Deck 16: Policy and Advocacy

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT a component of Comprehensive Primary Health Care?
a. Target selective interventions that have the largest impact on morbidity and mortality
b. Basic sanitation and safe water supply
c. Healthful nutrition and secure food supply
d. Supply of essential medications

Answer 1

Target selective interventions that have the largest impact on morbidity and mortality

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a core function of the World Health Organization?
a. Provide leadership in global health affairs
b. Provide funding for programs in low-income countries
c. Formulate policies to guide programs
d. Monitor and assess health trends

Answer 2

Provide funding for programs in low-income countries

Question 3

Social science can inform health policy through which of the following?
a. Hygienization
b. Advertising
c. Fund-raising
d. Research
Questions from lecture: Global Health Policy

Answer 3

Research

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT a component of Comprehensive Primary Health Care?
a. Target selective interventions that have the largest impact on morbidity and mortality
b. Basic sanitation and safe water supply
c. Healthful nutrition and secure food supply
d. Supply of essential medications

Question 5

The case studies presented in Chapter 16 share which of the following lessons for policy development?
a. Social scientists have problems collaborating with multidisciplinary teams
b. Socialist health care is most successful in developing countries
c. Local realities and perspectives are important for planning successful public health programs
d. Social scientists are more effective as consultants than as researchers in policy development

Question 6

The Declaration of Alma Ata was an important policy event for which of the following reasons?
a. Gave voting rights to developing countries within the World Health Assembly
b. Established the World Health Assembly
c. Shifted the global health agenda to primary health care
d. Shifted the global health agenda to neglected tropical diseases

Question 7

Global health policy is increasingly important for world health because of ____________.
a. Structural adjustment
b. Mandates from the WHO
c. Global terrorism
d. Globalization