Two communities have the same crude death rate (8.7 per 1,000). Select the
correct statement from the following:
A. If one community has more elderly people than the other, it should have a
higher crude death rate.
B. Both communities will have similar age adjusted death rates.
C. Both communities will have approximately equal numbers of Latino deaths
D.Adding sex and age specific distributions would make it possible to study
differences in the communities Right Ans - A. If one community has more
elderly people than the other, it should have a higher crude death rate.
Which one of the following is the correct rank for unintentional injury as a
cause for age-specific mortality for individuals 15-24 years of age in the
United States in recent years?
A. First
B. Second
C. Third
D. Fourth Right Ans - A. First
Which one of the following statistics is the most used in routinely comparing
the health status of regions, states, and countries?
A.Infant mortality rate
B. Neonatal death rate
C. Perinatal mortality rate
D. Fetal mortality rate Right Ans - A.Infant mortality rate
According to the Surgeon General's Report, Healthy People 2020, which has
the greatest potential for decreasing morbidity?
A. Health care
B. Environment
C. Lifestyle behavior
D. Human biology/genetics Right Ans - C. Lifestyle behavior
,"The gathering of information about the populations under study, including
general health status, health care, and social system available," is a definition
of which of the following?
Community diagnosis
Resource inventory
Needs assessment
Community analysis Right Ans - Community analysis
Which of the following data collection methods typically has the lowest
response rate?
Mail survey
Focus group
Face to face survey
Telephone survey Right Ans - Mail survey
The technique of information gathering which is most likely to allow for
participants to present their views impersonally and confidentially without
overtly influencing the opinions of others is which of the following?
Focus group process
Community forum
Nominal group process
Delphi technique Right Ans - Delphi technique
Because participants are selected according to specific criteria, the
information obtained from which one of the following group processes is not
generalizable?
Face-to-face interviews
Focus group
Delphi panel
Community forum Right Ans - Focus group
The first step in identifying a need for community health education programs
should be to:
Assess existing individual behaviors
,Establish program objectives
Conduct community analysis
Determine the poverty level Right Ans - conduct community analysis
Which of the following data sets is the most appropriate to use in determining
the level of a community's health status?
Vital statistics
Social and political data
Business and commerce data
Demographic profiles Right Ans - Vital statistics
Correct! Vital statistics includes epidemiological data such as birth rates,
mortality (death) rates, morbidity (disease/illness) rates).
The health educator has invited representatives of several organizations to a
meeting to talk about health needs in a neighborhood that has a series of
divisive issues. The educator would like to avoid a conclusion that represents
the narrow point of view of few who speak loudly and may not reflect the
whole community. What is the best way to ensure that community-wide views
are represented?
Label the committee as an ad hoc task force group so that its existence can be
limited
Add additional representatives and increase participation
Try to keep the group as small as possible
Supplement the proceedings with a community survey
Correct: This would allow the less vocal participants to give their perspectives
privately. Right Ans - Supplement the proceedings with a community
survey
Correct: This would allow the less vocal participants to give their perspectives
privately.
Which one of the following organizations asserts a primary responsibility for
promotion international health?
UNICEF
, International Red Cross
UNDP
NIH Right Ans - UNICEF
Correct: The United Nations Children's Fund is a global humanitarian relief
organization providing children with health care, immunizations, clean water,
nutrition, and food security.
The health educator anticipates divisive advocacy at a meeting. For
establishing issues or problems in priority order, the best meeting procedure
is:
Close the meeting to media representatives
Use the nominal group process
Apply parlimentary rules with a formal agenda
Divide into focus groups Right Ans - Use the nominal group process
Correct: The NGP gives each participant equal say and voting.
The health educator has been assigned to write a grant proposal on the
prevention of violent and abusive behavior. Which one is the most important
database for initiating a literature search?
ERIC
Psychlit or PsychInfo
CINAHL
Medline Right Ans - Psychlit or PsychInfo
Correct! This is the best answer. The key words in this question are violence
and abusive behavior which are generally considered psychological issues.
PsycINFO is an expansive abstracting and indexing database with more than 3
million records devoted to peer-reviewed literature in the behavioral sciences
and mental health, making it an ideal discovery and linking tool for scholarly
research in a host of disciplines.
Which of the following assessment techniques is lower in cost and can reach
the young adult age group.
E-mail survey
Delphi panel
Face-to-face interviews