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

Which of the following, a common problem in the United States, contributes to the seriousness of diabetes as a public health problem?

Which philanthropic foundation has a mission of improving global health?

whats the appropriate contribution of the philanthropic foundation? -World population issues.

whats the appropriate symptoms of the virus? -Flu-like symptoms

whats the appropriate description of the environmental toxin? -Health effects were confirmed by long-term follow-up studies of survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan which ended the Second World War.

whats the appropriate description of the environmental toxin? -Was not recognized as an important environmental toxin until the United Nation's Children Fund inadvertently turned it into one in the 1970s in India and Bangladesh

whats the appropriate description of the following? -Public health programs include pre- and postnatal screening and diagnostic programs as well as protection of pregnant women from exposure to environmental teratogens

whats appropriate screening characteristic of the disease? -Disease can be too far advanced for screenings to make a difference

The formal process of _________________________ identifies events and exposures that may be harmful to humans to humans and estimates the probabilities of their occurrence as well as the extent of harm they may cause.

whats the appropriate description of the following terms? -Good, protective cholesterol

A large number of epidemiologic investigations deal with food poisoning outbreaks caused by contamination with ____________________ bacteria that commonly infect carelessly prepared or preserved food.

Evidence suggests that atherosclerosis may have an infectious component caused by bacteria that are often found in plaque.

The EPA has developed strict regulations on sanitizing and removing hazardous contaminants from the sludge, known after treatment as ___________________, before it can be used on land.

The mission of public health is defined by the report, The Future of Public Health, which was published by which organization?

whats the appropriate description of the organization? -More than one in five private water wells contain at least one contaminant at a concentration high enough to be a health concern

whats the appropriate description of the following terms? -Raises HDL cholesterol and protects against heart disease

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

whats the appropriate description of the following? -Deaths declined dramatically during the 1990s as an educational campaign cut deaths by over 50%

Eating disorders also affect males, but their preoccupation is often different from those of females.

Today's society treats recreational drugs in much the same way that the Eighteenth Amendment treated alcohol, and few public health leaders are willing to call for an end to the war on drugs.