wo communities have the same crude death rate (8.7 per 1,000). Select the correct statement from the following:
A. If one community has more elderly people than the other, it should have a higher crude death rate.
B. Both communities will have similar age adjusted death rates.
C. Both communit...
Two communities have the same crude death rate (8.7 per 1,000). Select the correct statement from the
following:
A. If one community has more elderly people than the other, it should have a higher crude death rate.
B. Both communities will have similar age adjusted death rates.
C. Both communities will have approximately equal numbers of Latino deaths
D.Adding sex and age specific distributions would make it possible to study differences in the
communities correct answersA. If one community has more elderly people than the other, it should have
a higher crude death rate.
Which one of the following is the correct rank for unintentional injury as a cause for age-specific
mortality for individuals 15-24 years of age in the United States in recent years?
A. First
B. Second
C. Third
D. Fourth correct answersA. First
Which one of the following statistics is the most used in routinely comparing the health status of regions,
states, and countries?
A.Infant mortality rate
B. Neonatal death rate
C. Perinatal mortality rate
D. Fetal mortality rate correct answersA.Infant mortality rate
According to the Surgeon General's Report, Healthy People 2020, which has the greatest potential for
decreasing morbidity?
A. Health care
B. Environment
,C. Lifestyle behavior
D. Human biology/genetics correct answersC. Lifestyle behavior
"The gathering of information about the populations under study, including general health status, health
care, and social system available," is a definition of which of the following?
Community diagnosis
Resource inventory
Needs assessment
Community analysis correct answersCommunity analysis
Which of the following data collection methods typically has the lowest response rate?
Mail survey
Focus group
Face to face survey
Telephone survey correct answersMail survey
The technique of information gathering which is most likely to allow for participants to present their
views impersonally and confidentially without overtly influencing the opinions of others is which of the
following?
Focus group process
Community forum
Nominal group process
Delphi technique correct answersDelphi technique
Because participants are selected according to specific criteria, the information obtained from which one
of the following group processes is not generalizable?
Face-to-face interviews
Focus group
Delphi panel
Community forum correct answersFocus group
,The first step in identifying a need for community health education programs should be to:
Assess existing individual behaviors
Establish program objectives
Conduct community analysis
Determine the poverty level correct answersconduct community analysis
Which of the following data sets is the most appropriate to use in determining the level of a
community's health status?
Correct! Vital statistics includes epidemiological data such as birth rates, mortality (death) rates,
morbidity (disease/illness) rates).
The health educator has invited representatives of several organizations to a meeting to talk about
health needs in a neighborhood that has a series of divisive issues. The educator would like to avoid a
conclusion that represents the narrow point of view of few who speak loudly and may not reflect the
whole community. What is the best way to ensure that community-wide views are represented?
Label the committee as an ad hoc task force group so that its existence can be limited
Add additional representatives and increase participation
Try to keep the group as small as possible
Supplement the proceedings with a community survey
Correct: This would allow the less vocal participants to give their perspectives privately. correct
answersSupplement the proceedings with a community survey
Correct: This would allow the less vocal participants to give their perspectives privately.
, Which one of the following organizations asserts a primary responsibility for promotion international
health?
UNICEF
International Red Cross
UNDP
NIH correct answersUNICEF
Correct: The United Nations Children's Fund is a global humanitarian relief organization providing
children with health care, immunizations, clean water, nutrition, and food security.
The health educator anticipates divisive advocacy at a meeting. For establishing issues or problems in
priority order, the best meeting procedure is:
Close the meeting to media representatives
Use the nominal group process
Apply parlimentary rules with a formal agenda
Divide into focus groups correct answersUse the nominal group process
Correct: The NGP gives each participant equal say and voting.
The health educator has been assigned to write a grant proposal on the prevention of violent and
abusive behavior. Which one is the most important database for initiating a literature search?
ERIC
Psychlit or PsychInfo
CINAHL
Medline correct answersPsychlit or PsychInfo
Correct! This is the best answer. The key words in this question are violence and abusive behavior which
are generally considered psychological issues. PsycINFO is an expansive abstracting and indexing
database with more than 3 million records devoted to peer-reviewed literature in the behavioral
sciences and mental health, making it an ideal discovery and linking tool for scholarly research in a host
of disciplines.
Which of the following assessment techniques is lower in cost and can reach the young adult age group.
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