PUBH 201 W8Q4
True or False? When public health is broadly defined, even murder and assault are public health issues. -
correct answer ✔✔True
Of the 435,000 deaths attributed to tobacco smoking in 2000, how many were caused by second-hand
smoke? - correct answer ✔✔30,000
True or False? An American Indian is almost 50% more likely than a white American to have diabetes. -
correct answer ✔✔True
True or False? During Prohibition, the rate of cirrhosis of the live declined to half that of 1910. - correct
answer ✔✔True
True or False? Official legal restrictions on those infected with venereal diseases began to appear in the
19th century. - correct answer ✔✔True
True or False? Public controversy over immunization laws began in the 1800s. - correct answer ✔✔True
True or False? Damage to cilia and irritation of respiratory tract lining by components of smoke increase
susceptibility to infectious diseases. - correct answer ✔✔True
True or False? Individuals must believe in a problem and in the existence of a solution before they will
act to prevent the problem. - correct answer ✔✔True
True or False? The behavioral choices of individuals is now the biggest challenge faced by public health. -
correct answer ✔✔True
True or False? Health status varies more among African Americans than among Hispanics. - correct
answer ✔✔False
True or False? When public health is broadly defined, even murder and assault are public health issues. -
correct answer ✔✔True
Of the 435,000 deaths attributed to tobacco smoking in 2000, how many were caused by second-hand
smoke? - correct answer ✔✔30,000
True or False? An American Indian is almost 50% more likely than a white American to have diabetes. -
correct answer ✔✔True
True or False? During Prohibition, the rate of cirrhosis of the live declined to half that of 1910. - correct
answer ✔✔True
True or False? Official legal restrictions on those infected with venereal diseases began to appear in the
19th century. - correct answer ✔✔True
True or False? Public controversy over immunization laws began in the 1800s. - correct answer ✔✔True
True or False? Damage to cilia and irritation of respiratory tract lining by components of smoke increase
susceptibility to infectious diseases. - correct answer ✔✔True
True or False? Individuals must believe in a problem and in the existence of a solution before they will
act to prevent the problem. - correct answer ✔✔True
True or False? The behavioral choices of individuals is now the biggest challenge faced by public health. -
correct answer ✔✔True
True or False? Health status varies more among African Americans than among Hispanics. - correct
answer ✔✔False
