TCDHA COMMUNITY MIDTERM WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FULL STUDY
GUIDE GRADED A+
⩥ Public health.
Answer: The effort organized by society to protect, promote, and restore
the health and quality of life.
⩥ Community health.
Answer: Includes a wide range of healthcare interventions, including
health promotion, disease prevention, treatment, and management and
administration of care.
⩥ Guiding Principles Used to Identify Public Health Problems.
Answer: Includes burden of the disease or condition, prevalence of a risk
factor for the disease or condition, ability of affecting the population as a
whole, seriousness of the problem, economic or social impact, public
health concern, political will to address the issue, availability of
resources, requirement for group action to solve the problem, availability
of current interventions, cultural appropriateness of the problem, and
degree to which it negatively affects health equity.
⩥ Public health problem.
,Answer: Diseases caused by pollution of the country's air and water
systems, chronic diseases of the expanding population of older adults,
inadequate funding for dental disease in indigent children, and an
increase in violence among youth of today.
⩥ Public health solutions.
Answer: Concerned with health promotion and disease prevention; they
address the problems of the community at large.
⩥ Characteristics of public health solutions.
Answer: Not hazardous to life or function, effective in reducing or
preventing the targeted disease or condition, easily and efficiently
implemented, potency maintained for a substantial time period,
attainable regardless of socioeconomic status, effective immediately
upon application, and inexpensive and within the means of the
community.
⩥ Community water fluoridation.
Answer: Meets all the seven characteristics needed to be considered an
effective solution to the problem of dental decay.
⩥ Prevalence of dental disease.
Answer: Dental diseases are universal, chronic problems that do not
undergo remission if left untreated.
,⩥ Untreated caries rate among adults.
Answer: The highest rate of untreated caries is among adults aged 35 to
44.
⩥ Caries experience in children.
Answer: 80% of children aged 6-9 have experienced caries.
⩥ Untreated caries in teens.
Answer: 40% rate of untreated caries in permanent teeth of 13- to 15-
year-olds.
⩥ Effective treatment for dental decay.
Answer: Community water fluoridation is considered an effective
treatment for dental decay.
⩥ Financial burden of restorative treatment.
Answer: Community water fluoridation costs far less than the financial
burden of restorative treatment.
⩥ Implementation period of public health solutions.
Answer: A long implementation period demonstrates conscientious
planning.
, ⩥ Potency of public health solutions.
Answer: Potency should be maintained for a substantial time period.
⩥ Socioeconomic status and distribution.
Answer: Socioeconomic status should not limit distribution to those who
can most easily carry the cost burden.
⩥ Immediate effectiveness of public health solutions.
Answer: They should be effective immediately upon application.
⩥ Chronic diseases in older adults.
Answer: Chronic diseases of the expanding population of older adults
are viewed as public health problems.
⩥ Health equity.
Answer: Degree to which it negatively affects health equity is a guiding
principle used to identify public health problems.
⩥ Political will.
Answer: Political will to address the issue is a guiding principle used to
identify public health problems.
⩥ Minimal cost to treat.
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FULL STUDY
GUIDE GRADED A+
⩥ Public health.
Answer: The effort organized by society to protect, promote, and restore
the health and quality of life.
⩥ Community health.
Answer: Includes a wide range of healthcare interventions, including
health promotion, disease prevention, treatment, and management and
administration of care.
⩥ Guiding Principles Used to Identify Public Health Problems.
Answer: Includes burden of the disease or condition, prevalence of a risk
factor for the disease or condition, ability of affecting the population as a
whole, seriousness of the problem, economic or social impact, public
health concern, political will to address the issue, availability of
resources, requirement for group action to solve the problem, availability
of current interventions, cultural appropriateness of the problem, and
degree to which it negatively affects health equity.
⩥ Public health problem.
,Answer: Diseases caused by pollution of the country's air and water
systems, chronic diseases of the expanding population of older adults,
inadequate funding for dental disease in indigent children, and an
increase in violence among youth of today.
⩥ Public health solutions.
Answer: Concerned with health promotion and disease prevention; they
address the problems of the community at large.
⩥ Characteristics of public health solutions.
Answer: Not hazardous to life or function, effective in reducing or
preventing the targeted disease or condition, easily and efficiently
implemented, potency maintained for a substantial time period,
attainable regardless of socioeconomic status, effective immediately
upon application, and inexpensive and within the means of the
community.
⩥ Community water fluoridation.
Answer: Meets all the seven characteristics needed to be considered an
effective solution to the problem of dental decay.
⩥ Prevalence of dental disease.
Answer: Dental diseases are universal, chronic problems that do not
undergo remission if left untreated.
,⩥ Untreated caries rate among adults.
Answer: The highest rate of untreated caries is among adults aged 35 to
44.
⩥ Caries experience in children.
Answer: 80% of children aged 6-9 have experienced caries.
⩥ Untreated caries in teens.
Answer: 40% rate of untreated caries in permanent teeth of 13- to 15-
year-olds.
⩥ Effective treatment for dental decay.
Answer: Community water fluoridation is considered an effective
treatment for dental decay.
⩥ Financial burden of restorative treatment.
Answer: Community water fluoridation costs far less than the financial
burden of restorative treatment.
⩥ Implementation period of public health solutions.
Answer: A long implementation period demonstrates conscientious
planning.
, ⩥ Potency of public health solutions.
Answer: Potency should be maintained for a substantial time period.
⩥ Socioeconomic status and distribution.
Answer: Socioeconomic status should not limit distribution to those who
can most easily carry the cost burden.
⩥ Immediate effectiveness of public health solutions.
Answer: They should be effective immediately upon application.
⩥ Chronic diseases in older adults.
Answer: Chronic diseases of the expanding population of older adults
are viewed as public health problems.
⩥ Health equity.
Answer: Degree to which it negatively affects health equity is a guiding
principle used to identify public health problems.
⩥ Political will.
Answer: Political will to address the issue is a guiding principle used to
identify public health problems.
⩥ Minimal cost to treat.
