Chapter 23: Rural and Migrant Health
1. How can you explain how the rural population could be growing when young persons from rural areas
consistently move to urban areas seeking employment?
a. Adults engaged in all the physically demanding farming tasks have longer life spans than people in
urban areas.
b. Farm families continue to have a higher birth rate than urban families.
c. Many formerly migrant worker Hispanics are settling in rural counties.
d. Retirees and other urbanites able to conduct business through telecommunication and travel are
moving in. - correct answer ✔✔D
2. What is the reason there are so few hospitals in rural areas?
a. Few nurses and physicians enjoy the rural lifestyle.
b. Historically, hospitals began in large urban areas and have slowly expanded outward but haven't yet
reached all rural areas.
c. Rural areas have very low population density.
d. Rural residents don't trust hospitals, preferring to receive care from neighbors and friends. - correct
answer ✔✔C
3. From what cause are rural residents twice as likely to die in comparison with urban residents?
a. Chronic diseases, especially cardiac problems and cancers
b. Diabetes from the higher incidence of obesity
c. Respiratory diseases (from pesticides and herbicides)
d. Unintentional injuries - correct answer ✔✔D
4. What fact would cause a geographic area to be called a frontier area?
a. Arbitrary distinction recognizing the Great Plains, Intermountain areas, and Alaska
b. Geographically located in the West, specifically the Great Plains states
c. High death rate from use of guns (homicide or suicide)
,d. Population of fewer than six persons per square mile - correct answer ✔✔D
5. What is the practical importance of the new classification system of metropolitan, micropolitan, and
noncare areas?
a. Classifications are used for congressional policy-making and funding decisions.
b. Metropolitan areas gained importance because of their large population.
c. Micropolitan areas are now recognized for their crucial role in society.
d. The new system emphasizes the extent of rural (noncore) areas. - correct answer ✔✔A
6. Which compositional factor influences rural health needs?
a. Demographics of the people living in an area
b. Local environment
c. The geography of the area
d. The political and social institutions in the community - correct answer ✔✔A
7. What have surveys of public health experts determined to be the number one priority in rural areas?
a. Access to health care
b. Access to education via computer and Internet
c. Access to Internet including the World Wide Web
d. More and better-paying employment opportunities
e. More up-to-date energy-efficient housing - correct answer ✔✔A
8. What must be true for a county to be defined as having persistent poverty?
a. At least 10% of the population has been in poverty for at least the last 10 years.
b. At least 10% of the population has been in poverty for at least the last 20 years.
c. At least 20% of the population has been in poverty for at least the last 20 years.
d. At least 20% of the population has been in poverty for at least the last 30 years. - correct answer ✔✔D
, 9. What is noteworthy about many adolescent males picked up for driving without a license in the
countryside?
a. Most had driver's education classes but haven't yet earned the money to pay for their driver's license
test.
b. Most were Hispanic or black from a rural area.
c. Most were practiced in driving large farm machinery and were just going from one section of the farm
to another section.
d. Most were practicing their driving skills with their parent in the car. - correct answer ✔✔B
10. When discussing lifestyle habits, what habits are particularly prevalent in rural areas (more so than in
urban areas) of the South?
a. Falls and motor vehicle accidents
b. Less use of seatbelts and more drinking of alcohol
c. Obesity and sedentary lifestyle
d. Suicide and homicide - correct answer ✔✔C
11. How are firearm injuries different in rural areas as compared with urban areas?
a. In rural areas, firearm deaths occur more frequently because of purposeful rather than accidental
shooting.
b. In rural areas, firearm injuries occur more frequently in the home.
c. In rural areas, firearm injuries occur more frequently during official hunting season, whereas the
frequency doesn't vary in urban areas.
d. In rural areas, firearm injuries are more frequently fatal than in urban areas. - correct answer ✔✔B
12. What group of persons is the fastest-growing component of the rural population?
a. Disabled adults
b. Elderly women
c. Hispanic children
d. Retirees - correct answer ✔✔C
1. How can you explain how the rural population could be growing when young persons from rural areas
consistently move to urban areas seeking employment?
