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What is the definition of public health? ✔Correct Answer-What we do collectively as a society to
assure the conditions in which people can stay healthy
An example of a public health approach to disease control is ✔Correct Answer-counseling young
children to exercise
The lead federal agency responsible for generating health data, conducting epidemic investigations
and
promoting public health measures aimed at disease control and prevention is ✔Correct Answer-
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
From the perspective of public health, a 'cause' of disease is ✔Correct Answer-any one of several
factors that increases the likelihood of illness within populations
Among 80 students who responded to a health survey, 20 reported a history of asthma. The rate of
asthma
(per 100 students) is ✔Correct Answer-25.
The probability that an individual will become ill or die within a stated period of time is defined as
'risk' ✔Correct Answer-True
The process of enabling people to increase control and improve their health is known as ✔Correct
Answer-1) the Theory of Planned Behavior
2) the Health Belief Model
3) Social Cognitive Theory
The earliest focus of public health involved the effort to control ✔Correct Answer-communicable
diseases.
The infant mortality rate (IMR) is calculated by dividing the number of infant deaths occurring during
the
first year of life by the ✔Correct Answer-the number of live births during a defined period of time.
The effort to track the frequency of learning disabilities among children born prematurely is an
example of
which essential public health service. ✔Correct Answer-Monitoring community health status.
correlational study ✔Correct Answer--a research project designed to discover the degree to which
two variables are related to each other
-This means to study whether an increase or decrease in one variable corresponds to an increase or
decrease in the other variable.
, case-control study. ✔Correct Answer-A type of epidemiologic study where a group of individuals
with the diseases, referred to as cases, are compared to individuals without the disease, referred to
as controls
cohort study ✔Correct Answer--A type of epidemiologic study where a group of exposed
individuals (individuals who have been exposed to the potential risk factor) and a group of non-
exposed individuals are followed over time to determine the incidence of disease
-A cohort study is a particular form of longitudinal study that sample a cohort (a group of people who
share a defining characteristic, typically those who experienced a common event in a selected
period, such as birth or graduation), performing a cross-section at intervals through time.
case serries ✔Correct Answer--A case series (also known as a clinical series) is a type of medical
research study that tracks subjects with a known exposure, such as patients who have received a
similar treatment, or examines their medical records for exposure and outcome.
The focus of public health, relative to the traditional medical care system is on ✔Correct Answer-
the community.
Over the last 50 years, U.S. life expectancy has ✔Correct Answer-increased
policy development ✔Correct Answer-setting of goals for health services, developing performance
standards, determining priorities for the allocation of resources, and planning for systems to meet
identified health needs. Setting immunization standards for children is an example of public policy
development.
assessment ✔Correct Answer-determining if a community has enough doctors, nurses and
dentists; recording the number of births and deaths; tracking health trends; conducting laboratory
analyses; and evaluating the effectiveness of programs. Assessment programs primarily serve as the
mechanism to determine if the total health system is working as well as it should.
assurance ✔Correct Answer-activities that deal with making sure people's health needs are safely
and effectively met. For example, government's role in regulating, through licensure and inspection,
falls under this heading. Programs that provide education to both health care providers and the
community are part of assurance as well. Finally, assurance includes providing medical, dental, and
psychological services directly to the public.
The public health function of taking responsibility that key components of health care are available
to the
public ✔Correct Answer-assurance
The public health function of obtaining data to define the health status of the population and its
subgroups
is ✔Correct Answer-assessment
Public health research tends to utilize ✔Correct Answer-observational techinques
A death certificate identifies the underlying conditions that contribute to a person's death
✔Correct Answer-true
'Morbidity' refers to ✔Correct Answer-impairments associated with diseases and disabilities.