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Income, interpersonal stress, and education level are all examples of ____________,
which determine the overall health, and quality of life of our communities. - Social
determinants
A district health department is trying to decide whether to invest in interpretation
services and translated materials to address local language barriers, address needs of
limited English proficient (LEP) clients and meet Federal requirements. The Four Factor
Analysis-to guide LHDs in meeting these mandates and to provide recommendations for
providing translated materials and interpretation services- is part of a:
- National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS)
Assessment
- Language Needs Assessment
- Health Resource Access Assessment
- Community Literacy Assessment - Language Needs Assessment
The primary purpose of strategic planning is to: - determine the direction an organization
will pursue
As a first step in public health emergency preparedness, jurisdictions should: -
Selfassess their ability to address resource elements for each preparedness capability
and then assess their ability to demonstrate the functions associated with each
capability.
After reviewing evidence demonstrating increased survival of narcotic self-overdose
after immediate naloxone administration, the State Commissioner of Health issues the
following standing order: "This order authorizes pharmacists who maintain a current
active license practicing in a pharmacy located in Virginia that maintains a current active
pharmacy permit to dispense one of the following naloxone formulations (notes
intranasal or autoinject kits options), in accordance the current Board of
Pharmacyapproved protocol." "The State Good Samaritan Act states in part that any
person who, in good faith prescribes, dispenses, or administers naloxone or other opioid
antagonist used for overdose reversal in an emergency to an individual who is believed
, to be experiencing or about to experience a life-threatening opiate overdose shall not be
liable for any civil damages for ordinary negligence in acts or omissions resulting -
Tertiary Prevention and Harm Reduction Strategy
The first step in the policy process typically is: - Problem definition
Which of the following components of a strategic planning process in a public health
agency has logical priority over the others?
- Preparing an action plan for eradicating giardiasis in the municipal water system
- Developing the operating budget and staffing plan for the agency
- Reviewing (and revising) the vision and mission statements for the agency
- Setting strategic goals for a three-year cycle - Reviewing (and revising) the vision and
mission statements for the agency
Which term below refers to the concept of confirming conclusions from qualitative data
through multiple data sources, multiple methods, multiple theories, or multiple data
collectors. - Triangulation
The Dartmouth Atlas of Healthcare demonstrates that small area variations in Medicare
expenditures across geographic areas are primarily attributable to differences in:
- Physician practice styles
- Consumer preferences for high-cost services
- Age of the population served
- Health status of the population served - Physician practice styles
An understaffed city health department submits an annual budget to it's city leadership;
including a request for an additional 6.0 FTE positions. This budget includes the funding
request but no accompanying narrative and was submitted despite the City Manager's
request for each department to avoid any funding increases in their requests. When
asked about this, the department responds by:
- Submitting another budget with no new positions.
- Asking another department to decrease their budget by 6.0 FTE positions.
- Provide information to justify the increased number of positions.
- Reaching out to the media to gain citizen support for the new positions. - Provide
information to justify the increased number of positions.
In the planning process, the group being served is referred to as the: - Priority
Population
Which of the following practices enhances equity across populations when making
health policy decisions in a community?
- Requiring randomized control evidence of effectiveness
- Allocating resources based on population size
- Collecting health-related data about the individuals in the community