Module 1 - Health Trends & Costs

What is the science and practice of protecting and improving the health of a community?
A. epidemiology
B. public health
C. global health
D. medicin

public health

Which one of the following accurately describes public health activities?
A. focus on individuals and on prevention
B. focus on individuals and on treating disease
C. focus on population and on prevention
D. focus on population and on treating disease

focus on populations and on prevention

What is the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations and the application of this study to control health problems?
A. epidemiology
B. public health
C. global health
D. medicine

epidemiology

Which one of the following diseases has been eradicated globally?
A. Reyes syndrome
B. smallpox
C. influenza
D. polio

smallpox

Between 2010 and 2050, the average age of the US population is expected to
A. increase
B. decrease
C. remain the same
D. cycle through ten year increases and decreases

increase

Which one of the following statements accurately describes the projected change in life expectancy in the Us between 2010 and 2050?
A. expected to remain constant for both men and women
B. expected to increase for men but decrease for women
C. expected to decrease for men but increase for women
D. expected to increase for both men and women

expected to increase for both men and women

Which type of health care expenditures account for majority of health care costs in the US?
A. prescription drugs
B. dental care
C. hospital care and physician and clinical services
D. home health care and nursing homes

hospital care and physician and clinical services

It is estimated by the year 2030, more than 75% of all deaths globally will result from
A. infectious diseases including HIV/AIDS
B. limited access to health care
C. unsafe drinking water
D. chronic non infectious diseases like heart disease

chronic non infectious diseases like heart disease

True or false
public health and medicine share a common goal of improving health and eliminating disease, but their approaches to achieving the goal are different

true

True or false
epidemiologic transition is the change from public health activities from local control to federal control

false