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PUBH 201 exam 1Global health** - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following terms best describes the
collaborative actions taken to identify and address
transnational concerns about the exposures and diseases
that adversely affect human populations?
Public Health - correct answer ✔✔organized measures(public or private) designed to prevent
diseases, promote health and prolong life among the population as a whole.
Global Health - correct answer ✔✔transnational, focus of a wide range of countries,
environments, etc., with an emphasis on earth as a whole (essentially few
borders and focusing on improvements to necessities such as clean water,
good nutrition, etc
International Health - correct answer ✔✔ocusing mostly on other countries, minus yours
Quality Adjusted Life Year (QALY) ** - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following metrics quantifies the
additional
duration of life and quality of life concerned to
populations by successful public health interventions?
.
None *** - correct answer ✔✔The aim of which of the following is to reduce
impairment, minimize pain and suffering, and prevent
death in people with symptomatic health problems?
healthy life expectancy** - correct answer ✔✔The number of years the average individual born into the
, population can expect to live without disability is
expressed as which of the following?
Infectious dz - correct answer ✔✔During the 20th century, most high-income nations made a transition
to a lower birth rate, a lower death rate, longer life expectencies, and a higher burden from which of the
following health conditions?
medicine - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following is not a core public health
discipline?
true - correct answer ✔✔The threat from emerging infectious dz is an ancient one
that will continue to exist for future generations, because
infectious agents can easily cross international borders
when they are carried by air, water, or animals
true - correct answer ✔✔The success of the Millenium Development Goals was the impetus to create
the follow-up set of goals known as the Sustainable Development Goals
true - correct answer ✔✔The goal of the first international health initiatives was to
prevent widespread outbreaks of infectious diseases.
false - correct answer ✔✔Disability-adjusted life years can be directly measured, but
more complicated health metrics like incidence and
prevalence must be estimated with complex equations
race - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following refers to superficial categories that
group individuals based primarily on physical attributes
like skin color?
septic tank - correct answer ✔✔Which of the following is an advanced sanitation
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