Question: Between 1900 and 2000, the crude infectious disease mortality rate in the United States:
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remained unchanged.
declined by about 50%.
declined by about 90%.
increased slightly due to the emergence of HIV infections.
Answer: declined by about 90%.
Question: Which of the following is considered to be the higher quality data with respect to electronic birth records?
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Mother’s alcohol use history
Infant’s birth weight
Mother’s drug use history
Mother’s tobacco use history
Answer: Infant’s birth weight
Question: State and local governments spend more on health than the federal government.
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True
False
Answer: False
Question: The mortality-based measures commonly used to describe impact of health indicators that disproportionately impact younger people is:
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life expectancy at birth.
age-adjusted mortality rate.
crude mortality rate.
years of potential life lost before age 75.
Answer: years of potential life lost before age 75.
Question: The World Health Organization (WHO) definition of good human health includes:
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physical and social well-being.
mental and physical well-being.
mental and social well-being.
physical, mental, and social well-being.
Answer: physical, mental, and social well-being.
Question: Immunizations fall into what category of disease prevention?
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Primary prevention
Secondary prevention
Tertiary prevention
Answer: Primary prevention
Question: Early detection of disease and interventions to reverse, halt, or at least slow the progression of a condition, often performed when disease is not yet symptomatic, is a description of:
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primary prevention.
secondary prevention.
tertiary prevention.
quaternary prevention.
Answer: secondary prevention.
Question: Which of these domains of determinants of health is included in the social-ecological model of determinants of health?
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Living and working conditions
Social, family, and community networks
Individual behavior
All of these options are included.
Answer: All of these options are included.
Question: The World Health Organization uses “the absence of avoidable, unfair, or remediable differences among groups of people, whether those groups are defined socially, economically, demographically or geographically or by other means of stratification” to describe:
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health.
health equality.
health equity.
health disparity.
Answer: health equity.
Question: Edwin Chadwick believed that disease was the cause of which of the following social situations?
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Racism
Hunger
Poverty
Slavery
Answer: Poverty
Question: The term “healthcare delivery system” traditionally refers to:
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specific groups of healthcare providers (doctors, nurses, hospitals etc…) providing care to a specific population.
the provision of personal healthcare (clinical) services.
the financing structure of healthcare (clinical) services.
the organization of personal healthcare (clinical) services.
Answer: the organization of personal healthcare (clinical) services.
Question: Social determinants of health include all of the following except:
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health care system.
neighborhood and physical environment.
biologic factors such as age and sex.
education.
Answer: biologic factors such as age and sex.
Question: Philadelphia created its first board of health in 1783 due to an outbreak of which of the following?
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Yellow fever
Cholera
Tuberculosis
Diphtheria
Answer: Yellow fever
Question: Which of the following had the greatest impact on average life expectancy in the United States between 1900 and 2000?
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Vaccinations for infectious diseases
Improvements in sanitation and hygiene
Advances in medical care technology
Health education
Answer: Improvements in sanitation and hygiene
Question: In the United States, the national effort to improve health and well-being is known as:
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Healthy People.
No Child Left Behind.
Mothers’ March.
Red Cross.
Answer: Healthy People.