Foundations of PH Midterm Review Game

Question 1

Which of the following is the correct of dose-response relationship

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present if changes in levels of an exposure are associated with changes

Question 2

Which are examples of surveys-sampling

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NHANES, BRFSS, disease specific registries

Question 3

The concept of lead time bias is when

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early detection is made, but does not alter outcome

Question 4

non-communicable diseases are at risk of being transmitted through saliva

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False

Question 5

What are the 5 questions to ask when using the P.E.R.I.E. process in the evidence based approach PH

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problem? etiology? recommendations? implementation? evaluation?

Question 6

Which of the following is an example of a social intervention approach to PH

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interventions that improve the built enviroment, or address SES disparities

Question 7

A use for self-reporting data is that it may help identify unrecognized or unusual events

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True

Question 8

which describes the incubation period

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the time between contact infection & appearance of symptoms

Question 9

communicable disease are only caused by viruses

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False

Question 10

To calculate the strength of the relationship what is computed?

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relative risk

Question 11

Which of the following descirbes informed consent

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patients need to give their permission before an intervention

Question 12

The built environment refers to the physical environment's impact on health as a result of human construction

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True

Question 13

Social Justice implies a society that provides fair treatment & fair share of the rewards of society to individuals

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True

Question 14

Anthropology contributed understandings of macro & mirco-economics & their impact on health to PH

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False

Question 15

What two things are evidence-based recommendations based on?

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quality of the evidence & magnitude of the impact

Question 16

what does an R naught greater than 1 indicate

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the number of infections will inc. over time & produce an epidemic

Question 17

Which correctly identifies the 3 requirements for establishing contributory causes or efficacy

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individual association; cause precedes effect; altering cause alters effect

Question 18

Which of the following correctly defines "vulnerable population"

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those at higher than average risk of disease or bad outcomes from disease

Question 19

Which intrapersonal theory is stages of change

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transtheoretical model

Question 20

Which types of studies generate the highest quality evidence

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randomized control trials

Question 21

Which social science contributed theories of behavior and risk-taking tendencies to PH

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psychology

Question 22

The pneumonic used to define some determinants of disease is: BADGUYS

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False

Question 23

Which of the following correctly orders the level of recommendation with the letter grades: A,B,C,D,I

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must, should, may, don&#x27;t, insufficient

Question 24

The term health communication deals with the methods for collecting, compiling, and presenting health information

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True

Question 25

primary interventions occur after the development of a disease or risk factor, but before symptoms appear

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False

Question 26

A theory is a set of interrelated concepts that presents a view of relationships in order to explain & predict events

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True

Question 27

Which properly defines social determinants of health

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conditions which people are born, live, work, play & age that affect health

Question 28

What rate estimates the rate of death in the first year of life?

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infant mortality

Question 29

T/F The focus of the health protection era of PH was: authority-based control of individual & community behaviors

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True

Question 30

police power allows states to pass legislation & take actions to protect the common good

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True

Question 31

An authoratative decision is:

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decision made by an individual or group that has the power to implement it

Question 32

T/F the high risk approach to PH fosuces on the entire population & aims to reduce the risk for everyone

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False

Question 33

define downstram factors

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those that directly involve an individual & potentially can be altered

Question 34

What do epidemiological transitions imply

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as social and economic development occur, different diseases prevail

Question 35

T/F: The presence of contributory causes gurantees that the disease will develop; and absence gurantees it won't develop

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False

Question 36

T/F: healthcare is a right in the constitution of the United States

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False

Question 37

Which of the following is the correct equation to calculate the prevalence rate

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P = # people living with the disease / # of people in at risk population

Question 38

the health belief model focuses on an individual's perceptions & thoughts prior to making a health related decision

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True

Question 39

T/F: case-fatality describes the chances of dying from the disease once diagnosed

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True

Question 40

T/F: Incidence rate measures the chances of devleoping disease over a period of time

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True

Question 41

what use do carrier tests have

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identify people who are at inc. risk of having a child with genetic disease

Question 42

T/F: In PH, morbidity refers to disability & mortality refers to death

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True

Question 43

Ancillary criteria are: strength of relationship, dose-response relationship, consistency of realtionship, bio plausible

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True

Question 44

Which of the following is an example od sentinel monitoring?

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influenza monitoring to identify start of outbreaks & virus type changes

Question 45

Which correctly identifies the "4 Ps" of social marketing

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product, price, place, promotion

Question 46

Which accurately describes inform of decision

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clinician has all essential info. & makes decision in best interest of pt

Question 47

Which theory is useful at the population / community level

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diffusion of innovation

Question 48

Which explains the dread effect, which is present with hazards that easily produce very visual and feared consequence

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we fear shark attacks more than we fear drowning in a swimming pool

Question 49

what does the all hazards approach to PH preparedness encompass

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using surveillance systems, communication systems, evacuations

Question 50

Which term refers to the degree which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, and understand basic health info

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health literacy

Question 51

Which intrapersonal theory is based off the idea that intention is the main predictor of behavior

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theory of planned behavior

Question 52

Which is not one of the 3 possible reasons for change in the distribution of disease?

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difference / change in group assosication

Question 53

Which of the following correctly identifies a factors that would be considered a contributory cause for lung cancer

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cigarette smoking

Question 54

What three basic ethical principals are included in institutional review boards (IRBs) for human subjects

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respect for persons, beneficence, justice

Question 55

what is the goal of risk assessment

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determine the potential impact of known hazards

Question 56

The most common risk taking approach is to avoid risk under tolerable conditions & take risk under intolerable condition

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True

Foundations of PH Midterm Review Game

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Foundations of PH Midterm Review Game

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