HLTH-3115S-1-Public and Global Health..QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS..

WASH factors include , sanitation, and hygiene. Selected Answer: water Answers: weather wellness Answer Feedback: water waste removal Correct. WASH represents the risk factors for vector-borne disease that relate to water, sanitation, and hygiene. The resulted in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people and peaking in Europe between the years 1346 and 53. Selected Answer: Black Death Answers: H1N1 Influenza pandemic Spanish flu pandemic Human Genome Project Answer Feedback: Black Death Correct. The Black Death resulted in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people and peaking in Europe between the years 1346 and 53. Which infectious disease makes the body more at risk for other infections? Selected Answer: HIV/AIDS Answers: Asthma Typhoid Answer Feedback: HIV/AIDS Tuberculosis Correct. Individuals with HIV/AIDS are vulnerable to other infectious diseases because it weakens a person's immune system. The laws, regulations, and priorities that govern your community or state and how these components influence the health of individual citizens are known as which type of health determinant? Selected Answer: Policymaking Answers: Biology and genetics Individual behavior Answer Feedback: Policymaking Health services Correct. The laws, regulations, and priorities that govern your community or state and how these components influence the health of individual citizens are known as policymaking determinants of health. Which of the following must be improved for successful poverty elimination efforts? Selected Answer: Individual behavior Answers: Answer Feedback: Health Biology and genetics Individual behavior Urbanization Incorrect. Individual behavior and life choices can have a serious impact on health. The parasitic disease that is transmitted by mosquitoes and is particularly prevalent in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa is called: Selected Answer: Malaria Answers: Typhoid Schistosomiasis Answer Feedback: Malaria Dengue Correct. Malaria is a parasitic disease that is transmitted by mosquitoes and is particularly prevalent in Southeast Asia and sub- Saharan Africa. The design and implementation of must factor in local cultural belief systems and practices. Selected Answer: health interventions Answers: health interventions HRBAs health equities Answer Feedback: human ecologies Correct. Health care providers need to keep local cultural belief systems and practices in mind when designing health interventions. Which vector-borne disease is commonly introduced through rodent infestation on cargo ships? Selected Answer: Plague Answers: Lyme disease Yellow fever Dengue Answer Feedback: Plague Ebola Correct. Plague is transmitted through the fleas that travel on rodents, such as those found on cargo ships. is the collection, analysis, and use of data to target public health prevention. Selected Answer: Epidemiological surveillance Answers: Determinant of health Health equity Answer Feedback: Epidemiological surveillance Urbanization Correct. Epidemiological surveillance is the collection, analysis, and use of data to target public health prevention. Which of the following illnesses can be transmitted via blood and bodily fluids and weakens the immune system so that it does not function as well, allowing foreign pathogens to invade the body? Selected Answer: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Answers: Heart disease Diabetes Asthma Answer Feedback: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Correct. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) can be transmitted via blood and bodily fluids and weakens the immune system so that it does not function as well, allowing foreign pathogens to invade the body Because they generally require the blood of another organism to survive, most vectors are . Selected Answer: parasitic Answers: chronic pathogenic Answer Feedback: parasitic Correct. Parasites live off other organisms.Many vectors spread disease while feeding on the blood of other organisms. Diarrheal disease is a leading cause of death across the world and it can often be linked to which of the following? Selected Answer: Inaccessibility of safe drinking water Answers: Determinants of health Abundance of clean drinking water Answer Feedback: Inaccessibility of safe drinking water Health equity Correct. Diarrheal disease is a leading cause of death across the world and it can often be linked to water or foodborne diseases due to the inaccessibility of safe drinking water. The advent and prevalence of antibiotics led to a high birth rate and low death rate, causing a phenomenon that we are still experiencing. What is that phenomenon? Selected Answer: Population growth Answers: Urbanization Answer Feedback: Population growth Population aging Demographic divide Correct. The advent and prevalence of antibiotics led to a high birth rate and low death rate, causing exponential population growth that we are still experiencing. is the study of human populations and fluctuations in population growth. Selected Answer: Demography Answers: Epidemiology Answer Feedback: Demography Urbanization Correct. Demography is the study of human populations and fluctuations in population growth. Which portion of the population in low income regions is most at risk of dying from malaria? Selected Answer: young children Answers: young children pregnant mothers Answer Feedback: all of the population the elderly Correct. Young children in developing regions are most at risk of dying from malaria. Overpopulation creates two forms of environmental threats: the generation of waste and what else? Selected Answer: The exhaustion of ecological resources Answers: Answer Feedback: The exhaustion of ecological resources Lack of housing resources Substandard education system Aging workforce Correct. Overpopulation creates two forms of environmental threats: the exhaustion of the ecological resources needed to sustain life; and the generation of waste, creating different types of pollution. Which MDG addresses waterborne diseases? Selected Answer: MDG 7 Answers: MDG 8 MDG 1 Answer Feedback: MDG 7 MDG 2 Correct. MDG 7 focuses on environmental sustainability, which directly impacts waterborne diseases. According to the World Health Organization's (WHO), is "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." Selected Answer: Health Answers: Health protection Health promotion Answer Feedback: Health Health prevention Correct. The World Health Organization's (WHO) defines health as "a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." Which disease has seen advancements, resulting in a cure due to Direct Observed Therapy and rigorous treatments? Selected Answer: tuberculosis Answers: HIV/AIDS malaria Answer Feedback: tuberculosis Correct. Tuberculosis has seen 41 million cases cured as a result of Direct Observed therapy and rigorous treatments. What is the vector which is responsible for the spread of onchocerciasis? Selected Answer: black fly Answers: aquatic snail Answer Feedback: