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HS 200 - final Exam with complete solutions latest
version
1. Majority of local health departments are organized at what level of govern-
ment?: Single-county health department (local level)
2. The FDA is responsible for what?: -Assuring the safety, ettectiveness, quality, and security of human
and veterinary drugs, Vaccines and other biological products and medical devices and for the safety and security of
much of the nation's food supply, cosmetics, and dietary supplements. It protects the public from electronic product
radiation and regulates tobacco products
3. The state's health officer is usually appointed by...: 66% of state health oflcers were
appointed by the state governor.
4. The nation's leading public health agency?: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC
5. Most public health laws are active and enforced at the state level: True, including
state police power
6. Federal health spending on public health is a very small percentage with the
Department of HHS (health and human services) spending - T or F: True- (page 103)
federal spending on health is devoted to paying for personal health care services such as Medicare and Medicaid
rather than public health.
7. National Academy of Medicine Public Health laws are strongly and explicably
described the overall mission of PH and state the obligations of the 10 public
health services? T or F: False- (pg 120)(- NAM articulated the mission and core functions of public health
and challenged the public health community to think more strategically, plan more collectively, and perform more
ettectively.
8. The nation's first County health department formed in Yakima, WA following
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the sanitation of which epidemic/disease in 1911?: Typhoid
9. What are the responsibilities of the NIH? (National Institute of Health): supports
biomedical and behavioral research in the US and abroad, conducts research, in its own labs and clinics, trains
researchers and promotes collecting and sharing medical knowledge
Influence state and local public health practice through the scientific expertise, technical assistance, and funding
10. Frequent services provided by local health departments- agency or person: -
Definition: an administrative and service unit of state or local government, concern w health and carrying responsibility
for health of jurisdiction smaller than state *states and local agencies share responsibilities for health. From the
perspective of the LDH and the population it serves, the LDH is either a unit or local gov, a unit of state gov, or both.
HS 200 - final Exam with complete solutions latest
version
1. Majority of local health departments are organized at what level of govern-
ment?: Single-county health department (local level)
2. The FDA is responsible for what?: -Assuring the safety, ettectiveness, quality, and security of human
and veterinary drugs, Vaccines and other biological products and medical devices and for the safety and security of
much of the nation's food supply, cosmetics, and dietary supplements. It protects the public from electronic product
radiation and regulates tobacco products
3. The state's health officer is usually appointed by...: 66% of state health oflcers were
appointed by the state governor.
4. The nation's leading public health agency?: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC
5. Most public health laws are active and enforced at the state level: True, including
state police power
6. Federal health spending on public health is a very small percentage with the
Department of HHS (health and human services) spending - T or F: True- (page 103)
federal spending on health is devoted to paying for personal health care services such as Medicare and Medicaid
rather than public health.
7. National Academy of Medicine Public Health laws are strongly and explicably
described the overall mission of PH and state the obligations of the 10 public
health services? T or F: False- (pg 120)(- NAM articulated the mission and core functions of public health
and challenged the public health community to think more strategically, plan more collectively, and perform more
ettectively.
8. The nation's first County health department formed in Yakima, WA following
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the sanitation of which epidemic/disease in 1911?: Typhoid
9. What are the responsibilities of the NIH? (National Institute of Health): supports
biomedical and behavioral research in the US and abroad, conducts research, in its own labs and clinics, trains
researchers and promotes collecting and sharing medical knowledge
Influence state and local public health practice through the scientific expertise, technical assistance, and funding
10. Frequent services provided by local health departments- agency or person: -
Definition: an administrative and service unit of state or local government, concern w health and carrying responsibility
for health of jurisdiction smaller than state *states and local agencies share responsibilities for health. From the
perspective of the LDH and the population it serves, the LDH is either a unit or local gov, a unit of state gov, or both.
