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ISSUES & TRENDS IN PUBLIC HEALTH FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024
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ISSUES & TRENDS IN PUBLIC HEALTH FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024 ISSUES & TRENDS IN PUBLIC HEALTH FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024 ISSUES & TRENDS IN PUBLIC HEALTH FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024 ISSUES & TRENDS IN PUBLIC HEALTH FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2024
ISSUES & TRENDS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2024
1. Philadelphia created its first board of health in 1783 due to an outbreak of which of the
following? a. Cholera
b. Yellow fever
c. Tuberculosis
d. Diphtheria: Yellow fever
2. Which of the following is an abstract concept that determines how each member of society
is allocated his or her fair share of collective burdens and benefits? a. Class
b. Science
c. Race
d. Justice: Justice
3. Between 1900 and 2000, the crude infectious disease mortality rate in the
United States
a. declined by about 50%
b. remained unchanged
c. declined by about 90%
d. increased slightly due to the emergence of HIV infections: declined by about
90%
4. Public Health was characterized as fulfilling society's interest in assuring conditions in
which people could be healthy by a. Sir Geoffrey Vickers
b. Institute of Medicine
c. U.S. CDC
d. C.E.A. Winslow: Institute of Medicine in "The Future of Public Health"
5. Based on a quick scan of Internet websites, which of these organizations is most closely
affiliated with local public health agencies across the United States?
a. ASTHO
,b. NACCHO
c. CDC
d. APHA: NACCHO
6. In public health, the "pump handle" is a metaphor for which of the following?
a. convincing policymakers to take an action to protect public health
b. assuring a safe drinking water supply
c. discovering the cause of a public health problem
d. removing the source of a public health problem: removing the source of the public health
problem
7. Combining surveillance data on the types of influenza viruses circulation in wild birds,
in farm animals and people is an example of which of public health approach?
a. Primary prevention
b. the one health initiative
c. the socio-ecological model
d. environmental health: The one health initiative
8. The cholera epidemic of 1854 disproportionately affected lower social classes in London.
a. false
b. true: false
9. In which form of justice are collective actions leading to the assumption of additional
burdens often necessary in order to assure the fair distribution of societal benefits? a.
judicial
b. individual
c. market
d. social: Social justice
10. A renewed interest on the social determinants of health is a hallmark of which public
health era in the United States a. Public Health 3.0
b. all of these
c. Public Health 2.0
d. Public Health 1.0: Public Health 3.0
, 11. The measure of association that compares the risk of the health outcome in one group
with the risk (exposed group) among another group (unexposed group) by dividing the
incidence or prevalence in the first group by that of the second group is known as: a. odds
ratio
b. relative risk
c. attributable risk: relative risk
12. United States Census data are frequently used for get information on all of the below
except?
a. allocation of congressional seats
b. health behaviors
c. health insurance coverages
d. denominator data for rate calculations: health behaviors
13. By the year 2016, tuberculosis, gastroenteritis, and diphtheria fell off the list of top 10
causes of death. Which of the following is now on the list that was not on the list in 1900?
a. malignant neoplasms
b. gunshot wounds
c. intentional self-harm
d. STD's: intentional self-harm
14. True or false: crude and age-adjusted mortality rates have been declining at
approximately the same rate in the US over the past 50 years a. true
b. false: false
15. Which of the following is the best source of information on adult and infant mortality?
a. hospital care statistics
b. disease registries
c. special survey studies
d. death certificates: death certificates
16. Which remains an important predictor of good and poor health in our society?
a. genetics
b. social standing
c. prenatal care
d. health behaviors: Social standing
17. What were the top five causes of death in 1900?: influenza and pneumonia, tuberculosis,
diarrhea and enteritis, cerebrovascular disease, diseases of the heart 18. Which of the following
statements is false?: Return on investment analyses are not an appropriate method to analyze
public health interventions because it is too difficult to take into account all of the variables
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