N432 (POP HEALTH) FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026
What is the definition of policy? - Answers Overall agenda for society determining action and
allocation of resources, generally established by political units in public and private sectors reflecting
values, beliefs, and attitudes of policy makers.
Why is policy the most upstream factor? - Answers It's overall goal is achieving the highest level
possible of population health at a reasonable cost ensuring all policies do not have unintended
adverse effect on health.
What are the lasting effects of racial residential segregation? - Answers Childhood asthma and lead
poisoning, poverty, lack of access to quality education, less employment opportunities, and poor
material conditions - racism contributed to the creation of these policies and the lack of will to
reverse them.
How can policy be used to fix health disparities? - Answers Policy is also the place we can intervene to
fix health disparities, and where we would have the greatest impact on improving health outcomes.
What is the relationship between policy and health? - Answers All policies can have an impact on
health, both negative and positive.
What is the CDC's Health in All Policies framework? - Answers Campaign to encourage policy makers
at every level to think about the health consequences of all policies guiding officials to think about the
health impacts of various actions or policies for good, bad, or neutral effects.
What is the relationship between work and health (Whitehall Studies)? - Answers Finding one - stress
in workplace increase risk of disease and ill health becoming a major predictor of coronary artery
disease incidence. Finding two - working with supportive colleagues and managers improves health
and reduces sickness absence. Finding three - employees reporting high effort-reward imbalance are
at increased risk of coronary heart disease and poor health. Finding four - secure jobs increase health,
wellbeing, and job satisfaction. Finding five - stresses from conflicting work and family demands result
in poor health (disproportionately impacting women) while "low control" home reference to
caregiving demands not being met.
What is the difference between wealth and income? - Answers Wealth is monetary value of
accumulated assets and possessions that have accumulated over a lifetime (minus debts) while
income represents earning during a specific time.
How does wealth affect health? - Answers Material benefits (home free of lead, mold, and roaches /
environment with less crime, more parks, less air pollution / afford basic necessities / obtain private
health insurance), psychosocial benefits (less chronic financial stress among parents / less obstacles to
providing optimal care and attention / less unhealth coping behaviors, mental health issues), parents
wealth shapes a child's education, economic, and social opportunities.
How does education correlate with health? - Answers Boosts language/critical thinking/literacy skills,
provides lifelong benefits to the child, improves educational attainment through high school/pathway
too college/occupation/income/wealth.
What is the IPREPARE environmental assessment tool? - Answers Investigating potential exposures /
present work exposures, use of PPE, location of safety data sheets, hazardous materials brought
home from work through clothing, occupational health trends / residence including age, heating,
recent remodeling, chemical storage, water / environmental concerns such as air, water, soil, industry
in neighborhood, waste site or landfill close / past work exposures, farm or field work, military,
volunteer seasonal, length of work, activities such as hobbies, gardening, fishing, hunting, soldering,
pesticides, alternative healing or meds / referrals and resources / educate patient on risk reduction,
prevention, and follow-up.
What are examples of environmental health screening questions? - Answers What is the physical
condition, age or location of your residence? What are the occupations of household members? Is
tobacco smoke present? What hobbies are done in the home? Are pets present in the home, and are
they healthy? What is the source and quality of the drinking water?
What health conditions are associated with food insecurity? - Answers Children - iron deficiency
anemia, mental health and behavioral issue, asthma, tooth decay / adults - mental health issues, oral
health issues, iron deficiency among pregnant women, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia.
What is high food security? - Answers All household members had access at all time to enough food
for an active healthy life.
What is the definition of policy? - Answers Overall agenda for society determining action and
allocation of resources, generally established by political units in public and private sectors reflecting
values, beliefs, and attitudes of policy makers.
Why is policy the most upstream factor? - Answers It's overall goal is achieving the highest level
possible of population health at a reasonable cost ensuring all policies do not have unintended
adverse effect on health.
What are the lasting effects of racial residential segregation? - Answers Childhood asthma and lead
poisoning, poverty, lack of access to quality education, less employment opportunities, and poor
material conditions - racism contributed to the creation of these policies and the lack of will to
reverse them.
How can policy be used to fix health disparities? - Answers Policy is also the place we can intervene to
fix health disparities, and where we would have the greatest impact on improving health outcomes.
What is the relationship between policy and health? - Answers All policies can have an impact on
health, both negative and positive.
What is the CDC's Health in All Policies framework? - Answers Campaign to encourage policy makers
at every level to think about the health consequences of all policies guiding officials to think about the
health impacts of various actions or policies for good, bad, or neutral effects.
What is the relationship between work and health (Whitehall Studies)? - Answers Finding one - stress
in workplace increase risk of disease and ill health becoming a major predictor of coronary artery
disease incidence. Finding two - working with supportive colleagues and managers improves health
and reduces sickness absence. Finding three - employees reporting high effort-reward imbalance are
at increased risk of coronary heart disease and poor health. Finding four - secure jobs increase health,
wellbeing, and job satisfaction. Finding five - stresses from conflicting work and family demands result
in poor health (disproportionately impacting women) while "low control" home reference to
caregiving demands not being met.
What is the difference between wealth and income? - Answers Wealth is monetary value of
accumulated assets and possessions that have accumulated over a lifetime (minus debts) while
income represents earning during a specific time.
How does wealth affect health? - Answers Material benefits (home free of lead, mold, and roaches /
environment with less crime, more parks, less air pollution / afford basic necessities / obtain private
health insurance), psychosocial benefits (less chronic financial stress among parents / less obstacles to
providing optimal care and attention / less unhealth coping behaviors, mental health issues), parents
wealth shapes a child's education, economic, and social opportunities.
How does education correlate with health? - Answers Boosts language/critical thinking/literacy skills,
provides lifelong benefits to the child, improves educational attainment through high school/pathway
too college/occupation/income/wealth.
What is the IPREPARE environmental assessment tool? - Answers Investigating potential exposures /
present work exposures, use of PPE, location of safety data sheets, hazardous materials brought
home from work through clothing, occupational health trends / residence including age, heating,
recent remodeling, chemical storage, water / environmental concerns such as air, water, soil, industry
in neighborhood, waste site or landfill close / past work exposures, farm or field work, military,
volunteer seasonal, length of work, activities such as hobbies, gardening, fishing, hunting, soldering,
pesticides, alternative healing or meds / referrals and resources / educate patient on risk reduction,
prevention, and follow-up.
What are examples of environmental health screening questions? - Answers What is the physical
condition, age or location of your residence? What are the occupations of household members? Is
tobacco smoke present? What hobbies are done in the home? Are pets present in the home, and are
they healthy? What is the source and quality of the drinking water?
What health conditions are associated with food insecurity? - Answers Children - iron deficiency
anemia, mental health and behavioral issue, asthma, tooth decay / adults - mental health issues, oral
health issues, iron deficiency among pregnant women, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia.
What is high food security? - Answers All household members had access at all time to enough food
for an active healthy life.
