Exam 17: Future of Public Health

Public health interventions to counteract climate change include changing behaviors in forest and water management and in consumption patterns.

Which one of the following groups is made up of policymakers, business planners, and others who work to predict trends for the next 10 years based on data from the previous 20 years?

According to the World Health Organization, vital statistics data systems need to be improved and standardized in all countries, not just in developing nations.

Which one of the following statements is true about the trend in aging in the U.S.?

Which one of the following trends could affect the health of populations by causing an increase in severe weather and in vectors that transmit disease?

Which level of prevention is associated with the lowest amount of disability and morbidity and therefore is a common focus of public health activities?

Public health is concerned with identifying and describing existing relationships between exposures and health outcomes but does not try to predict how these relationships may change in response to changes in social or environmental factors.

The leading causes of death among college-age students 18-24 years) in the U.S. are injury, homicide, and suicide.

Which one of the following factors would cause an innovation to diffuse quickly?

Which of the following trends is most influenced by the overuse of antibiotics?

According to the Institute of Medicine and the Association of Schools of Public Health, the number of trained public health professionals far exceeds the demand for them.

The phrase "diffusion of innovations" is used to describe the process of new products and behaviors spreading through a social system.

Which one of the following is a Millennium Development Goal?

Each year a new version of the Healthy People document is released with new public health goals and objectives.

Although advances in genomics may improve human health, ethical concerns like insurance discrimination based on genetic markers need to be addressed.

The trend of increasing obesity rates is only a problem in wealthier or more developed nations and is not occurring on a global scale.

A shortage of water could lead to a shortage of food since so much water is used to produce plant and animal-based foods.

If you wanted to assess which type of natural disasters were associated with the highest mortality rate, which of the following sources would you use?

Which one of the following is an example of a health inequity that could occur in the future?

Which one of the following is a non-profit agency that provides unbiased, evidence-based information to serve as the advisor to the U.S. for the improvement of health?