HLTH 2000 ECU EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
1900 Correct Answers life expectancy less than 50 years
Leading causes of death were communicable diseases
Vitamin deficiencies and poor dental health common in slums
1902 Correct Answers First National level volunteer health
organization in National Association for the Study and
Prevention of TB
1980 Correct Answers Promoting Health/Preventing Disease:
Objectives for the Nation
1990 Correct Answers Healthy People 2000
2000 Correct Answers Healthy People 2010
2010 Correct Answers Healthy People 2020
40% Correct Answers Control of modifiable risk factors could
prevent ____ of all premature deaths
Affective Correct Answers emotions and attitudes
Affordable Care Act Correct Answers March 23, 2010
signed by Obama
Expanding healthcare coverage to 31 million uninsured
Americans.
,Encourages and promotes worksite wellness programs,
community prevention and wellness programs and school-based
health centers.
Age of Enlightenment Correct Answers 1700s were a period of
revolution, industrialization and growth of cities
Cities overcrowded, water supplies inadequate/unsanitary,
problems with trash, workplaces unsafe
Health Education/Promotion still not emerged as a profession
Average age at death: 28 years
Assessment Correct Answers Monitor health status to identify
community health problems
Diagnose and investigate problems and hazards
Assessment Correct Answers Monitor health status to identify
community health problems
Diagnose and investigate problems and hazards
Assurance Correct Answers Enforce laws and regulations
Link people to services
Assure a competent public health workforce
Assurance Correct Answers Enforce laws and regulations
Link people to services
Assure a competent public health workforce
Autonomy (or individual freedom) Correct Answers People
must have the freedom to choose their own way of being ethical
within the framework of the other principles
, Behavior Correct Answers modified by external forces
Biostatistics Correct Answers Public health deals with statistics
and the numbers are used as diagnostic tools. They tell us how
sick or healthy a society is and where the weakness is.
The science is used to calculate risks, understand concepts and
calculations.
Calculating a rate/proportion
Denominator Correct Answers Total number of persons or
events of which the numerator is a subset
Calculating a rate/proportion
Numerator Correct Answers Number of persons or events with
a particular characteristic
Cases Correct Answers people afflicted (those who are sick)
Cognitive Correct Answers knowledge
Community level Correct Answers Institutional factors - rules,
regulations
Community factors - social norms
Public policy - local , state, and federal
Community/public health activities Correct Answers Activities
aimed at protecting or improving the health of a population or
community
Maintaining birth and death records, protecting food and water
supply, etc.
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
1900 Correct Answers life expectancy less than 50 years
Leading causes of death were communicable diseases
Vitamin deficiencies and poor dental health common in slums
1902 Correct Answers First National level volunteer health
organization in National Association for the Study and
Prevention of TB
1980 Correct Answers Promoting Health/Preventing Disease:
Objectives for the Nation
1990 Correct Answers Healthy People 2000
2000 Correct Answers Healthy People 2010
2010 Correct Answers Healthy People 2020
40% Correct Answers Control of modifiable risk factors could
prevent ____ of all premature deaths
Affective Correct Answers emotions and attitudes
Affordable Care Act Correct Answers March 23, 2010
signed by Obama
Expanding healthcare coverage to 31 million uninsured
Americans.
,Encourages and promotes worksite wellness programs,
community prevention and wellness programs and school-based
health centers.
Age of Enlightenment Correct Answers 1700s were a period of
revolution, industrialization and growth of cities
Cities overcrowded, water supplies inadequate/unsanitary,
problems with trash, workplaces unsafe
Health Education/Promotion still not emerged as a profession
Average age at death: 28 years
Assessment Correct Answers Monitor health status to identify
community health problems
Diagnose and investigate problems and hazards
Assessment Correct Answers Monitor health status to identify
community health problems
Diagnose and investigate problems and hazards
Assurance Correct Answers Enforce laws and regulations
Link people to services
Assure a competent public health workforce
Assurance Correct Answers Enforce laws and regulations
Link people to services
Assure a competent public health workforce
Autonomy (or individual freedom) Correct Answers People
must have the freedom to choose their own way of being ethical
within the framework of the other principles
, Behavior Correct Answers modified by external forces
Biostatistics Correct Answers Public health deals with statistics
and the numbers are used as diagnostic tools. They tell us how
sick or healthy a society is and where the weakness is.
The science is used to calculate risks, understand concepts and
calculations.
Calculating a rate/proportion
Denominator Correct Answers Total number of persons or
events of which the numerator is a subset
Calculating a rate/proportion
Numerator Correct Answers Number of persons or events with
a particular characteristic
Cases Correct Answers people afflicted (those who are sick)
Cognitive Correct Answers knowledge
Community level Correct Answers Institutional factors - rules,
regulations
Community factors - social norms
Public policy - local , state, and federal
Community/public health activities Correct Answers Activities
aimed at protecting or improving the health of a population or
community
Maintaining birth and death records, protecting food and water
supply, etc.
