FNDH 600 Midterm questions well
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Mostly due to public health efforts, life expectancy increased from 1900 until the
end of the 20th Century by about __________ years. - correct answer ✔✔30
The Determinants of Health consist mainly of genetics (family history) and
personal choices, which suggests that public health efforts should focus mainly
each individual's personal choices. - correct answer ✔✔False
This federal-level public health organization is part of the Department of Health
and Human Services, has 14,000 employees working in 40 countries, and a budget
of more than $10 billion, including about $1 billion for health promotion
programs. Their mission is "to promote health and quality of life by preventing
and controlling disease, injury, and disability." - correct answer ✔✔Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
3 core functions of public health - correct answer ✔✔assessment, policy
development, & assurance
In the USA 1900, one of the top three causes of death was: - correct answer
✔✔tuberculosis
The level of prevention that involves early detection of the potential for
development of a disease or condition is called: - correct answer ✔✔Secondary
Prevention
, The history of public health might well be written as a record of successive re-
definings of the: - correct answer ✔✔unacceptable
What will a public health professional likely do? - correct answer ✔✔assess and
monitor the health of populations, formulate public health policies, connect
people to needed health services, and promote health and quality of life by
preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability.
If recent trends continue with US birth demographics and poverty among
children... - correct answer ✔✔The proportion of people living in poverty will
likely increase
Which of the following public health organizations was instrumental in helping
thousands of farmers to reclaim fertile river land for growing crops and
simultaneously to prevent river blindness - correct answer ✔✔World Health
Organization
epidemiology - correct answer ✔✔the study of the distribution and determinants
of disease or health status in a population
Health Education - correct answer ✔✔programs designed with a community to
help it know . about health risks and how it can reduce these risks
Health Promotion - correct answer ✔✔the process of enabling people to increase
control over their health and its determinants, and thereby improve their health
Prevention - correct answer ✔✔Actions that reduce exposure or other risks, keep
people from getting sick, or keep disease from getting worse
answered already passed
Mostly due to public health efforts, life expectancy increased from 1900 until the
end of the 20th Century by about __________ years. - correct answer ✔✔30
The Determinants of Health consist mainly of genetics (family history) and
personal choices, which suggests that public health efforts should focus mainly
each individual's personal choices. - correct answer ✔✔False
This federal-level public health organization is part of the Department of Health
and Human Services, has 14,000 employees working in 40 countries, and a budget
of more than $10 billion, including about $1 billion for health promotion
programs. Their mission is "to promote health and quality of life by preventing
and controlling disease, injury, and disability." - correct answer ✔✔Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention
3 core functions of public health - correct answer ✔✔assessment, policy
development, & assurance
In the USA 1900, one of the top three causes of death was: - correct answer
✔✔tuberculosis
The level of prevention that involves early detection of the potential for
development of a disease or condition is called: - correct answer ✔✔Secondary
Prevention
, The history of public health might well be written as a record of successive re-
definings of the: - correct answer ✔✔unacceptable
What will a public health professional likely do? - correct answer ✔✔assess and
monitor the health of populations, formulate public health policies, connect
people to needed health services, and promote health and quality of life by
preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability.
If recent trends continue with US birth demographics and poverty among
children... - correct answer ✔✔The proportion of people living in poverty will
likely increase
Which of the following public health organizations was instrumental in helping
thousands of farmers to reclaim fertile river land for growing crops and
simultaneously to prevent river blindness - correct answer ✔✔World Health
Organization
epidemiology - correct answer ✔✔the study of the distribution and determinants
of disease or health status in a population
Health Education - correct answer ✔✔programs designed with a community to
help it know . about health risks and how it can reduce these risks
Health Promotion - correct answer ✔✔the process of enabling people to increase
control over their health and its determinants, and thereby improve their health
Prevention - correct answer ✔✔Actions that reduce exposure or other risks, keep
people from getting sick, or keep disease from getting worse
