HM 101: Exam 1 || QUESTIONS WITH A+ GRADED
SOLUTIONS!!
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
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
John Snow is best known for
a) Establishing a system of collecting vital statistics
b) Initiating the hygiene movement
c) Stopping a cholera epidemic
d) Discovering penicillin correct answers Stopping a cholera epidemic
Mortality (example) correct answers A total of 57 million deaths occurred in the world during
2008; 36 million (63%) were due to NCDs, principally cardiovascular disease, diabetes,
cancer and chronic respiratory diseases
Case Fatality (example) correct answers 25%-90% of people who get the Ebola virus die
from it
Morbidity (example) correct answers Diabetes is the leading cause of renal failure in many
populations in both developed and developing countries. Lower limb amputations are at least
10 times more common in people with diabetes than in non diabetic individuals in developed
countries; more than half of all non traumatic lower limb amputations are due to diabetes
Behavior (BIG GEMS example) correct answers Smoking
Infection (BIG GEMS example) correct answers HIV/AIDS
Medical Care (BIG GEMS example) correct answers Care free is a mid Michigan non profit
organization serving 5,000+ patients without health insurance or without access to affordable
care
Socioeconomic/ Cultural (BIG GEMS example) correct answers Jehovah's Witnesses refuse
blood transfusions because they believe both the Old and New Testament command us to
abstain from blood
, The proportion of people in a given population with a disease at a specific point in time is
referred to as
a) Incidence
b) Odds ratio
c) Prevalence
d) Relative risk correct answers Incidence
Cohort Studies correct answers Types of studies that determine if cause precedes effect
Case Control Studies correct answers Retrospective studies
Group Associations correct answers They help generate hypotheses
DOSE Response Relationships (example) correct answers Studies of cigarette smoking
established that the more a person smoked, the greater the risk of lung cancer.
Explain what is meant by the "upstream approach" in public health and provide and example.
correct answers The upstream approach in public health refers to the efforts made to improve
socioeconomic structures so that there is a greater support system in place for individuals to
achieve a healthy life. Another way to look at it is, thinking big picture.
An example of this is regulation of tobacco products in the United States. By regulating the
use and taxes on tobacco, it is able to reach large masses of the population because
unfortunately, large amounts of the population use these products. However, practices like
anti-smoking advertisements are widely viewed and discourage many of continuing these
practices. Increases in taxes will affect these individuals on an economic level and combined,
these efforts move to increase the general health of the population.
Collect correct answers Where does public health data come from?
Compile correct answers Public health information is put together to measure a population
Present correct answers How can we evaluate the quality of the public health material?
Perceive correct answers What factors affect how we understand and interpret public health
information?
Combine correct answers What kind of information do we need to be able to make health
related decisions?
Decision Making correct answers How can we use information to draw conclusions?
Life Expectancy correct answers The primary measure the HALE begins with is ____.
The Country With the Longest Life Expectancy correct answers The primary measure the
DALY begins with is___.
Quality of Health correct answers The HALE also considers what as specifically important in
its calculation.
SOLUTIONS!!
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
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
John Snow is best known for
a) Establishing a system of collecting vital statistics
b) Initiating the hygiene movement
c) Stopping a cholera epidemic
d) Discovering penicillin correct answers Stopping a cholera epidemic
Mortality (example) correct answers A total of 57 million deaths occurred in the world during
2008; 36 million (63%) were due to NCDs, principally cardiovascular disease, diabetes,
cancer and chronic respiratory diseases
Case Fatality (example) correct answers 25%-90% of people who get the Ebola virus die
from it
Morbidity (example) correct answers Diabetes is the leading cause of renal failure in many
populations in both developed and developing countries. Lower limb amputations are at least
10 times more common in people with diabetes than in non diabetic individuals in developed
countries; more than half of all non traumatic lower limb amputations are due to diabetes
Behavior (BIG GEMS example) correct answers Smoking
Infection (BIG GEMS example) correct answers HIV/AIDS
Medical Care (BIG GEMS example) correct answers Care free is a mid Michigan non profit
organization serving 5,000+ patients without health insurance or without access to affordable
care
Socioeconomic/ Cultural (BIG GEMS example) correct answers Jehovah's Witnesses refuse
blood transfusions because they believe both the Old and New Testament command us to
abstain from blood
, The proportion of people in a given population with a disease at a specific point in time is
referred to as
a) Incidence
b) Odds ratio
c) Prevalence
d) Relative risk correct answers Incidence
Cohort Studies correct answers Types of studies that determine if cause precedes effect
Case Control Studies correct answers Retrospective studies
Group Associations correct answers They help generate hypotheses
DOSE Response Relationships (example) correct answers Studies of cigarette smoking
established that the more a person smoked, the greater the risk of lung cancer.
Explain what is meant by the "upstream approach" in public health and provide and example.
correct answers The upstream approach in public health refers to the efforts made to improve
socioeconomic structures so that there is a greater support system in place for individuals to
achieve a healthy life. Another way to look at it is, thinking big picture.
An example of this is regulation of tobacco products in the United States. By regulating the
use and taxes on tobacco, it is able to reach large masses of the population because
unfortunately, large amounts of the population use these products. However, practices like
anti-smoking advertisements are widely viewed and discourage many of continuing these
practices. Increases in taxes will affect these individuals on an economic level and combined,
these efforts move to increase the general health of the population.
Collect correct answers Where does public health data come from?
Compile correct answers Public health information is put together to measure a population
Present correct answers How can we evaluate the quality of the public health material?
Perceive correct answers What factors affect how we understand and interpret public health
information?
Combine correct answers What kind of information do we need to be able to make health
related decisions?
Decision Making correct answers How can we use information to draw conclusions?
Life Expectancy correct answers The primary measure the HALE begins with is ____.
The Country With the Longest Life Expectancy correct answers The primary measure the
DALY begins with is___.
Quality of Health correct answers The HALE also considers what as specifically important in
its calculation.
