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Health Professions Midterm
Questions And Answers

The introduction of personal protective equipment in the 1990s reduced the

death rate from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) by 80 percent


✓~ False




Excellent ______________ performance has become a standard, at the cost

of the personal, human touch.


✓~ technical




Which of the following are components for improving the health of all

Americans?


✓~ a) Data collection and documenting trends in risk factors

b) Disseminating reliable and accurate information


c) Gaining an understanding of the healthcare needs


d) All of these are correct.

,By 1900, ______________ disease epidemics had been brought under control

as a result of improving environmental conditions


✓~ infectious




In 2014, what infectious agent was responsible for the largest epidemic in

history and was spread to the United States by healthcare workers employed in

West Africa?


✓~ Ebola virus




The U.S. government agency that monitors infectious diseases and developed

infection control measures for hospitals treating infected patients


✓~ The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)




Improves health by protecting against disease, lessening the impact of disease,

or detecting disease at an early stage when it is easier to treat


✓~ Preventative health services




A cause of skin infection in the community, such as in high schools and day care

centers

, ✓~ Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)




Improves communication and efficiency in providing health care and will

increasingly be used by the government to monitor the quality and cost of

healthcare delivery


✓~ Health information technology (health IT)




Preventive healthcare services improve health by protecting against disease,

lessening the __________ of disease, or detecting disease at an early stage

when it is easier to treat.


✓~ impact




Which of the following were priorities established by the National Prevention

Council to improve health and quality of life, reducing death and major illness?


✓~ a) Radiation exposure

b) Healthy eating


c) Mental wellbeing


d) Sexual health


e) Infection control

, f) Tobacco-free living


ALL ANSWERS ARE CORRECT




Which of the following has increased the prevalence of chronic and

degenerative diseases?


✓~ Increased number of elderly




Treatment of chronic conditions in the elderly accounts for what portion of the

total healthcare costs in the United States?


✓~ c) Two-thirds




True or False? More aggressive and invasive testing improves health by

protecting against disease, lessening the impact of disease, or detecting disease

at an early stage when it is easier to treat.


✓~ False




True or False? According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the best

"vaccine" against common diseases is frequent doctor visits and a strict

medication regiment.

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