CDC MODULE 1 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025

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Key Steps - CORRECT ANSWER -1) identify the problem or issue
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2) identify an appropriate policy solution
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- identify & describe policy options
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- assess policy options
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- prioritize policy solutions g g




3) develop a strategy for furthering adoption of a policy solution
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CDC's role - CORRECT ANSWER -1) identify + describe policy options for PH problems
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2) economic + budgetary impacts g g g




3) identify EB policy solutions + gaps in evidence
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Can the CDC lobby at the federal, state, and local level? - CORRECT ANSWER -no
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STEP 1: identify the problem or issue - CORRECT ANSWER -1) clearly identify problem/issue
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- burden (# people affected)
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- frequency

- severity

- scope (outcomes)
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3) Be specific, look at:
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- contributing risk factors in literature g g g g




4) frame problem to illuminate possible policy solutions
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STEP 2A: Identify and describe policy options - CORRECT ANSWER -1) Identify
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, - research policy options by: literature review, surveying best practices, environmental scan
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- include alternate and opposing POVs g g g g




- include maintaining status quo g g g




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- describe each policy option:
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^ process + structure
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^ health impact, feasibility, economic + budgetary impact
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STEP 2B: Assess Policy Options - CORRECT ANSWER -
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1) use table to rate policy options (https://www.cdc.gov/policy/analysis/process/docs/Table1.
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- for each criterion: write concerns about amount or quality of data
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2) Use another table to assess each option independently against criteria (https://www.cdc.
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gov/policy/analysis/process/docs/Table2.pdf)
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- can have "no policy change"
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- grounded in evidence, but subjective g g g g




STEP 2C: prioritize policy options - CORRECT ANSWER -
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from rating assigned in 2B, evaluate policy alternatives against each other + prioritize policy
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STEP 3: Develop a strategy for furthering adoption of the policy solution - CORRECT
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ANSWER -1) Clarifying operational issues
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- how policy will operate + steps for implementation
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- identify considerations + assistance from those who will adopt policy
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(jurisdiction + info needs)
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