Deck 6: Public Health

Question 1

What did ancient civilizations such as the Minoans, Myceneans, and Egyptians use thousands of years before the "germ theory" was postulated?

A) Antibiotics
B) Drainage and toilet systems
C) Vaccinations
D) Antiseptics

Answer 1

Drainage and toilet systems

Question 2

Immunizations, water and air purification, fluoridation of the water supply, and education such as diet and exercise programs are examples of which type of prevention?

A) Primary
B) Secondary
C) Tertiary
D) None of the above

Answer 2

Primary

Question 3

Which of the following tasks has traditionally been the purview of public health officials?

A) Providing health care facilities
B) Attracting physicians and medical staff to the area
C) Making health care affordable to the public
D) Organizing effective applications of prevention methods

Answer 3

Organizing effective applications of prevention methods

Question 4

How were the Romans able to prevent many cases of malaria?

A) By teaching about the evil spirits that lived around the swamps
B) By identifying microscopic protozoa carried by mosquitoes as the root cause of the disease
C) By using an early form of pesticide
D) By using an early form of mosquito netting

Question 5

When and where was the first public health law enacted, which required all births and deaths to be recorded?

A) 1776, New York
B) 1639, Massachusetts
C) 1798, Philadelphia
D) 1862, Virginia

Question 6

Historically, which of the following best describes the primary responsibility of public health?

A) To ensure a clean supply of water
B) The preservation of society and prevention of disease
C) Research into new technology
D) To ensure an adequate supply of physicians and health care

Question 7

Which of the following provided federal aid to the states and authorized general medical care for acute and chronic illness, obstetrical services, emergency dental extractions, bedside nursing, drugs, and medical supplies?

A) Social Security Act of 1935
B) Medicare/Medicaid
C) Federal Emergency Relief Act
D) Department of Health, Education and Welfare

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT a task of public health?

A) Communicable disease control
B) Sanitation
C) Licensing physicians
D) Health education

Question 9

High blood pressure screening, cholesterol screening, pap smears, and mammograms are examples of which type of prevention?

A) primary
B) secondary
C) tertiary
D) None of the above

Question 10

FDA is an acronym for which public health agency?

A) Federal Dietary Agency
B) Federal Drug Administration
C) Food and Dietary Agency
D) Food and Drug Administration

Question 11

Which of the following tasks has traditionally been the purview of public health officials?

A) Fund-raising
B) Developing programs to attract nurses to local hospitals
C) Developing methods to prevent the occurrence of disease or minimize its impact
D) Ensuring a clean water supply

Question 12

Which of the following outlined the six tasks of public health?

A) Marine Service Report
B) Shattuck Report
C) Emerson Report
D) Eisenhower Report

Question 13

Cardiac rehabilitation to prevent further heart attacks; stroke rehabilitation to limit permanent disability; disease management of diabetes or congestive heart failure, or treatment and management of HIV to prevent the transition to AIDS are examples of which type of prevention?

A) Primary
B) Secondary
C) Tertiary
D) None of the above

Question 14

Prior to the approval of the chicken pox vaccine in 1995, many children became ill with chicken pox early in elementary school. This is an example of which of the following?

A) An endemic disease
B) An epidemic
C) A pandemic
D) None of the above

Question 15

DHHS is an acronym for which public health agency?

A) Department of Health and Human Services
B) Department of Hospital and Health Services
C) Department of Human Health Services
D) Department of Health and Hospital Services

Question 16

NIH is an acronym for which public health agency?

A) National Institute of Health
B) National Institutes of Health
C) National Institute of Hospitals
D) National Incorporation of Hospitals

Question 17

HIV/AIDS is an example of which of the following?

A) An endemic disease
B) An epidemic
C) A pandemic
D) None of the above

Question 18

Which of the following tasks has traditionally been the purview of public health officials?

A) Licensing physicians and nurses
B) Learning the causes of diseases and methods of transmission
C) Overseeing the education of general practitioners
D) None of the above

Question 19

What act did President John Adams sign into law providing for the care and relief of sick and disabled seamen?

A) Federal Emergency Relief Act
B) Shattuck Report
C) Soldiers and Sailors Service
D) Marine Hospital Service

Question 20

Which organization was the forerunner of the Food and Drug Administration?

A) Bureau of Chemistry in the Department of Agriculture
B) National Institute of Health
C) Department of Public Health
D) None of the above

Question 21

Performance in public health equals those who received care divided by ______.

Question 22

Who were the most prominent health care providers in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

A) Surgeons
B) Public health professionals
C) Physicians
D) Both A and B

Question 23

The __Act of 1953 gave the Public Health Service the authority to assist states, counties, and health districts to maintain public health services.

