10 questions multple choice
Effective public health initiatives today are different then those of the past because____
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| They take the public in consideration | |
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| They involve the government policy more today then they did in the past. | |
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| They seem to depend upon development of consensus and partnerships | |
The first public health organizations were in what century
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| The sixteenth century | |
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| The late eighteenth century | |
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| The early nineteenth century |
How did the Civil War help enforce a national consciousness of epidemic disease?
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| Two thirds of the Union soldiers who died were killed by infectious disease rather then by bullets | |
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| Public Health became a major issues at this time | |
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| The army camps were more medical |
The Federal Government is involved in state and local health because?
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| It has the ability to regulate interstate commerce | |
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| Federal taxes pay for public health | |
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| Of clinical, social, and economical issues in public health. |
Out of the ten leading health indicators the number one indicator is?
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| Tobacco use | |
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| Mental Health. | |
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| Physical activity. |
Why is community assessment necessary?
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| So coalitions can determine what programs of policies should be developed | |
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| To understand what individuals need for health care. | |
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| To determine if individuals are poor and in need of health care. |
Public health has had seen a revolution in the past two decades, and the information that has been at the heart of this revolution is
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| Chronic disease control | |
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| Prevention-effectiveness | |
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| Management of public health |
Public health has surveillance has a critical role in chronic disease control because
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| It gives information that is needed to develop more effective interventions and better target programs | |
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| It allows public health to operate | |
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| It allows public health to control disease |
What is the role of public health in the control of illness and disease?
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| To manage or improve the health of populations through prevention. | |
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| To control out breaks of disease. | |
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| To supply free services for people with disease. |
The synergy between individual and public health care goals, and services relies on?
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| The government and control of disease | |
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| The control of out breaks of disease. | |
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| The patient's perception of his disease. |
