PUBH 201 Midterm
Which of the following terms best describes the collaborative actions taken to identify and address
transnational concerns about the exposures and diseases that adversely affect human populations? -
correct answer ✔✔Global health
Public Health - correct answer ✔✔organized measures(public or private) designed to prevent diseases,
promote health and prolong life among the population as a whole.
International Health - correct answer ✔✔focusing mostly on other countries, minus yours
Which of the following metrics quantifies the additional duration of life and quality of life concerned to
populations by successful public health interventions? - correct answer ✔✔Quality adjusted life year
The aim of which of the following is to reduce impairment, minimize pain and suffering, and prevent
death in people with symptomatic health problems? - correct answer ✔✔Tertiary
The number of years the average individual born into the population can expect to live without disability
is expressed as which of the following? - correct answer ✔✔Healthy life expectancy
During the 20th century, most high-income nations made a transition to a lower birth rate, a lower death
rate, longer life expectancies, and a higher burden from which of the following health conditions? -
correct answer ✔✔infectious disease
Which of the following is not a core public health discipline? - correct answer ✔✔Medicine
The threat from emerging infectious dz is an ancient one that will continue to exist for future
generations, because infectious agents can easily cross international borders when they are carried by
air, water, or animals. T/F - correct answer ✔✔True
Which of the following terms best describes the collaborative actions taken to identify and address
transnational concerns about the exposures and diseases that adversely affect human populations? -
correct answer ✔✔Global health
Public Health - correct answer ✔✔organized measures(public or private) designed to prevent diseases,
promote health and prolong life among the population as a whole.
International Health - correct answer ✔✔focusing mostly on other countries, minus yours
Which of the following metrics quantifies the additional duration of life and quality of life concerned to
populations by successful public health interventions? - correct answer ✔✔Quality adjusted life year
The aim of which of the following is to reduce impairment, minimize pain and suffering, and prevent
death in people with symptomatic health problems? - correct answer ✔✔Tertiary
The number of years the average individual born into the population can expect to live without disability
is expressed as which of the following? - correct answer ✔✔Healthy life expectancy
During the 20th century, most high-income nations made a transition to a lower birth rate, a lower death
rate, longer life expectancies, and a higher burden from which of the following health conditions? -
correct answer ✔✔infectious disease
Which of the following is not a core public health discipline? - correct answer ✔✔Medicine
The threat from emerging infectious dz is an ancient one that will continue to exist for future
generations, because infectious agents can easily cross international borders when they are carried by
air, water, or animals. T/F - correct answer ✔✔True
