HPDP Exam 1

Testicular cancer is most common in older men( 50-70yrs).

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women.

(All races of women, rank 1-4) include: heart disease, cancer, chronic lower respiratory disease, and stroke.

Grade with Insufficient evidence to make a recommendation.

Skin is the most common form of cancer in US regardless of gender.

Most common cancer in grown men?

Physical Activity Guidelines suggest:

Health Insurance for the elderly and disabled:

Most important prerequisite of behavior change?

Which is the leading cause of cancer death in women?

Grade that is selectively recommended based on individual.

Most cancer deaths in males are due to lung cancer.

Established germ theory:

The responsibility of every public health agency to use scientific knowledge leading to guidelines for public interest.

Asymptomatic screening for ovarian cancer recommended (grade B)

Which is not one of the 3 most common cancers in women?

Calls for the public health to ensure their constituents that services necessary to achieve agreed on goals are provided

What is the most fatal skin cancer?

PSA screening is grade C for prostate screening in men.

CVD is inexpensive to treat, not severe, and low in overall deaths.

Water fluoridation and sidewalks

Has a higher rate of completing suicide:

A public health approach must be grounded in science, dedicated to principles, linked w/gov., an focused on preservation

World “health” does not appear in the US Constitution.

Number 1 cause of death in US:

What is not true of Melanoma?

A women jogging daily, feeling accomplished, and then setting a higher goal later is an example of what?

Melanoma is the most common type of skin cancer.

Created smallpox vaccine

Founder of Yale School of Public Health

Health Insurance administered by each state for those w/low income:

Policy for milk pasteurization, medical examiner laws, and pesticide use are part of which purpose?

Health Belief Model Includes all of the following except:

Conducted a basic epidemiological investigation of cholera outbreak in London.

Health is the state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease.

Health communications, school health Ed programs, and community awareness events fall under which purpose?

For Hispanic, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Asian Pacific Islander women #1 leading cause of death is:

Prevalence should not be considered in screening?

Lower health literacy can lead to:

USPSTF is responsible for prevention recommendations related to clinical medical practice, such as disease screening rec

Mammograms, low dose aspirin

Risks of suicide include psych illness, hopelessness, social isolation, financial hardship, FHx, and recent stress.

Screening is best when prevalence of condition is high, or low w/serious consequences

Understanding tests, weighing pros and cons, understanding personal values, and an action plan are part of what?

Process of using tests on large scale to identify presence of disease in apparently healthy people:

Underweight is associate with all of the following except:

Purposes of Public Health

Developed 4 postulates that established the scientific methods for proving bact. Causing disease.

An alternate schedule is available for people needing to catch up on immunizations for children and adolescents.

Cardiac Rehab, diabetes education

Has a higher rate of attempting suicide:

Emphasis on diagnosis and treatment care for whole patient.

Reflective listening, developing discrepancies, avoiding argument, adjusting to resistance, & support of pt:

Leader of sanitary movement:

Emphasis on prevention, health promotion for whole community.

Screening tests should be acceptable, reliable, valid, and practical.

Calls for public health to regularly collect, assemble, analyze and make available information on health of community

Grade that is most strongly recommended.

In patient centered communication, the patient leads where they are the expert, and physician in their expertise.

Vaccine programs, water quality assurance, mandatory infectious disease reporting, lead screening are part of which?

What is #1 Cause of death due to gynecological cancer?

Ban asbestos, laws for seatbelts, immunizations for HPV

CVD is a blanket term for many Dx including AMI, CAD, and peripheral arterial disease.

Which is not true of Endometrial Cancer?

Self-efficacy is confidence in the provider to enact a behavior.

In addition to 3 core functions of public health, there are 9 essential public health services.

Which is not a main risk factor for Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) in US:

Screening basics include tests on large scales, reliability, asymptomatc time frame, and early Tx.

Created system of collecting death certificates and is knows as father of modern vital statistic.