Term 1 of 125
Jacobson v massachusetts brought to light that there are difficult tradeoffs between public and
private interets awhich can extend to many areas of public health concern. What prominent and
still current public health issue was the basis of this debate.
Compulsory vaccination
Disease prevention
Health impact assessment
A relative risk of 10 has the same strength of association as a relative risk of 0.1
**a risk ratio measures the increased risk for developing a disease after being exxposed to
a risk factor compared to not being exposed to the risk factor. it is given by rr=risk for the
exposed/risk for the unexposed, and it is often referred to as the relative risk, which is a
proportion
Term 2 of 125
Ordinal
no order or difference between values (none, zero, null, void)
order matters but not the difference between values (little, some, alot, excurciating
blinding
Plan, Do, Check, Art
,Term 3 of 125
Which of the following statements correctly describes a characteristic of hte helath care
marketplace?
Predictable and determinate outcomes
Power is the capacity of person a to influence person b to do something that person b
would not otherwise choose to do
Barriers to cervical cancer screening
Providers often face abarriers to entry
Term 4 of 125
Logistics
provides support, resources and all services to meet operational objectives
refers to the study of mathematical logic
deals with the study of weather patterns
involves transportation of goods from one place to another
Term 5 of 125
The national consensus public health strategy of the government, public health organizations and
citizens is known as:
Health Education
Health Promotion
Healthy People
Essential Public Health Services
,Term 6 of 125
Which of the following statistical tests is not considered a nonparametric test?
Least squares
Standard error
Case-control study
Turkeys test
Term 7 of 125
A tobacco user has contemplated quitting smoking. He is aware that smoking is a problem for him
and wants to quit in the future. If the tobacco user is moving along the Stages of Change, you can
assume his next action will be
Skipping a few cigarettes
Gathering information about the positive effects of smoking
Plan, do, check, art
Quitting cold turkey
Term 8 of 125
Which of the following poses the largest threat of lead exposure to children?
It is used to investigate the relationship between two continuous variables
Action refers to behavior change for less than 6 months
Lead based paint and lead-contaminated dust in older buildings
Imported toys and children's products
, Term 9 of 125
A requirement of public health laws established by city or county boards is that they be
race and income
approved by referndum
h0: b1=0
turkeys test
Term 10 of 125
Which of the following is not a characteristic of the organization as an open system?
Predictable and determinate outcomes
five-day biochemical oxygen demand
Providers often face abarriers to entry
medical care
Term 11 of 125
If two events are mutually exclusive, to determine the probability that one or the other happened:
Race and income
Providers often face abarriers to entry
Predictable and determinate outcomes
Add their individual probabilities
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