Community 24 - Rural and Migrant
Health
How can you explain how the rural population could be growing when young persons from rural areas
constantly more to urban areas seeking employment? - correct answer ✔✔Retirees and other urbanites
able to conduct business through telecommunication and travel are moving in.
Which of the following best explains why there are so few hospitals in rural areas? - correct answer
✔✔Rural areas have very low population density.
From which of the following causes are rural residents twice as likely to die from in comparison with
urban residents? - correct answer ✔✔Unintentional injuries
Which of the following factors would cause a geographic area to be called a frontier area? - correct
answer ✔✔Population of fewer than six persons per square mile
Which of the following best describes the practical importance of the classifications of metropolitan,
micropolitan, and noncare areas? - correct answer ✔✔Classifications are used for congressional policy-
making and funding decisions.
Which of the following compositional factors influences rural health needs? - correct answer
✔✔Demographics of the people living in an area
Which of the following describes what has been identified by public health experts as the number one
priority in rural areas? - correct answer ✔✔Access to health care
Which of the following would be true for a county to be defined as having persistent poverty? - correct
answer ✔✔At least 20% of the population has been in poverty for at least the last 30 years.
Which of the following facts is noteworthy about adolescent males who are driving without a license in
the countryside? - correct answer ✔✔Most were Hispanic or black from a rural area
, Which of the following are particularly prevalent in rural areas (more so than in urban areas) of the
South? - correct answer ✔✔Obesity and sedentary lifestyle
Which of the following statements best describes how firearm injuries are different in rural areas as
compared with urban areas? - correct answer ✔✔In rural areas, firearm injuries occur more frequently
in the home.
Which of the following groups is the fastest-growing component of the rural population? - correct
answer ✔✔Hispanic children
Which of the following best explains why companies do not build work places in rural areas where
people are anxious to find full-time employment? - correct answer ✔✔Employers need highly educated
and skilled employees
Which of the following employment opportunities are among the most dangerous? - correct answer
✔✔Mining, forestry, and fishing
A public health nurse is working in a rural clinic. On the basis of risk, which of the following would be the
priority group for care? - correct answer ✔✔Migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFW)
As a concerned citizen and professional, a nurse encourages the local senators and representatives to
support expansion of health clinics for the poverty stricken. Which of the following locations is in most
desperate need? - correct answer ✔✔Rural areas where migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFW)
labor
Which of the following is the most frequent cause of farm fatalities and nonfatal injuries? - correct
answer ✔✔Tractors
Which of the following statements best describes how working on a farm is different from working in a
factory? - correct answer ✔✔The worksite and the home are the same
Health
How can you explain how the rural population could be growing when young persons from rural areas
constantly more to urban areas seeking employment? - correct answer ✔✔Retirees and other urbanites
able to conduct business through telecommunication and travel are moving in.
Which of the following best explains why there are so few hospitals in rural areas? - correct answer
✔✔Rural areas have very low population density.
From which of the following causes are rural residents twice as likely to die from in comparison with
urban residents? - correct answer ✔✔Unintentional injuries
Which of the following factors would cause a geographic area to be called a frontier area? - correct
answer ✔✔Population of fewer than six persons per square mile
Which of the following best describes the practical importance of the classifications of metropolitan,
micropolitan, and noncare areas? - correct answer ✔✔Classifications are used for congressional policy-
making and funding decisions.
Which of the following compositional factors influences rural health needs? - correct answer
✔✔Demographics of the people living in an area
Which of the following describes what has been identified by public health experts as the number one
priority in rural areas? - correct answer ✔✔Access to health care
Which of the following would be true for a county to be defined as having persistent poverty? - correct
answer ✔✔At least 20% of the population has been in poverty for at least the last 30 years.
Which of the following facts is noteworthy about adolescent males who are driving without a license in
the countryside? - correct answer ✔✔Most were Hispanic or black from a rural area
, Which of the following are particularly prevalent in rural areas (more so than in urban areas) of the
South? - correct answer ✔✔Obesity and sedentary lifestyle
Which of the following statements best describes how firearm injuries are different in rural areas as
compared with urban areas? - correct answer ✔✔In rural areas, firearm injuries occur more frequently
in the home.
Which of the following groups is the fastest-growing component of the rural population? - correct
answer ✔✔Hispanic children
Which of the following best explains why companies do not build work places in rural areas where
people are anxious to find full-time employment? - correct answer ✔✔Employers need highly educated
and skilled employees
Which of the following employment opportunities are among the most dangerous? - correct answer
✔✔Mining, forestry, and fishing
A public health nurse is working in a rural clinic. On the basis of risk, which of the following would be the
priority group for care? - correct answer ✔✔Migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFW)
As a concerned citizen and professional, a nurse encourages the local senators and representatives to
support expansion of health clinics for the poverty stricken. Which of the following locations is in most
desperate need? - correct answer ✔✔Rural areas where migrant and seasonal farmworkers (MSFW)
labor
Which of the following is the most frequent cause of farm fatalities and nonfatal injuries? - correct
answer ✔✔Tractors
Which of the following statements best describes how working on a farm is different from working in a
factory? - correct answer ✔✔The worksite and the home are the same
