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Public Health MidtermC - ANS 1. _______________ have traditionally been the most frequent focus of public health initiatives.
A. Affluent people
B. The elderly
C. Vulnerable populations
D. Immigrants
D - ANS 2. Which of the following emerged in the mid-1800s?
A. Evidence-based public health
B. Widespread use of vaccinations
C. Isolation of individuals with disease
D. Data collection and documentation of rates of disease
C - ANS 3. Which of the following is the most recently recognized vulnerable population?
A. Young children
B. The disabled
C. The immunosuppressed
D. Those in high-risk occupations
A - ANS 4. Which of the following illustrates the high-risk approach to addressing public health
concerns?
A. A program supporting teenage cigarette smokers trying to quit
B. A national campaign encouraging citizens to exercise
C. Distribution of nutrition guidelines to parents of young children
,C - ANS 5. Which of the following best describes the demographic situation in the United States?
A. The overall population is expected to decrease in the future, while the number of those older than 65
years is expected to increase.
B. The number of those older than 65 years is expected to peak by 2040 and then gradually decline.
C. The proportion of the population older than 65 years is expected to increase from approximately 15%
to 25% by 2030.
D. The number of those older than 85 years is expected to exceed the number aged 65 and 85 years by
2040.
B - ANS 6. Why did epidemiologists conduct an age adjustment on studies linking lung cancer and
smoking?
A. To ensure the study had the same number of smokers in each age group
B. To ensure that aging of the population was not the reason for increased rates of lung cancer
C. To ensure that smoking was the sole factor in increased rates of lung cancer
D - ANS 7. Which of the following best describes the relationship between qualitative studies and
quantitative studies?
A. Qualitative studies can replace quantitative studies.
B. Quantitative studies can replace qualitative studies.
C. Quantitative studies are considered superior to qualitative studies.
D. Qualitative and quantitative studies complement each other providing different types of evidence.
A - ANS 8. A researcher wants to find out whether the rate of asthma is higher among groups of people
who have been exposed to air pollution. Which kind of study should she do?
A. Population comparison (Ecological study)
B. Case-control study
C. Cohort study
,D. Randomized controlled trial
D - ANS 9. When considering whether an increase in the distribution of a disease is real or artifactual,
which question would epidemiologists be most likely to ask?
A. Has there been an increased interest in identifying the disease?
B. Did the disease's definition change before the change in distribution?
C. Have there been advances in the ability to identify the disease?
D. All of these are correct.
B - ANS 10. What is the main purpose of the RE-AIM framework?
A. To offer a framework for introducing health initiatives
B. To evaluate the effectiveness of health interventions in practice
C. To encourage health officials to implement new programs
D. None of these is correct.
A - ANS 11. Knowing the life expectancy of a nation allows us to do which of the following?
A. Compare it to the life expectancy of other nations
B. Accurately predict the life span of the nation's population
, C. Understand the impact of disabilities on people of the nation
D. Gain an understanding of the impact of specific diseases
C - ANS 12. What do DALYs include in their measurement that HALEs do not?
A. Overall health of a nation's population
B. Average life expectancy of a nation's citizens
C. Rates of specific diseases within a nation's population
D. Quality of life of a nation's citizens
B - ANS 13. What is a disadvantage of the inform of decision method of healthcare decision making?
A. It may be time consuming and require elaborate paperwork.
B. The patient may not participate in the implementation of the treatment.
C. It may increase emphasis on legal documents and malpractice law.
D. The patient may feel anxious about carrying too much responsibility.
C - ANS 14. On a camping trip, Mark fears an attack by a wild animal more than he fears other, more
likely dangers. This is an example of the __________ effect.
A. uncontrollability
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