Deck 20: Violence and Public Health

Question 1

The most common form of child maltreatment is which of the following?
a. Physical abuse
b. Neglect
c. Sexual abuse
d. Emotional abuse
Questions from lecture: Political Violence and Child Health

Answer 1

Neglect

Question 2

Homicide and youth violence is an example of violence at which ecological level?
a. Individual
b. Organizational
c. Community
d. Societal

Answer 2

Community

Question 3

The negative effects of child sexual abuse can be mitigated by which of the following factors?
a. The child is passive, quiet and trusting
b. The perpetrator is someone known by the child
c. Criminal conviction of the perpetrator
d. The mother believes and supports the child

Answer 3

The mother believes and supports the child

Question 4

Which of the following types of violence is an example of community level violence?
a. Sexual assault
b. Ethnic violence
c. Homicide
d. Suicide

Question 5

Which of the following was NOT one of the most important problems in the Rwandan refugee camps as identified by an insider?
a. Food rations consisted mainly of corn meal and dried beans.
b. There were few activities available to engage the children's minds.
c. Families were told they could never return to their homeland.
d. Personal mail was tampered with.

Question 6

Which of the following policy declarations banned the use of child soldiers?
a. Optional Protocol of 2000
b. 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child
c. Alma Ata Conference
d. Declaration against Child Combatants

Question 7

Failure to provide appropriate care for an elderly person is an example of?
a. Neglect
b. Physical abuse
c. Psychological abuse
d. Exploitation