PHC 4101 Quizzes up to Midterm with Answers.

Monitoring the effectiveness of interventions is not an important part of the public health approach to health problems in the community. correct answers False Which of the following is true of politics and public health? correct answers Politics is an essential element of democratic governance Monitoring the effectiveness of interventions is an important part of the public health approach to health problems in the community. correct answers True Public health measures which contribute most to people being healthier today than they were a century ago are: Sanitation, better nutrition, and occupational safety. correct answers True Many public health measures have a negative economic impact on an industry. In some cases, public health advocates would consider this economic impact to be an acceptable consequence. However, sometimes this economic impact may have mixed consequences for public health. Which of the following measures is most likely to have negative as well as positive results for public health? correct answers Effect of banning pesticide use on the agriculture industry. The social justice aspect of public health views members of a community as having collective responsibility for their common welfare. correct answers True Which of the following statements best expresses the market justice view? correct answers Every adult individual is responsible for his or her own lot in life. President Obama has promised to restore scientific integrity to public health policy making. correct answers True The level of government that, according to the Constitution, has the primary responsibility for the health of the population is: correct answers state The federal government is explicitly mandated in the Constitution to protect the health of the population. correct answers False Public health law is determined by all of the following bodies, including the legislature, the executive, the courts, and nongovernmental agencies. correct answers False The Supreme Court decision in the case of Jacobson vs. the Commonwealth of Massachusetts set a precedent allowing a state to restrict an individual's freedom for the common good. What specific issue did the case apply to? correct answers Smallpox vaccination When epidemiologists are called on to investigate an outbreak of an infectious disease, the first thing they must do is define the disease in a clear way so that there is no doubt about whether an individual case should be counted. correct answers True