Chapter 1: Healthy People 2020 and Initiatives for Healthy Families
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. Which statement is accurate regarding the Healthy People 2020 initiative related to families,
children, and infants?
1) Most of the Healthy People documents apply specifically to infants and children.
2) Healthy People documents address the good health of adults, which benefits
children.
3) There are no Healthy People initiatives specifically addressing infants or children.
4) The only initiative impacting families, infants, and children encourages
breastfeeding.
____ 2. What two federal agencies oversee objectives related to maternal, infant, and child health in the
Healthy People 2020 initiative?
1) The Department of Agriculture and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2) The Department of Children and Youth Services and the Health Resources and
Services Administration
3) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Health Resources and
Services Administration
4) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Health Resources and
Services Administration
____ 3. Who created the original Healthy People initiative?
1) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2) The Health Resources and Services Administration
3) President Jimmy Carter
4) The surgeon general of the United States
____ 4. Which initiative did not demonstrate improvement over the past decades?
1) Air quality
2) Childhood exposure to secondhand smoke
3) Suicide and depression in adolescents
4) Increased physical activity for adults
____ 5. One initiative of Healthy People 2020 is to increase the proportion of infants who are breastfed.
What is the maternity nurse’s primary role in helping to meet this initiative?
1) All nurses should become lactation consultants.
2) Increasing the percentage of employers that offer a place to pump breast milk
3) Providing support and teaching immediately after birth
4) Increasing the percentage of live births in hospitals
____ 6. How can maternal and pediatric nurses promote Healthy People objectives for their clients?
1) Provide all patients with a copy of the current Healthy People objectives
2) Plan care that includes teaching and support for Healthy People objectives
3) Require all new mothers to breastfeed while hospitalized
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, 4) Discourage the father from ever bottle feeding the newborn
____ 7. When the Healthy People 2020 initiatives are reviewed, which initiative related to infants and young
children has shown improvement?
1) Suicide rates in adolescents
2) Increased life expectancy
3) Babies put to bed on their backs
4) Infant mortality rates
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Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. Which statement is accurate regarding the Healthy People 2020 initiative related to families,
children, and infants?
1) Most of the Healthy People documents apply specifically to infants and children.
2) Healthy People documents address the good health of adults, which benefits
children.
3) There are no Healthy People initiatives specifically addressing infants or children.
4) The only initiative impacting families, infants, and children encourages
breastfeeding.
____ 2. What two federal agencies oversee objectives related to maternal, infant, and child health in the
Healthy People 2020 initiative?
1) The Department of Agriculture and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2) The Department of Children and Youth Services and the Health Resources and
Services Administration
3) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Health Resources and
Services Administration
4) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Health Resources and
Services Administration
____ 3. Who created the original Healthy People initiative?
1) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2) The Health Resources and Services Administration
3) President Jimmy Carter
4) The surgeon general of the United States
____ 4. Which initiative did not demonstrate improvement over the past decades?
1) Air quality
2) Childhood exposure to secondhand smoke
3) Suicide and depression in adolescents
4) Increased physical activity for adults
____ 5. One initiative of Healthy People 2020 is to increase the proportion of infants who are breastfed.
What is the maternity nurse’s primary role in helping to meet this initiative?
1) All nurses should become lactation consultants.
2) Increasing the percentage of employers that offer a place to pump breast milk
3) Providing support and teaching immediately after birth
4) Increasing the percentage of live births in hospitals
____ 6. How can maternal and pediatric nurses promote Healthy People objectives for their clients?
1) Provide all patients with a copy of the current Healthy People objectives
2) Plan care that includes teaching and support for Healthy People objectives
3) Require all new mothers to breastfeed while hospitalized
Copyright © 2017 F. A. Davis Company
, 4) Discourage the father from ever bottle feeding the newborn
____ 7. When the Healthy People 2020 initiatives are reviewed, which initiative related to infants and young
children has shown improvement?
1) Suicide rates in adolescents
2) Increased life expectancy
3) Babies put to bed on their backs
4) Infant mortality rates
Copyright © 2017 F. A. Davis Company
