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College Public Health
35.a patient is sceduled to have a procedure performed , but states that he or she does not want the procedure. if the healthcafre professional disregards the patient s wishes and performs the procedure anyway, the provider has just commited
  1. assult
  2. invasion of privacy
  3. breach of confidentiality
  4. battery
College Public Health
Health disparities can be seen by differences in health status for which of the following:
  1. Age
  2. Ethnicity/race
  3. Sexual orientation
  4. All of the above
  5. A and B only
College Public Health
Which of the following outpatient care services offers end of life care, specifically for people with a diagnosis of a terminal illness?
  1. Private practice
  2. Home health care
  3. Public health services
  4. Hospice
College Public Health
What kind of environmental health burden does cooking with solid fuel primarily cause?
  1. Indoor air pollution
  2. Outdoor air pollution
  3. Contaminated water supply
  4. Contaminated soil
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Public health agencies are granted police powers by law to take measures to protect the public's health such as quarantine or isolation.
  1. True
  2. False
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When health care providers record and keep track of births and deaths that contributes to which important public health indicator?
  1. Morbidity
  2. Vital statistics
  3. Epidemiology
  4. Demography
College Public Health
How many men died in the UK died due to breast cancer in 2012?
College Public Health
Older adults make up about 64% of all Long Term Care clients.
  1. True
  2. False
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Which of the following is NOT true regarding licensing and certification for nursing homes in the US?
  1. All facilities must be licensed by the state government
  2. All facilities must be certified by the federal government
  3. The federal certifiction is required for Medicare and/or Medicaid funding
  4. The federal certification requires compliance with federal requirements of participation
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Culture is related to the health care seeking behaviors of people. An example of this is:
  1. Food preferences such as not eating meat
  2. Preference for self-help or traditional healers over modern medicine
  3. Religious prohibitions on sexual activity (no sex before marriage)
  4. Cooking methods that promote health
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Which of the following outpatient settings is affiliated with local government (county) and offers specific, limited services such as immunizations or testing/treatment for sexually transmitted infections?
  1. Home health care
  2. Private practice
  3. Hospice
  4. Public health services
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What is MRSA and why is it clinically significant?
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Which of the following is NOT an example of a societal factor that can be associated with health disparities in the US?
  1. Poverty
  2. Racism
  3. Dietary habits
  4. Economics
  5. Educational inequality
College Public Health
Which of the following is the largest payer for nursing home care in the United States?
  1. Blue Cross Blue Shield
  2. Medicare
  3. Medicaid
  4. Long term care insurance
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Who is the primary group of people who will be taking advantage of shopping for health insurance in the "exchanges"?
  1. People on Medicaid
  2. People who are insured through their job
  3. People in "the gap" (make too much for Medicaid, but no insurance through job)
  4. A, B, and C
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Discussion of health disparities in the US usually explores the deeper level roots of the problem.
  1. True
  2. False
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How can we describe the health disparity we saw in "When the Bough Breaks"?
  1. In the US, women who are black disproportinately suffer from having low birth weight infants compared to women who are white
  2. In the US, women who are white disproportionately suffer from having low birth weight infants compared with women who are black
  3. In the US, there is no disparity in low birth weight babies; all groups of women have the same levels of low birth weight babies
  4. In the US, we have excellent birth outcomes if we look at the population as a whole
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Which of the following is true of the determinants of health?
  1. They reflect multiple, interconnected underlying forces that are at work in the subsequent development of disease
  2. Each determinant can usually be traced to specific diseases
  3. One determinant is operating to bring about each disease
  4. If a pathogenic organism can be shown to cause a disease then no other determinants are present
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Which of the following approaches are included in population health?
  1. Use of the health care delivery system for individuals
  2. Use of traditional public health focused on populations
  3. Use of social policy interventions
  4. All of the above
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Results of a needs assessment can be used to                                      .
  1. Set priorities for the program
  2. Advocate for resources for the program
  3. Establish a baseline for evaluation
  4. A and B only
  5. A, B and C
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