Health 2000 Comprehensive Final Exam

This core function of public health is focused on monitoring health status, diagnosing, and investigating health problems in the community.

Assessment

This percentage of Americans reported having a Primary Care Provider (PCP) in 2019.

74%

Assure a competent workforce is part of which core public health function:

Assurance

According to the Why Is It So Hard to Escape Poverty video, which term describes the situation where earning slightly more money causes someone to lose essential benefits, leaving them worse off financially?

Welfare Trap

How many Americans live in poverty?

1 in 10

This group has the highest graduation rate nationally (93%).

Asian/Pacific Islanders

This individual is a leading figure in the development of the modern study of public health.

CEA Winslow

What question is asked during the Surveillance step of the Public Health Approach?

“What is the Problem?”

When was the polio vaccine introduced?

1955

In the Redlining video focused on the Levittown community, what long-term consequence did discriminatory housing policies in Levittown create for Black families?

A significant loss of generational wealth and equity

Data that is so large, fast or complex, that it's difficult or impossible to process using traditional methods.

Big Data

The US Constitution requires the population of the US to be counted how often?

Every 10 Years

What core function of public health is data essential?

Assessment (2)

According to the video, what is the first and foremost skill that Epidemiologists are required to carry out:

Communicating verbally and in writing

The statistics of life, birth, death, and disease.

Vital Statistics

Which of the following is the primary purpose of verifying the diagnosis during an outbreak investigation?

To confirm the disease is correctly identified and rule out laboratory error

CDC is our primary epidemiologic and policy development organization.

False

Fill-in-the blank: It is the role of the government to___good-quality health services, that are accessible and affordable to all who need them.

Provide

Which of the following best explains why epidemiologic studies of chronic diseases are more difficult than studies of infectious diseases?

Chronic diseases develop over long periods and involve multiple interacting risk factors

According to the video, when was the HIPAA Act created?

1996

According to the National Center for Health Statistics video, how many births and deaths has the National Vital Statistics System counted and described since 1990?

Births: Over 343 million. Deaths: Over 169 million.

How much money was part of President Biden's infrastructure plan to address the racism ingrained in historical transportation and urban planning?

$2 Trillion

The science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private communities, and individuals describes what concept.

Public Health

This individual was known as a "shoeleather epidemiologist."

Dr. Alice Hamilton

In 1970, this US presidential administration established the Environmental Protection Agency, which protects human health by safeguarding air, water, and land.

Nixon Administration

In the Gardener's Tale allegory, which action represents personally mediated racism?

The gardener plucking pink blossoms before they can go to seed

Black mothers dying at higher rates than white women in the US-the Black maternal mortality crisis (even when the Black woman has higher income and higher educational level) is an example of what?

Health Inequality

How many people lack health insurance in the US?

1 in 10 (2)

This agency (a part of US Department of Health and Human Services) is the main epidemiologic and assessment agency for the nation.

Centers for Disease and Prevention Control (CDC)

During 2000 to 2004, cigarette smoking was reported to be responsible for how many billion dollars in annual health-related economic losses in the United States.

$193

Which step of the Outbreak Investigation process is described below?

"Five cases of patients with severe gastrointestinal illnesses were reported at a local urgent care facility in Raleigh, NC. The Wake County Health Department begins an investigation to understand the true extent of the potential outbreak. Investigators decide to contact all nearby clinics, hospitals, and laboratories to ask whether they have seen similar cases in the past week. Staff members at the health department call each facility and make in-person visits to the nearby clinics, hospitals, and laboratories directly to gather this information."

Find cases systematically

This program support children's growth from birth to age 5 through services centered around early learning and development, health, and family well-being.

Head Start

The federal government's role in public health include the following EXCEPT which one (as outlined in the Preamble):

Oversee the management of Medicaid

The 15 executive departments that make up the Cabinet fall under which branch of the federal government?

Executive

Approximately how many state health departments are there in the United States?

55

All of the following are examples of public health core sciences EXCEPT which one?

Medicine

Which of the following best describes institutionalized racism as defined by Camara Phyllis Jones in the Gardener's Tale?

Differential access to society's goods, services, and opportunities by race