Public Health Updated Final Prep 2025/26 |
Correct Answers Included | A+ Score
True - True or False? According to the World Health Organization, mental illnesses
account for more disability in developed countries than any other group of illnesses, including
cancer and heart disease.
True - True or False? Anxiety and mood disorders are often associated with chronic
diseases, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, asthma, epilepsy, and cancer.
ADHD - ____________________ is the most commonly diagnosed behavior disorder of
childhood.
Southeastern - Which area of the United States generally has the highest prevalence of
depression, serious psychological distress, and mean number of mentally unhealthy days?
True - The APHA article argues for an approach to the mental health crisis in America that
combines physical and mental health through biological and social determinant interventions.
True - True or False? Infants are more likely to develop respiratory infections or die of
SIDS when family members smoke in the home.
Black - Which racial or ethnic group in the US has the highest infant mortality rate?
Nutritional deficits - Which is NOT a leading cause of infant mortality in the US discussed
in the chapter?
True - True or False? For biological reasons, teenage mothers are more likely to deliver
premature infants than older women of the same socioeconomic status.
Environmental - The epidemic of birth defects in Minamata, Japan, caused by mercury
contamination of the bay from an industrial source, is an extreme example of what type of
cause of infant mortality?
True - True or False. UNOS operates the computer networks and organ recovery centers
in the US.
True - True or False. The majority of Americans get their health insurance through their
workplace.
, Childless adults - A Supreme Court decision allowed states to opt out of the Medicaid
expansion under the ACA. In states that do not participate, who is left without health care
coverage?
True - True or False? Racial differences in health grow smaller in the oldest populations
and African Americans who survive to join the oldest-old category have a slightly longer life
expectancy than whites of the same age.
Impaired Renal Function - Which of the following medical conditions could lead to
increased sensitivity to drugs in older people?
•National Research Council Report (2011) - •Adverse birth outcomes
•Injuries and homicides
•Adolescent pregnancy and STIs
•HIV/AIDS
•Drug related mortality
•Obesity and Diabetes
•Heart Disease
•Chronic lung disease
•Disability
Health systems - people, policies, and programs that work to promote health and prevent
disease in a country
Key Influencing Factors of Health Systems - -Physical Environment
-Historical and Situational Events
-Cultural Norms and Values
-Structure of Society
Types of Health Care Systems - •Private Insurance with private, entrepreneurial services.
•National Health Insurance with private, regulated services.
•National Health Insurance with public, regulated services.National •Health Insurance state- run
system (Socialist Medicine)
1946 - When was National Mental Health Act- Truman created?
Correct Answers Included | A+ Score
True - True or False? According to the World Health Organization, mental illnesses
account for more disability in developed countries than any other group of illnesses, including
cancer and heart disease.
True - True or False? Anxiety and mood disorders are often associated with chronic
diseases, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, asthma, epilepsy, and cancer.
ADHD - ____________________ is the most commonly diagnosed behavior disorder of
childhood.
Southeastern - Which area of the United States generally has the highest prevalence of
depression, serious psychological distress, and mean number of mentally unhealthy days?
True - The APHA article argues for an approach to the mental health crisis in America that
combines physical and mental health through biological and social determinant interventions.
True - True or False? Infants are more likely to develop respiratory infections or die of
SIDS when family members smoke in the home.
Black - Which racial or ethnic group in the US has the highest infant mortality rate?
Nutritional deficits - Which is NOT a leading cause of infant mortality in the US discussed
in the chapter?
True - True or False? For biological reasons, teenage mothers are more likely to deliver
premature infants than older women of the same socioeconomic status.
Environmental - The epidemic of birth defects in Minamata, Japan, caused by mercury
contamination of the bay from an industrial source, is an extreme example of what type of
cause of infant mortality?
True - True or False. UNOS operates the computer networks and organ recovery centers
in the US.
True - True or False. The majority of Americans get their health insurance through their
workplace.
, Childless adults - A Supreme Court decision allowed states to opt out of the Medicaid
expansion under the ACA. In states that do not participate, who is left without health care
coverage?
True - True or False? Racial differences in health grow smaller in the oldest populations
and African Americans who survive to join the oldest-old category have a slightly longer life
expectancy than whites of the same age.
Impaired Renal Function - Which of the following medical conditions could lead to
increased sensitivity to drugs in older people?
•National Research Council Report (2011) - •Adverse birth outcomes
•Injuries and homicides
•Adolescent pregnancy and STIs
•HIV/AIDS
•Drug related mortality
•Obesity and Diabetes
•Heart Disease
•Chronic lung disease
•Disability
Health systems - people, policies, and programs that work to promote health and prevent
disease in a country
Key Influencing Factors of Health Systems - -Physical Environment
-Historical and Situational Events
-Cultural Norms and Values
-Structure of Society
Types of Health Care Systems - •Private Insurance with private, entrepreneurial services.
•National Health Insurance with private, regulated services.
•National Health Insurance with public, regulated services.National •Health Insurance state- run
system (Socialist Medicine)
1946 - When was National Mental Health Act- Truman created?
