BUSI 409 Health Planning and Governmental Health Organizations Questions And Answers available

BUSI 409 Health Planning and Governmental Health Organizations Questions And Answers available QUESTION 1 The goal of the Hill-Burton Act in 1946 was to enhance the quality of: A. health departments B. the military C. Medicare D. hospitals QUESTION 2 An epidemic curve depicting a distribution of cases traceable to multiple sources of exposure is a: A. case control study B. propagated epidemic curve C. descriptive study D. point source epidemic curve QUESTION 3 Government health agencies began being created as a response to epidemics and mounting health problems in the later part of the 18th century. True False QUESTION 4 For all racial groups, poverty rates are highest for black Americans. True False QUESTION 5 Raising money to fund their programs, providing education, providing service to those affected, and advocating are the basic objectives of: A. social, service, and religious organizations. B. voluntary health agencies. C. philanthropic foundations. D. professional health organizations. QUESTION 6 The core functions of public health are utilized by state health agencies. True False QUESTION 7 An attack rate is an incidence rate calculated for a particular population for a single disease outbreak and is expressed as a percentage. True False QUESTION 8 The number of years of healthy life expected, on average, in a given population is the disability- adjusted life years (DALYs). True False QUESTION 9 Physical factors affecting community health include geography, community size, and industrial development. True False QUESTION 10 Social power is an individual sense of potency demonstrated in self-confident behavior. True False QUESTION 11 The population with the lowest high school completion rates is: A. Asian Americans. B. black Americans. C. American Indians and Alaska Natives. D. white Americans. QUESTION 12 Healthcare delivery is a public health concern of the twenty-first century. True False QUESTION 13 Black, non-Hispanic Americans have an infant mortality rate that is more than two times that of white American infants. True False QUESTION 14 A primary care physician is concerned with the course of a disease in an individual, while an epidemiologist is concerned with the course of disease in a population. True False QUESTION 15 The process for people to gain mastery over their lives and the lives of their communities is social capital. True False QUESTION 16 Nongovernmental health agencies are funded primarily by: A. private donations. B. fees for services. C. tax dollars. D. grants from the state health department. QUESTION 17 The beginning of government's major involvement in social issues, including health, was marked by the: A. United States involvement in World War II. B. Social Security Act of 1935. C. Hill-Burton Act in 1946. D. establishment of Medicare in 1965. QUESTION 18 People who flee one area or country to seek shelter or protection from danger in another are referred to as: A. refugees. B. illegal aliens. C. aliens. D. immigrants. QUESTION 19 Historically, communities have always taken aggressive actions to deal with health issues. True False QUESTION 20 A disease that lasts three months or less is a chronic disease. True False