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College Public Health
Which of the following is NOT included under Environment Health at the SCPHD?
  1. Mercury spill investigations
  2. Clean indoor air (smoking complaints)
  3. WIC
  4. Body art facilities
  5. Fixed food service establishments
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Which of the following best describes the epidemiological transition that took place in the US over the past 100 years?
  1. Transition from non-communicable diseases to communicable diseases as the main causes of death and disease
  2. Transition from communicable to non-communicable diseases as main causes of death and disease
  3. Transitioned from having high rates of cardiovascular disease to low rates
  4. Transitioned from high rates of diabetes to low rates
College Public Health
The majority of deaths, illness, and injury in the US are from non-communicable diseases.
  1. True
  2. False
College Public Health
What are health disparities?
  1. Differences in health status between sub-populations in the US
  2. Differences in access and quality of health care for different sub-populations in the US
  3. Differences in health status that are mostly avoidable and can be reduced through public health measures
  4. A and B only
  5. A, B and C
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Which of the following health systems has the most governmental control?
  1. national health system (UK)
  2. social health insurance (Germany)
  3. US health system
  4. national health insurance (Canada)
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During which historical period did health insurance become part of the US health care system?
  1. Corporate era
  2. Pre-industrial era
  3. Post-industrial era
  4. Future era
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                                    is the central governing agency in the US health care system.
  1. there is no central governing agency
  2. county government
  3. state government
  4. federal government
  5. C and D
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Laws to affect public health exist at which level of government.
  1. Federal
  2. Local
  3. State
  4. A, B, and C
  5. A and C only
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Which era of public health involved authority based control with religious and cultural practices the main way to prohibit or encourage health behaviors?
  1. Health Protection-Antiquity-1830's
  2. Hygiene Movement-1840's-1870's
  3. Contagion Control-1880-1940's
  4. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention-Mid 1980's-2000
  5. Population Health-21st Century
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Health education has its roots in health promotion.
  1. True
  2. False
College Public Health
Which of the following is NOT one of APHA's quality standards for health information on the Internet?
  1. Good advertisements that entice people to buy products
  2. Information on the sources of funding for the website is available
  3. Overall quality including identification of sponsors
  4. Authors are clearly identified, have health credentials, and contact information
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39.EAP means
  1. employer assistance program
  2. emploee assistance program
  3. equal assistance program
  4. emploee aid program
College Public Health
Which of the following is NOT a source of public health data?
  1. Single case reports of diseases
  2. Statistics
  3. Surveys
  4. Sentinel monitoring
  5. Sports related injuries
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Which of the following is an example of a non-communicable condition with multiple social determinants and causes?
  1. Violence including suicide and homicide
  2. Teen/unplanned parenthood
  3. Obesity
  4. Alcohol related deaths and disease
  5. All of the above
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Screening is a good way to prevent the occurrence of non-communicable diseases such as cancer.
  1. True
  2. False
College Public Health
Most health disparities in the United States are natural and unavoidable; they are caused by genetics and individual behaviors.
  1. True
  2. False
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Which of the following is a public health program strategy to address health disparities?
  1. Engage the groups experiencing disparities directly in addressing the issues
  2. Improve cross-cultural staff training
  3. Recruit and mentor diverse staff
  4. A, B and C
  5. B and C only
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What is the preferred approach to designing public health interventions to reduce health disparities?
  1. Improving the average approach
  2. Highest risk approach
  3. Both are equal, neither one is preferred
  4. The individual behavior modification approach
College Public Health
What is the ethical tension that is present in relationship to public health laws and policies?
  1. The ethical tension relates to whether physicians are doing the best thing for their patient.
  2. There is no ethical tension related to public health laws and policies.
  3. The ethical tension relates to the goal of public health to take away all of people's individual rights.
  4. The ethical tension relates to weighing the individual rights of citizens against the rights and needs of society.
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Which of the following is NOT true about the influence of legal risks on the US Health System?
  1. It can influence medical students' choice of specialty
  2. It leads physicians to practice defensive medicine
  3. It is similar to legal risks that affect other health systems in the world
  4. It causes malpractice insurance to add to the overall cost of the system
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