a. Adults engaged in all the physically demanding farming tasks have longer life spans than people in
urban areas.
b. Farm families continue to have a higher birth rate than urban families.
c. Many formerly migrant worker Hispanics are settling in rural counties.
d. Retirees and other urbanites able to conduct business through telecommunication and travel are
moving in. - correct answer ✔✔D
2. What is the reason there are so few hospitals in rural areas?
a. Few nurses and physicians enjoy the rural lifestyle.
b. Historically, hospitals began in large urban areas and have slowly expanded outward but haven't yet
reached all rural areas.
c. Rural areas have very low population density.
d. Rural residents don't trust hospitals, preferring to receive care from neighbors and friends. - correct
answer ✔✔C
3. From what cause are rural residents twice as likely to die in comparison with urban residents?
a. Chronic diseases, especially cardiac problems and cancers
b. Diabetes from the higher incidence of obesity
c. Respiratory diseases (from pesticides and herbicides)
d. Unintentional injuries - correct answer ✔✔D
4. What fact would cause a geographic area to be called a frontier area?
a. Arbitrary distinction recognizing the Great Plains, Intermountain areas, and Alaska
b. Geographically located in the West, specifically the Great Plains states
c. High death rate from use of guns (homicide or suicide)
,d. Population of fewer than six persons per square mile - correct answer ✔✔D
5. What is the practical importance of the new classification system of metropolitan, micropolitan, and
noncare areas?
a. Classifications are used for congressional policy-making and funding decisions.
b. Metropolitan areas gained importance because of their large population.
c. Micropolitan areas are now recognized for their crucial role in society.
d. The new system emphasizes the extent of rural (noncore) areas. - correct answer ✔✔A
6. Which compositional factor influences rural health needs?
a. Demographics of the people living in an area
b. Local environment
c. The geography of the area
d. The political and social institutions in the community - correct answer ✔✔A
7. What have surveys of public health experts determined to be the number one priority in rural areas?
a. Access to health care
b. Access to education via computer and Internet
c. Access to Internet including the World Wide Web
d. More and better-paying employment opportunities
e. More up-to-date energy-efficient housing - correct answer ✔✔A
8. What must be true for a county to be defined as having persistent poverty?
a. At least 10% of the population has been in poverty for at least the last 10 years.
b. At least 10% of the population has been in poverty for at least the last 20 years.
c. At least 20% of the population has been in poverty for at least the last 20 years.
d. At least 20% of the population has been in poverty for at least the last 30 years. - correct answer ✔✔D
, 9. What is noteworthy about many adolescent males picked up for driving without a license in the
countryside?
a. Most had driver's education classes but haven't yet earned the money to pay for their driver's license
test.
b. Most were Hispanic or black from a rural area.
c. Most were practiced in driving large farm machinery and were just going from one section of the farm
to another section.
d. Most were practicing their driving skills with their parent in the car. - correct answer ✔✔B
10. When discussing lifestyle habits, what habits are particularly prevalent in rural areas (more so than in
urban areas) of the South?
a. Falls and motor vehicle accidents
b. Less use of seatbelts and more drinking of alcohol
c. Obesity and sedentary lifestyle
d. Suicide and homicide - correct answer ✔✔C
11. How are firearm injuries different in rural areas as compared with urban areas?
a. In rural areas, firearm deaths occur more frequently because of purposeful rather than accidental
shooting.
b. In rural areas, firearm injuries occur more frequently in the home.
c. In rural areas, firearm injuries occur more frequently during official hunting season, whereas the
frequency doesn't vary in urban areas.
d. In rural areas, firearm injuries are more frequently fatal than in urban areas. - correct answer ✔✔B
12. What group of persons is the fastest-growing component of the rural population?
a. Disabled adults
b. Elderly women
c. Hispanic children
d. Retirees - correct answer ✔✔C
