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Global Health Systems and Issues Midterm FGCU Exam Study Guide Solutions Red Cross (ICRC) - ANSWER-officially sanctioned by the Geneva Convention and international law to provide specific humanitarian services to civilian and military victims of conflicts. According to the nutrition transitio...

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Global Health Systems and Issues

Midterm FGCU Exam Study Guide

Solutions

Red Cross (ICRC) - ANSWER✔✔-officially sanctioned

by the Geneva Convention and international law to provide specific

humanitarian services to civilian and military victims of conflicts.

According to the nutrition transition model, major concerns in middle-income areas of the world include:

A) Famine

B) Obesity

C) Nutrient Deficiencies

D) All of the Above - ANSWER✔✔-D) All of the Above

A _____ is an exposure or characteristic that increases the likelihood of developing a particular disease. -

ANSWER✔✔-Risk Factor

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Passing legislation to control the use of of a pesticide shown to cause illness in farmworkers is

considered which of the following levels of prevention?

A) primary prevention

B) secondary prevention

C) tertiary prevention

D) none of the above - ANSWER✔✔-A) primary prevention

According to Coplan et al, the quest for healthy equity (fairness) is fundamental to global public health.

True or False? - ANSWER✔✔-True

Which article (roman numeral) in the Declaration of Alma-Ata states that every government has a

responsibility to provide adequate health and social measures for its people? - ANSWER✔✔-V (five)

A way of estimating the burden of disease in a population that combines data on premature deaths and

premature disability is also known as the:

A) DALY

B) NCD

C) YLD

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D) QALY - ANSWER✔✔-A) DALY

On January 1, 2014, there were 4000 adult women living in Sampleton. 1200 of those women currently

have diabetes. During that year, 150 additional women were diagnosed with diabetes. The prevalence of

diabetes at the end of 2014 is ____. (Answer is a percentage) - ANSWER✔✔-34%

The most disadvantaged populations, often the ones with the highest mortality rates, are most likely to

have their life events accurately counted.

True or False? - ANSWER✔✔-False

Despite substantial reductions in mortality rates and increases in life expectancy over the past 60 years,

many African countries and regions have maintained unexpectedly high fertility rates.

True or False? - ANSWER✔✔-True

In 2014, there were _____ cases of poliomyelitis reported worldwide. The majority of these cases were

found in which country? - ANSWER✔✔-413; Pakistan

In one sentence, give an example of how poverty might affect health. - ANSWER✔✔-Poverty affects

quality of medical treatment and reduce health status.

Avoidable and unfair differences between health experience and health status in a population are known

as:

A) disparities
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B) inequalities

C) inequities

D) SES - ANSWER✔✔-C) inequities

Which macroeconomic indicator measures the total monetary value of all goods and services within a

country?

A) GNI

B) PPP

C) GDP

D) GNP - ANSWER✔✔-C) GDP

Which of the following measures is not included in the calculation of a country's human development

index?

A) Unemployment rates

B) GDP per capita

C) LIfe expectancy at birth

D) Adult literacy rates - ANSWER✔✔-A) Unemployment rates

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