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Global Health Care: Issues and Policies,
By Carol Holtz
4th edition
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Global Health: An Introduction
Chapter 2 Global Health in Developed Societies: Examples in the United States, Sweden,
Japan, and the United Kingdom
Chapter 3 Developing Countries: Egypt, China, India, and South Africa
Chapter 4 Global Perspectives on Economics and Healthcare Finance
Chapter 5 Human Trafficking: The Pandemic of Modern Slavery
Chapter 6 Social Determinants of Health
Chapter 7 Health and Health Care of Native Americans (American Indians/Alaskan
Natives/Alaskan Indians) in the United States
Chapter 8 Global Perspectives on Mental Health
Chapter 9 Global Major Neurological Issues
Chapter 10 Global Perspectives on Selected Chronic Cardiovascular Diseases
Chapter 11 Infectious Diseases from a Global Perspective
Chapter 12 HIV/AIDs, Stigma, and Disclosure: A Need for a Human Rights Perspective
Chapter 13 Global Use of Complementary and Integrative Health Approaches
Chapter 14 Global Perspectives on Diabetes, Respiratory Diseases, and Orthopedic Chronic
Diseases
Chapter 15 Global Perspectives on Violence, Injury, and Occupational Health
Chapter 16 Global Perspectives on Nutrition
Chapter 17 Global Perspectives on Environmental Health
Chapter 18 International Social Work Practice in Health Care
Chapter 19 Global Health in Reproduction and Infants
Chapter 20 Global Health of Children
Chapter 21 Global Health of the Older Adult
Chapter 22 A Unique Perspective on Health Care in Panama
Chapter 23 Health and Health Care in Mexico
Chapter 24 Health and Health Care in Israel
,TEST BANK
Global Health Care: Issues and Policies, 4th Edition
CHAPTER 1: GLOBAL HEALTH: AN INTRODUCTION
Multiple Choices
1. Which of the following best defines "global health"?
A) The study of health care systems in wealthy nations only
B) An area of study, research, and practice that places a priority on improving health and
achieving equity in health for all people worldwide
C) The delivery of medical services by the United Nations
D) The eradication of all infectious diseases by 2030
Answer: B | Difficulty: Easy | LO: 1.1
2. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as:
A) The absence of disease or infirmity
B) A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of
disease or infirmity
C) The ability to perform daily activities without pain
D) A condition of physical fitness and nutritional adequacy
Answer: B | Difficulty: Easy | LO: 1.2
3. Which organization, established in 1948, serves as the directing and coordinating authority
on international health within the United Nations system?
A) UNICEF
B) The World Bank
C) The World Health Organization (WHO)
D) Médecins Sans Frontières
Answer: C | Difficulty: Easy | LO: 1.1
, 4. The Alma-Ata Declaration of 1978 is most closely associated with which concept?
A) Universal health insurance
B) Primary health care as the key to attaining health for all
C) Eradication of smallpox
D) Regulation of pharmaceutical patents
Answer: B | Difficulty: Moderate | LO: 1.3
5. Which of the following is a key difference between "international health" and "global
health"?
A) International health focuses on all nations; global health focuses only on developing nations
B) International health traditionally focused on health issues of other countries, particularly
low- and middle-income countries; global health emphasizes transnational health issues and
collaborative solutions
C) There is no meaningful difference between the two terms
D) Global health is a subset of international health
Answer: B | Difficulty: Moderate | LO: 1.2
6. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted in 2015, include how many goals?
A) 8
B) 10
C) 17
D) 25
Answer: C | Difficulty: Easy | LO: 1.4
7. Which SDG is most directly related to health and well-being?
A) SDG 1
B) SDG 3
C) SDG 7
Global Health Care: Issues and Policies,
By Carol Holtz
4th edition
,TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Global Health: An Introduction
Chapter 2 Global Health in Developed Societies: Examples in the United States, Sweden,
Japan, and the United Kingdom
Chapter 3 Developing Countries: Egypt, China, India, and South Africa
Chapter 4 Global Perspectives on Economics and Healthcare Finance
Chapter 5 Human Trafficking: The Pandemic of Modern Slavery
Chapter 6 Social Determinants of Health
Chapter 7 Health and Health Care of Native Americans (American Indians/Alaskan
Natives/Alaskan Indians) in the United States
Chapter 8 Global Perspectives on Mental Health
Chapter 9 Global Major Neurological Issues
Chapter 10 Global Perspectives on Selected Chronic Cardiovascular Diseases
Chapter 11 Infectious Diseases from a Global Perspective
Chapter 12 HIV/AIDs, Stigma, and Disclosure: A Need for a Human Rights Perspective
Chapter 13 Global Use of Complementary and Integrative Health Approaches
Chapter 14 Global Perspectives on Diabetes, Respiratory Diseases, and Orthopedic Chronic
Diseases
Chapter 15 Global Perspectives on Violence, Injury, and Occupational Health
Chapter 16 Global Perspectives on Nutrition
Chapter 17 Global Perspectives on Environmental Health
Chapter 18 International Social Work Practice in Health Care
Chapter 19 Global Health in Reproduction and Infants
Chapter 20 Global Health of Children
Chapter 21 Global Health of the Older Adult
Chapter 22 A Unique Perspective on Health Care in Panama
Chapter 23 Health and Health Care in Mexico
Chapter 24 Health and Health Care in Israel
,TEST BANK
Global Health Care: Issues and Policies, 4th Edition
CHAPTER 1: GLOBAL HEALTH: AN INTRODUCTION
Multiple Choices
1. Which of the following best defines "global health"?
A) The study of health care systems in wealthy nations only
B) An area of study, research, and practice that places a priority on improving health and
achieving equity in health for all people worldwide
C) The delivery of medical services by the United Nations
D) The eradication of all infectious diseases by 2030
Answer: B | Difficulty: Easy | LO: 1.1
2. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health as:
A) The absence of disease or infirmity
B) A state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of
disease or infirmity
C) The ability to perform daily activities without pain
D) A condition of physical fitness and nutritional adequacy
Answer: B | Difficulty: Easy | LO: 1.2
3. Which organization, established in 1948, serves as the directing and coordinating authority
on international health within the United Nations system?
A) UNICEF
B) The World Bank
C) The World Health Organization (WHO)
D) Médecins Sans Frontières
Answer: C | Difficulty: Easy | LO: 1.1
, 4. The Alma-Ata Declaration of 1978 is most closely associated with which concept?
A) Universal health insurance
B) Primary health care as the key to attaining health for all
C) Eradication of smallpox
D) Regulation of pharmaceutical patents
Answer: B | Difficulty: Moderate | LO: 1.3
5. Which of the following is a key difference between "international health" and "global
health"?
A) International health focuses on all nations; global health focuses only on developing nations
B) International health traditionally focused on health issues of other countries, particularly
low- and middle-income countries; global health emphasizes transnational health issues and
collaborative solutions
C) There is no meaningful difference between the two terms
D) Global health is a subset of international health
Answer: B | Difficulty: Moderate | LO: 1.2
6. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted in 2015, include how many goals?
A) 8
B) 10
C) 17
D) 25
Answer: C | Difficulty: Easy | LO: 1.4
7. Which SDG is most directly related to health and well-being?
A) SDG 1
B) SDG 3
C) SDG 7
