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

whats the appropriate contribution of the philanthropic foundation? -Provide healthcare to the poor as well as on AIDS, alcoholism, and drug abuse.

whats appropriate screening characteristic of the disease? -Problem of false positives makes it questionable for women in their 40s

whats the appropriate description of the pollutant? -Acts like the glass of a greenhouse, allowing sunlight to enter but trapping the heat inside

whats the appropriate description of the causes of death? -Number of deaths increased by 22 percent from the 1990 estimates, the largest change among all actual causes of death

whats the appropriate contribution of the philanthropic foundation? -Health and public policy for minorities the children and the elderly.

whats the appropriate description of the causes of death? -Accounts for 30 percent of all cancer deaths and 21 percent of cardiovascular deaths

whats the appropriate occupation of the exposure? -Caused bladder cancer in dye factory workers

The focus of government educational programs on nutrition has shifted to the prevention of the major killers-cancer, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes, which tend to be associated with _______________________.

whats the appropriate description of the following? -Outbreaks were tracked by showing pictures of the victims and asking people if they knew of anyone with the disease.

whats the ethnic group in which they are predominate of the autosomal recessive disorder? -Thalassemia

What leader of American public health during the first half of the 20^th century authored the definition of public health that we still use today?

In what phase of clinical trials is the new drug give to a small number of people who are extensively test to measure, absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion, and to look for side effects and toxicities?

whats the appropriate description of the environmental toxin? -The federal government recommends that all young children poor enough to be eligible for Medicaid be screened for presence in the blood.

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 capable of making these changes."

whats the appropriate description of the following terms? -A way to expand on the vital statistics data the National Center for Health Statistics receives

While laboratory tests to be used in screening programs should ideally be highly accurate, most are likely to yield either false positives or false negatives.

Until recently, when a company sponsored a clinical trial, it often had the last word on whether the results were going to made public which can strongly lead to what form of bias?

The financial incentives for MCOs make medicine economically dependent on public health's effectiveness in preventing unnecessary disease in the community.

Which of the following, which was intended to serve the poor, and poor children in particular, has increasingly been called on to pay for services for the elderly that Medicare does not provide, especially nursing home care and home health care?

whats the appropriate year of the following events? -Field trial of the polio vaccine