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One of the primary focuses of a. Bioterrorism and global health threats
improving the health of the
American people in the twenty-first
century is to address:
a. Bioterrorism and global health
threats
b. Delivery of individual care and
hygiene
c. The need for increased hospital
and acute care
d. Chronic disease and disability
management
The threat of bioterrorism has the c. Divert funds from other public safety health
potential to: care programs.
a. Dissolve community-based
programs.
b. Cause the health care system to
collapse.
c. Divert funds from other public
safety health care programs.
d. Increase the need for shelters.
,Population-based preventive b. Use of automobile safety restraints
programs launched in the 1970s are
responsible for increased:
a. Use of tobacco
b. Use of automobile safety
restraints
c. Incidence of hypertension
d. Incidence of obesity
The public health nurse must c. Informing, educating, and empowering people
participate in the essential services about health issues
of public health. These include:
a. Monitoring health status by
completing a community
assessment
b. Diagnosing and investigating
health problems in the world
c. Informing, educating, and
empowering people about health
issues
d. Working in law enforcement to
regulate health and ensure safety
5. Which of the following is an a. Tracking avian flu outbreaks and doing
example of the mission of public surveillance in the United States
health according to the Institute of
Medicine?
a. Tracking avian flu outbreaks and
doing surveillance in the United
States
b. Providing a flu shot for an elderly
person at the health department
c. Keeping track of alternative
therapies in use in the United States
d. Keeping snake antivenom at the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention in Atlanta
,Making sure that essential c. Assurance
community-oriented health services
are available defines which of the
core public health functions?
a. Policy development
b. Assessment
c. Assurance
d. Scientific knowledge-based care
The number and proportion of a. Sociodemographic characteristics
persons aged 25 or older with less
than a high school education is an
example of:
a. Sociodemographic
characteristics
b. Health status
c. Health risk factors
d. Health care resource
consumption
The purpose of public health core a. Clarify the role of the government in fulfilling
functions is to: the mission of public health.
a. Clarify the role of the
government in fulfilling the mission
of public health.
b. Ensure the safety of populations
in receiving quality health care.
c. Provide community-based
individualized care to every person
in the United States.
d. Unite public and private
providers of care in a
comprehensive approach to
providing health care.
, Which of the following statements c. Historically, gains in the health of populations
about public health is accurate? have been related largely to changes in safety,
a. Prevention of early deaths can be sanitation, and personal behavior.
more effectively accomplished by
medical treatment than by public
health approaches.
b. Expenditures and resources for
public health have increased in
recent years.
c. Historically, gains in the health of
populations have been related
largely to changes in safety,
sanitation, and personal behavior.
d. Reform of the medical insurance
system is the single change needed
to improve the health of Americans.
Collecting data and monitoring the a. Assessment
health status of the population
defines which of the core public
health functions?
a. Assessment
b. Prevention
c. Assurance
d. Policy development
The nurse who compares the rate b. Assessment
of teenage pregnancy in various
areas of the city is practicing the
public health core function of:
a. Assurance
b. Assessment
c. Prevention
d. Policy development
Correct Answers (Verified Answers) Graded A+ |
New Update 2026/2027
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Terms in this set (124)
One of the primary focuses of a. Bioterrorism and global health threats
improving the health of the
American people in the twenty-first
century is to address:
a. Bioterrorism and global health
threats
b. Delivery of individual care and
hygiene
c. The need for increased hospital
and acute care
d. Chronic disease and disability
management
The threat of bioterrorism has the c. Divert funds from other public safety health
potential to: care programs.
a. Dissolve community-based
programs.
b. Cause the health care system to
collapse.
c. Divert funds from other public
safety health care programs.
d. Increase the need for shelters.
,Population-based preventive b. Use of automobile safety restraints
programs launched in the 1970s are
responsible for increased:
a. Use of tobacco
b. Use of automobile safety
restraints
c. Incidence of hypertension
d. Incidence of obesity
The public health nurse must c. Informing, educating, and empowering people
participate in the essential services about health issues
of public health. These include:
a. Monitoring health status by
completing a community
assessment
b. Diagnosing and investigating
health problems in the world
c. Informing, educating, and
empowering people about health
issues
d. Working in law enforcement to
regulate health and ensure safety
5. Which of the following is an a. Tracking avian flu outbreaks and doing
example of the mission of public surveillance in the United States
health according to the Institute of
Medicine?
a. Tracking avian flu outbreaks and
doing surveillance in the United
States
b. Providing a flu shot for an elderly
person at the health department
c. Keeping track of alternative
therapies in use in the United States
d. Keeping snake antivenom at the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention in Atlanta
,Making sure that essential c. Assurance
community-oriented health services
are available defines which of the
core public health functions?
a. Policy development
b. Assessment
c. Assurance
d. Scientific knowledge-based care
The number and proportion of a. Sociodemographic characteristics
persons aged 25 or older with less
than a high school education is an
example of:
a. Sociodemographic
characteristics
b. Health status
c. Health risk factors
d. Health care resource
consumption
The purpose of public health core a. Clarify the role of the government in fulfilling
functions is to: the mission of public health.
a. Clarify the role of the
government in fulfilling the mission
of public health.
b. Ensure the safety of populations
in receiving quality health care.
c. Provide community-based
individualized care to every person
in the United States.
d. Unite public and private
providers of care in a
comprehensive approach to
providing health care.
, Which of the following statements c. Historically, gains in the health of populations
about public health is accurate? have been related largely to changes in safety,
a. Prevention of early deaths can be sanitation, and personal behavior.
more effectively accomplished by
medical treatment than by public
health approaches.
b. Expenditures and resources for
public health have increased in
recent years.
c. Historically, gains in the health of
populations have been related
largely to changes in safety,
sanitation, and personal behavior.
d. Reform of the medical insurance
system is the single change needed
to improve the health of Americans.
Collecting data and monitoring the a. Assessment
health status of the population
defines which of the core public
health functions?
a. Assessment
b. Prevention
c. Assurance
d. Policy development
The nurse who compares the rate b. Assessment
of teenage pregnancy in various
areas of the city is practicing the
public health core function of:
a. Assurance
b. Assessment
c. Prevention
d. Policy development