Question 24

CDC is an acronym for which public health agency?

A) Center for Dietary Control
B) Centers for Disease Prevention
C) Committee for Disease Control
D) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Question 25

__is the existing number of cases of a disease during a stated time.

Question 26

Which of the following tasks has traditionally been the purview of public health officials?

A) Identifying diseases that cause death or disability
B) Ensuring an adequate water and food supply
C) Both A and B
D) All of the above
Completion
Complete each statement.

Question 27

Before modern technology, much of what we knew about our environment came from what we could observe with our________.

Question 28

In 1970, the National Health Service Corps was created to help offset the __of providers by financially rewarding prospective clinicians for their willingness to practice in needy areas.

Question 29

How did doctors know that the urine of individuals with diabetes mellitus was sweet?

A) By smelling it
B) By testing it against the urine of other animals
C) By tasting it
D) None of the above

Question 30

__is the number of new cases of a disease during a stated time.

Question 31

The __perspective focuses on those who present for treatment.

Question 32

President Eisenhower created the Department of Health, __and Welfare (HEW) as a cabinet-level position.

Question 33

Throughout history, public health activities directed at the nature, ______, and control or treatment of diseases reflected the state of knowledge at the time.

Question 34

Clinicians may be able to provide secondary and tertiary preventive services, but their training and practice do not enable them to provide __preventive care.

Question 35

Which of the following exposed the unsanitary conditions in New York City and led to the passage of a public health law that created a city board of health?

A) Marine Service Report
B) Shattuck Report
C) Emerson Report
D) Eisenhower Report

Question 36

Performance in medical care equals those who received "good" care divided by ______.

Question 37

The __focus is on those who receive care versus those who need the care.

Question 38

_governments set public health standards and regulations.

Question 39

In 1870, the Marine Hospital Service was reorganized as the national hospital system. The surgeon in charge was later given the title of ______.

Question 40

The ____Clause of the U.S. Constitution is used as rationale for the federal government to regulate entities and processes that cross state boundaries such as air, water, and sanitation.

Question 41

Match the term with the appropriate definition or description:
Focuses on preventing disease processes from ever getting started

A)endemic
B)epidemic
C)epidemiology
D)pandemic
E)primary prevention
F)public health
G)public health problems
H)secondary prevention
I)tertiary prevention

Question 42

Match the term with the appropriate definition or description:
An unusual occurrence of a disease that spreads around the world or in a large geographic area

A)endemic
B)epidemic
C)epidemiology
D)pandemic
E)primary prevention
F)public health
G)public health problems
H)secondary prevention
I)tertiary prevention

Question 43

Match the term with the appropriate definition or description:
The usual, sustained occurrence of a disease in a population

A)endemic
B)epidemic
C)epidemiology
D)pandemic
E)primary prevention
F)public health
G)public health problems
H)secondary prevention
I)tertiary prevention

Question 44

Match the term with the appropriate definition or description:
Efforts made by communities to cope with health problems that arise when people live in groups

A)endemic
B)epidemic
C)epidemiology
D)pandemic
E)primary prevention
F)public health
G)public health problems
H)secondary prevention
I)tertiary prevention

Question 45

According to Dr. Winslow (1920), a pioneer in the field, "Public Health is the science and art of (1) preventing disease, (2) prolonging life, and (3) promoting health and efficiency through organized ______."

Question 46

Match the term with the appropriate definition or description:
An unusual occurrence of disease in a population

A)endemic
B)epidemic
C)epidemiology
D)pandemic
E)primary prevention
F)public health
G)public health problems
H)secondary prevention
I)tertiary prevention

Question 47

Match the term with the appropriate definition or description:
The study of the distribution and determinants of diseases in a population

A)endemic
B)epidemic
C)epidemiology
D)pandemic
E)primary prevention
F)public health
G)public health problems
H)secondary prevention
I)tertiary prevention

Question 48

Match the term with the appropriate definition or description:
Emphasizes the treatment of diseases once they are present, to prevent further complications

A)endemic
B)epidemic
C)epidemiology
D)pandemic
E)primary prevention
F)public health
G)public health problems
H)secondary prevention
I)tertiary prevention

Question 49

Match the term with the appropriate definition or description:
Diseases or issues that may be common or even increasing in incidence and prevalence in a community

A)endemic
B)epidemic
C)epidemiology
D)pandemic
E)primary prevention
F)public health
G)public health problems
H)secondary prevention
I)tertiary prevention

Question 50

Match the term with the appropriate definition or description:
Emphasizes the early detection of diseases

A)endemic
B)epidemic
C)epidemiology
D)pandemic
E)primary prevention
F)public health
G)public health problems
H)secondary prevention
I)tertiary prevention