QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS By Luanne Linnard-Palmer and Gloria Haile Coats
UPDATED
Test Bank: Safe Maternity & Pediatric Nursing Care 1st Edition Chapter 1:
Healthy People 2020 and Initiatives for Healthy Families
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. What two federal agencies oversee objectives related to maternal, infant, and child
healthin the Healthy People 2020 initiative?
• The Department of Agriculture and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• The Department of Children and Youth Services and the Health
Resources andServices Administration
• The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and the Health
Resources andServices Administration
• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Health
Resources andServices Administration
ANS: 4
Chapter number and title: 1: Healthy People 2020 and Initiatives for Healthy Families
Chapter learning objective: List government agencies that are involved in the Healthy
People objectives.
, Chapter page reference: 3
Heading: Historical Perspective
Integrated processes: Caring
Client need: Health Promotion and Maintenance
Cognitive level: Comprehension [Understanding]
Concept: Promoting Health
Difficulty: Easy
Feedback
1
The Department of Agriculture is not involved in overseeing objectives.
2
The Department of Children and Youth Services is not involved in overseeingobjectives.
3
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has no role in overseeingobjectives.
4
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Health Resources and
Services Administration are the agencies that oversee the objectives of HealthyPeople 2020.
PTS: 1 CON: Promoting Health
2. Who created the original Healthy People initiative?
• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• The Health Resources and Services Administration
• President Jimmy Carter
• The surgeon general of the United States
ANS: 4
Chapter number and title: 1: Healthy People 2020 and Initiatives for Healthy Families
Chapter learning objective: Describe how the Healthy People 2020 initiative relates to
families, children, and infants.
Chapter page reference: 4
Heading: Leading Health Indicators
Integrated processes: Caring
Client need: Health Promotion and Maintenance
Cognitive level: Comprehension [Understanding]
Concept: Promoting Health
Difficulty: Easy
,Feedback
1
Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention oversees theobjectives, it did not create the
original Healthy People initiative.
2
Although the Health Resources and Services Administration oversees theobjectives, it did not create the
original Healthy People initiative.
3
President Jimmy Carter supported the original Healthy People initiative; he didnot create it.
4
The surgeon general of the United States created the original Healthy Peopleinitiative to promote better health in
the country.
PTS: 1 CON: Promoting Health
3. Which statement is accurate regarding the Healthy People 2020 initiative related to
families, children, and infants?
• Most of the Healthy People documents apply specifically to infants and children.
• Healthy People documents address the good health of adults, which
benefitschildren.
• There are no Healthy People initiatives specifically addressing infants or children.
• The only initiative impacting families, infants, and children
encouragesbreastfeeding.
ANS: 2
Chapter number and title: 1: Healthy People 2020 and Initiatives for Healthy Families
Chapter learning objective: Describe how the Healthy People 2020 initiative relates to
families, children, and infants.
Chapter page reference: 4
Heading: Leading Health Indicators
Integrated processes: Caring
Client need: Health Promotion and Maintenance
Cognitive level: Comprehension [Understanding]
Concept: Promoting Health
Difficulty: Easy
Feedback
1
, Very few of the Healthy People 2020 initiatives are specific to families,children, or infants.
2
By helping adults stay healthy, Healthy People 2020 creates healthier familieswith healthier children, so this
statement is accurate.
3
Some Healthy People 2020 initiatives do address children, but they are in theminority.
4
There are initiatives impacting families, infants, and children other than the onementioned in the chapter on
breastfeeding.
PTS: 1 CON: Promoting Health
4. Which initiative did not demonstrate improvement over the past decades?
• Air quality
• Childhood exposure to secondhand smoke
• Suicide and depression in adolescents
• Increased physical activity for adults
ANS: 3
Chapter number and title: 1: Healthy People 2020 and Initiatives for Healthy Families
Chapter learning objective: Describe historical perspectives related to the Healthy People
initiative.
Chapter page reference: 1
Heading: Historical Perspective
Integrated processes: Caring
Client need: Health Promotion and Maintenance
Cognitive level: Comprehension [Understanding]
Concept: Promoting Health
Difficulty: Easy
Feedback
1
Air quality has improved, although problems still exist in some areas.
2
Childhood exposure to secondhand smoke has declined as a result of a reductionin the number of adults who smoke.
3
Unfortunately, suicide and depression in adolescents is still a significant problemthat has not improved and is
actually getting worse.
4