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College Public Health
Individual behavior is a determinant of health that is strongly influenced by which other determinant of health?
  1. Socio-economic-cultural environment
  2. Infection
  3. Medical care
  4. Knowledge
  5. Attitudes
College Public Health
Which of the following determinants matches this description: The risk of HIV transmission is increased in central cities where the chance that an individual is HIV positive is higher than in suburban and rural areas.
  1. Behavior
  2. Genetics counseling
  3. Socio-economic-cultural
  4. Geography
College Public Health
The problem of E-Waste is limited to country Australia shipping old electronic goods to the country of China.
  1. True
  2. False
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.
College Public Health
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
College Public Health
All states have the same laws regarding reportable diseases.
  1. True
  2. False
College Public Health
Throughout the history of the US healthcare system, medical providers have always provided evidence-based, cost effective treatments.
  1. True
  2. False
College Public Health
What is the Affordable Care Act?
  1. A Michigan law passed to change healthcare
  2. A national law passed to change healthcare
  3. A national law proposed to change healthcare
  4. A local law passed to change healthcare
College Public Health
Health informatics and health communication are disciplines that do not have much job growth in the United States.
  1. True
  2. False
College Public Health
Which era of public health involved germ theory and knowledge of infections origin of disease along with communicable disease control through environmental control, vaccinations and outbreak investigations?
  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
College Public Health
Which era of public health involves systems thinking, coordination of public health and health care delivery, evidence based recommendations and information management, focus on harms and costs of interventions and globalization?
  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
College Public Health
The needs assessment process for planning programs with the Saginaw High School Based Health Center included which secondary source of data:
  1. Rapid Assessment for Adolescent Preventive Services
  2. Michigan Profile for Healthy Youth
  3. Health statistics/inequities in the community
  4. A and B only
  5. A, B and C
College Public Health
Understanding how the health of a group of people might be improved requires information on their:
  1. Previous health status and current health status
  2. Current health status and ideal health status
  3. Ideal health status and exercise plan
  4. Exercise history and current health status
College Public Health
One of the major indicators for the overall well-being of youth AND a primary predictor of adult health is                         
  1. Academic success
  2. Quality health education
  3. Quality sex education
  4. Quality physical eduction
  5. B,C and D
College Public Health
Which of the following determinants matches this description: A small proportion of individuals do not develop active HIV infection despite repeated exposure to the virus through unprotected sex.
  1. Behavior
  2. Geography
  3. Socio-economic-cultural
  4. Genetics
College Public Health
What is the difference between health informatics and health communication?
  1. There is no difference
  2. Health communication focuses on collecting, compiling and presenting while informatics focuses on perception, combinations and use.
  3. Health communication focuses on perception, combinations and use while informatics focuses on collecting, compiling and presenting.
  4. Health informatics is only with computers and health communication is only with brochures.
College Public Health
Which era of public health focuses on evidence based recommendations, coordination of public health and health care delivery, systems thinking, information management, and globalization?
  1. Health Protection Antiquity-1830's
  2. Hygiene Movement 1840's-1870's
  3. Contagion Control 1880's-1940's
  4. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention mid 1980's-2000
  5. Population Health 21st century
College Public Health
Which of the determinants of health matches this description: The highest risk of HIV transmission through the sexual route is anal intercourse.
  1. Behavior
  2. Medical Care
  3. Socio-economic-cultural
  4. Geography
College Public Health
What is the best way to describe the new health insurance exchanges?
  1. A place in a shopping mall where people will go and trade health insurance plans
  2. A new government run health insurance plan
  3. A virtual, online place to shop for private health insurance plans
  4. A new branch of state government where people will go to buy health insurance
College Public Health
What are the 3 major cornerstones of health care delivery in the US?
  1. Cost, access and speed
  2. Customer service, access, and life expectancy
  3. Cost, quality, and access
  4. Cost, speed, and health outcomes
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