Exam 32: Exploring Public Health: Definitions, Leaders, and Controversies

There is no requirement for safety testing of cosmetics, but a warning label must be attached to any product that has not been tested.

whats the appropriate description of the minority group? -Mortality from diabetes is almost twice as high as in white

whats the ethnic group in which they are predominate of the autosomal recessive disorder? -Tay-Sachs Disease

whats the appropriate description of the minority group? -Generally have a better health status than whites

Routine use of _____________________ has resulted in a dramatic reduction in infectious diseases, including eradication of smallpox, the elimination of polio in the Americans, and control of measles, rubella, tetanus, diphtheria, and other infectious diseases.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified fluoridation of drinking water as one of the ten great public health achievements of the 20th century.

whats the appropriate description of the environmental toxin? -Was recognized in the 19^th century to cause neurological damage in workers who made felt hats-the origin of the expression "mad as a hatter".

Death rates are close to ___________________ for the most lethal diseases, such as pancreatic cancer.

whats the appropriate year of the event? -Passage of the original Pure Food and Drugs Act in which accurate labeling was one of the important provisions

whats the appropriate description of the organization? -Surveillance recorded a multistate outbreak affecting 84 people caused by Salmonella in bottled water due to contamination at the water source

The Nurses' Health Study, the large ________________ study, ongoing since 1976 found that women taking hormone therapy had a 61 percent lower risk of heart disease and a 75 percent lower risk of hip fractures.

What federal public health agency has often been attacked by Congress and had its policies often watered down by the George W. Bush White House?

The Kingston-Newburgh study of fluoride for the prevention of tooth decay was a community trial that was a form of what kind of study?

A number of chemicals in the blood suggest that atherosclerosis is an _____________________ condition like arthritis.

The position of Surgeon General does not in itself carry much direct line authority, but it became very visible in the 1980s when which of the following spoke out bluntly on the politically controversial subjects of AIDS and tobacco?

Information on healthful eating habits has traditionally been provided by the federal government.

whats the appropriate belief promoted by the AIDS prevention program targeted at gay men in San Francisco in the mid-1980s of the question? -"I am susceptible to infection."

whats the appropriate description of the terms? -X-linked disorders

whats the appropriate symptoms of the virus? -Fever, vomiting, diarrhea, severe bleeding from bodily orifices

In addition to phenylketonuria, all states screen for what congenital condition that can lead to mental retardation and dwarfism that can easily be treated with regular doses of hormone?