HM 101 || QUESTIONS & ANSWERS; 100%
CORRECT!!
Group Associations correct answers They Help generate hypotheses
Cohort Studies correct answers Types of studies that determine if causes precedes effect
Dose Response Relationships correct answers Studies of cigarette smoking established that
the more a person smoked, the greater the risk of lung cancer
Case Control Studies correct answers Types of studies that determine if cause precedes effect.
Prevalence correct answers The proportion of people in a given population with a disease at a
specific point in time is referred to as:
Determining contributory cause: correct answers - The cause comes before the effect
- changing the cause changes the effect
- the cause is associated with the effect
Traditional Public Health correct answers Group and community-based interventions
Social interventions correct answers Interventions that are non-health related and have
secondary impacts on health
Health Care correct answers systems for delivering one-on-one individual health services,
including those aimed at prevention, cure, palliation, and rehabilitation
Medical Care correct answers Care free is a mid-Michigan nonprofit organization serving
5,000+ patients without insurance or without access to affordable care
infection correct answers HIV/Aids
Behavior correct answers Smoking
Socio-economic/cultural correct answers Jehovah's witnesses refuse blood transfusions
because they believe both the old and new testaments command us to abstain from blood
John Snow is best known for correct answers stopping the cholera epidemic
nutrition transition correct answers A shift in diet from one that is poorly balanced and
consists primarily of cereal and fiber to one that is high in sugar, fats and salt
demographic transition correct answers A period of high birth and death rates, followed by
falling birth and death rates. There is rapid population growth during this time
Epidemiological transition correct answers As social and economic development occurs,
there is a shift in the type of diseases that are prevalent - from communicable to non-
communicable
, BIG GEMS correct answers Behavior
Infections
Genetics
Geography
Environment
Medical Care
Socio-Economic/Cultural
upstream approach correct answers Addressing social determinants of health—conditions in
which people are born, grow, live, work, and play.
downstream approach correct answers Chronic disease treatment—emergency services,
pharmacology, surgery, and dialysis
mid-stream correct answers Modifying individual behavior—physical activity, nutrition,
tobacco use, maternal health, high school graduation, and violence control.
Case fatality rate correct answers chances of dying from diseases
Incidence rate correct answers Chances of developing the disease of a specific period of time
Prevalence rate correct answers Proportion of people living with the disease over a specific
period of time
Morbidity rate correct answers Rate of disability or impairment in a population over a
specific period of time
Mortality rate correct answers Rate of death in a population over a specific period of time
Randomized control trial or natural experiment correct answers Altering the cause alters the
effect
Cohort study correct answers Cause precedes effect in time
case-control study correct answers Cause is associated with effect at the individual level
Upstream approach examples correct answers vaccinations, seat belts, policy to raise
restrictions on purchasing alcohol, helmets for motorcycle riders
Downstream approach examples correct answers smoking cessation, antibiotics
Which of the following is true? correct answers - The purpose of public health informatics is
to use computer science, information science, and technology to support public health
decision making by providing timely. relevant and quality information
- Public health surveillance data supports the development of public health interventions
Infant Mortatlity Rate correct answers Estimates the rate of death in the first year of life in
populations
life expectancy correct answers Measures the overall death experience of populations
CORRECT!!
Group Associations correct answers They Help generate hypotheses
Cohort Studies correct answers Types of studies that determine if causes precedes effect
Dose Response Relationships correct answers Studies of cigarette smoking established that
the more a person smoked, the greater the risk of lung cancer
Case Control Studies correct answers Types of studies that determine if cause precedes effect.
Prevalence correct answers The proportion of people in a given population with a disease at a
specific point in time is referred to as:
Determining contributory cause: correct answers - The cause comes before the effect
- changing the cause changes the effect
- the cause is associated with the effect
Traditional Public Health correct answers Group and community-based interventions
Social interventions correct answers Interventions that are non-health related and have
secondary impacts on health
Health Care correct answers systems for delivering one-on-one individual health services,
including those aimed at prevention, cure, palliation, and rehabilitation
Medical Care correct answers Care free is a mid-Michigan nonprofit organization serving
5,000+ patients without insurance or without access to affordable care
infection correct answers HIV/Aids
Behavior correct answers Smoking
Socio-economic/cultural correct answers Jehovah's witnesses refuse blood transfusions
because they believe both the old and new testaments command us to abstain from blood
John Snow is best known for correct answers stopping the cholera epidemic
nutrition transition correct answers A shift in diet from one that is poorly balanced and
consists primarily of cereal and fiber to one that is high in sugar, fats and salt
demographic transition correct answers A period of high birth and death rates, followed by
falling birth and death rates. There is rapid population growth during this time
Epidemiological transition correct answers As social and economic development occurs,
there is a shift in the type of diseases that are prevalent - from communicable to non-
communicable
, BIG GEMS correct answers Behavior
Infections
Genetics
Geography
Environment
Medical Care
Socio-Economic/Cultural
upstream approach correct answers Addressing social determinants of health—conditions in
which people are born, grow, live, work, and play.
downstream approach correct answers Chronic disease treatment—emergency services,
pharmacology, surgery, and dialysis
mid-stream correct answers Modifying individual behavior—physical activity, nutrition,
tobacco use, maternal health, high school graduation, and violence control.
Case fatality rate correct answers chances of dying from diseases
Incidence rate correct answers Chances of developing the disease of a specific period of time
Prevalence rate correct answers Proportion of people living with the disease over a specific
period of time
Morbidity rate correct answers Rate of disability or impairment in a population over a
specific period of time
Mortality rate correct answers Rate of death in a population over a specific period of time
Randomized control trial or natural experiment correct answers Altering the cause alters the
effect
Cohort study correct answers Cause precedes effect in time
case-control study correct answers Cause is associated with effect at the individual level
Upstream approach examples correct answers vaccinations, seat belts, policy to raise
restrictions on purchasing alcohol, helmets for motorcycle riders
Downstream approach examples correct answers smoking cessation, antibiotics
Which of the following is true? correct answers - The purpose of public health informatics is
to use computer science, information science, and technology to support public health
decision making by providing timely. relevant and quality information
- Public health surveillance data supports the development of public health interventions
Infant Mortatlity Rate correct answers Estimates the rate of death in the first year of life in
populations
life expectancy correct answers Measures the overall death experience of populations
