when it was true (probability
of this error is alpha)
⩥ type 2 error. Answer: fail to reject null when false (probability of this
error is beta)
⩥ level of significance. Answer: alpha or α, is the probability of
rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true
⩥ cultural competence. Answer: meet the social, cultural and linguistic
needs of individuals within the community
⩥ cultural awareness. Answer: Knowledge of various cultural beliefs
and values